Unknown to A. A. G., Dep't of Pennsylvania, Chambersburg, Pa, June 18, 1861
Maj. Fitz J. PORTER, A. A. G., Dep’t of Pennsylvania, Chambersburg, Pa. : Sir: [have the honor to report that this command occupies the several stations on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad, with one company on the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal. The divided state of the com-.
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mand of course operates greatly against any regular system of instruction. I, however, endeavor to visit the several stations twice a week, and hope that the benefits of my instruction are not entirely lost. The company guarding the canal is divided into two equal parts, and its future efficiency thereby much disturbed. AsI do not see the necessity of keeping it there, I respectfully suggest the propriety of placing it either at headquarters orat Elkton. I would likewise offer,
very respectfully, the same suggestion respecting the occupation of Northeast and
stone, and could not be materially injured before word would reach
Perryville or Elkton. I would therefore suggest that two companies
be kept at Elkton, two at Perryville, and the rest at this place and
seems to me much more exposed than any other, and as demanding
greater protection. I await your orders in these respects. I beg leave
to add further that I have not felt easy without some means of constant