S. Cooper to POsT-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, January 28, 1864
January 28, 1864.
ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERALâS OFFICE, Richmond, January 28, 1864. The Honorable SECRETARY OF WaR:
Sir: In response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, requesting to be informed whether authority has been granted by the War Department to any person or persons to raise new companies, battalions, or regiments of troops since September 27, 1862, in portions of the country in which the conscript law has not been suspended by the President, I have the honor to inform you that the records of this office do not contain any authority to raise troops of conscript age except in localities where the operation of the conscript law has been suspended.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
POsT-OFFICE DEPARTMENT,
hichmond, January 28, 1864.
Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON,
Secretary of War:
On the 19th of October last I addressed you a letter, inclosing a
copy of a circular from Lieut. Col. G. W. Lay, acting chief of the