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| − | + | abandoned everything but honor at their country's | |
| − | call to be toyed with for a few weeks | + | call to be toyed with for a few weeks & sent home |
| − | for incompetency, arising from the fact of | + | for incompetency, arising from the fact of their willfully |
| − | criminal persistency in being | + | criminal persistency in being respectively more than 22 |
| − | + | & 30 years of age. Now my dear General, not withstanding | |
| − | + | you are a very young man yourself, you cannot fail to perceive the hobble we are in & ought we not attempt | |
| − | perceive the hobble we are in | + | to procure a modification of this rule? |
| − | to procure a modification of this rule | ||
| − | I want to write you about various topics | + | I want to write you about various topics fresh in my mind when I commenced, but gone now. [?] has instructed me to have the 3 Maj Genls staffs paid & discharged next week. This idea is that they must have their monthly pay & voting, but not their allowances. What do you think of that? |
| − | fresh in my mind when I commenced, but | ||
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| − | paid | ||
| − | they must have their monthly pay | ||
| − | not their | ||
Will Genl. Government allow it? Will they not | Will Genl. Government allow it? Will they not | ||
| − | require us to limit | + | require us to limit those expenses to Maj. Genl. & |
| − | pay | + | pay the others as Brigadiers? They did so in the |
| − | + | Aroostook War. Maj Genl Foster of Calais had 6 companies under his charge 6 weeks & was paid only | |
| − | + | as Brig Genl. But above all this, is the [?] | |
| − | as Brig Genl. But above all this, is the | + | and the seniors of them Maj. Genls. of the character |
| − | + | in command & in line that they can demand & | |
| − | in command | + | receive pay as such Maj. Genls. I should prefer to |
| − | receive pay as such | + | have them paid in full, upon the army basis, if |
| − | have them paid in full, | ||
it can be reimbursed us, can it? | it can be reimbursed us, can it? | ||
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John L. Hodsdon - | John L. Hodsdon - | ||
Adjutant General | Adjutant General | ||
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Revision as of 14:16, 12 October 2017
abandoned everything but honor at their country's call to be toyed with for a few weeks & sent home for incompetency, arising from the fact of their willfully criminal persistency in being respectively more than 22 & 30 years of age. Now my dear General, not withstanding you are a very young man yourself, you cannot fail to perceive the hobble we are in & ought we not attempt to procure a modification of this rule?
I want to write you about various topics fresh in my mind when I commenced, but gone now. [?] has instructed me to have the 3 Maj Genls staffs paid & discharged next week. This idea is that they must have their monthly pay & voting, but not their allowances. What do you think of that? Will Genl. Government allow it? Will they not require us to limit those expenses to Maj. Genl. & pay the others as Brigadiers? They did so in the Aroostook War. Maj Genl Foster of Calais had 6 companies under his charge 6 weeks & was paid only as Brig Genl. But above all this, is the [?] and the seniors of them Maj. Genls. of the character in command & in line that they can demand & receive pay as such Maj. Genls. I should prefer to have them paid in full, upon the army basis, if it can be reimbursed us, can it?
But I must not stop to write more
I remain very truly yrs in haste, John L. Hodsdon - Adjutant General