Correspondence Between Governor Brown And The Secretary Of War

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Total Pages : 22 pages
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Download or read book Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War: Upon the Right of the Georgia Volunteers, in Confederate Service, to Elect Their Own Officer Sir: - Your communication of the 30th May last has been received, and the consideration given to it required as well by the serious consequences of the claim of a right to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of the lamented Col. Slaughter, of the 51st Ga. Reg't, by election, as of the earnestness and confidence with which the claim is presented. It appears from the muster rolls filed in the office of the Adjutant Inspector General, that the 1st Ga. Reg't was mustered directly into the Confederate service on the 4th of March, 1862, for three years or the war. The Regiment was raised under the act of January 23d, 1862, which authorized the President to call upon the several States for troops to serve for three years or the war, and a circular on the subject from the War Department of Feb. 2d, 1862, was addressed to the several Governors. By the 10th section of the act of April 16th, 1862, commonly known as the conscription act, it is provided that all vacancies shall be filled by the President from the company, battalion, squadron, or regiment in which such vacancy shall occur, by promotion according to seniority, &c., &c. This provision was supposed to apply only to the troops referred to in that act. But, as if intending to put the question at rest on this point. Congress, five days after, to-wit: on the 21st April, 1862, passed a general act, providing that all vacancies shall be filled by the President, &c., &c., by promotion according to seniority, c.It seems to me, therefore, that in accordance with the last act, all vacancies in volunteer organizations are to be filled by promotion according to seniority, &c., and that the vacancy referred to in the 51st Ga. Reg't should be so filled, and not by election. The laws and regulations provide for a stringent investigation as to the fitness of an officer for the promotion to which he would be entitled by seniority, if worthy; and, as you state, that such promotion has boon made of the officer entitled by seniority, it is presumed that he is worthy to fill the place. The act of the General announcing the promotion is in accordance with the laws of Congress, with the regulations and uniform usage of the service, and is approved by the Department. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.