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oners, liable to severe penalties for disobedience of his orders. You are aware, Governor, that promises were made to induce these men to enlist, which are not now kept, & I must say that I sympathize with them in their view of the case. Assured as they were that they should mustered out with the 2nd, they cannot but feel that they are falsely dealt with in being retained & sent to duty in other Regts. They need to be managed with great care & skill; but I fear that some of them will get into trouble for disobedience of orders or mutiny. My orders are to take them & put them on duty which they have already refused to Gen. Barnes & others. I shall carry out my orders whatever may be the consequence; but I sincerely wish these men were fairly dealt with by those who made them these promises. All their papers say they are enlisted for three years - just as the men of this Regt. are, & for us in the field there is no other way but to hold them to it. What you may be able to do for them I don't know.

I think with pleasure of your short visit