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be thus usefully employed in discovering and following their trails. The
several Companies will have the same organization as regular troops and
will be mustered for the period of six mo nths unless sooner discharged
as each company will act seperately, no field or staff officers will be
received with them.
The great differnce of expense between maintaining horse
and foot troops renders it desire able to retrict the number of the former
to the lowest limit. The Department is not indeed aware of any special
necessity for employing mounted volunteers at all, nevertheless should
you be of opinion that their services are essential to the success of
your operations, it is left to your dis cretion to decide what portion
of the three in dependent Companies for which you are au- thorized to
call shall be mounted.
Blank rolls for mustering these volunteers will be forwarded
by to-day's mail. You will Confer with the Governor - who has been apprised
of the authority given you - on the subject of receiving them, and send
an officer of the Army to muster
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