You are also authorized to take possession of and use all railroads, engines, cars, buildings, machinery, and appurtenances within the geographical limits of the Department of the Rappahannock, and all authority heretofore given to other parties which may in any way conflict with the instructions herein contained are and will be without force and effect in the said Department of the Rappahannock from and after this date.
By order of the President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States:
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, D.C., May 30, 1862.
All regiments of militia or of three-months' volunteers who have offered their services under the recent call of the War Department, and who have so far perfected their organization as to be able to report for orders at St. Louis, at Columbus, or at Washington City by the 10th of June, will be mustered into the service of the United States for three months from that date, the pay of each volunteer or militiaman commencing from the date of his enlistment.
Under the call for three-years volunteers 50,000 men will be accepted as raised and reported by the respective State governors.
By order of the President:
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
NEW YORK, June 30, 1862.
To the Governors of the several States: