CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEFARTMENT, November 10, 1864

Richmond, Va., November 10, 1864.

Governor T. H. WATTS, Montgomery, Ala.:

Officers of the State of Alabama, certified by you to be necessary to State administration, are exempt. Officers of the police of Selma are, I suppose, not considered as State officers. Cannot the courts decide? I only wish to enforce the laws, and deprecate conflict with the authorities of the State.

J. A. SEDDON, Secretary of War.