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Messages and Papers of the Confederacy.

Executive Department,

September 4, 1862.

To the House of Representatives.

I herewith transmit to your honorable body an estimate of appropriation[1] called for by the Secretary of War.


Executive Office,
Richmond,
September 4, 1862.

To the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Sir: I have the honor to transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Treasury, inclosing two statements, marked A and B, in reply to a resolution of the House of Representatives, requesting information concerning the amount of funds sent abroad to officers or agents of the Government for military and naval purposes, with certain particulars regarding the same.

Very respectfully your obt. servant,

Jefferson Davis.


Executive Office,
Richmond,
Sept. 4, 1862.

To the President of the Senate.

I have the honor to transmit the accompanying communication from the Secretary of War in reply to a resolution of the Senate requesting certain information concerning the appointment and pay of provost marshals.

Jefferson Davis.


Executive Office,
Richmond,
September 6, 1862.

To the House of Representatives.

I herewith transmit a communication from the Secretary of War in response to resolutions of your body requesting information concerning the prosecution of the work on the railroad for connecting the Richmond and Danville with the North Carolina railroad, and also concerning certain orders said to have been issued by Major General Thomas C. Hindman in the trans-Mississippi Department.

Jefferson Davis.



  1. For Indian affairs.