Draft of letter of Hamilton R. Gamble, St. Louis, to Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, September 17, 1862
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- Hamilton Rowan Gamble Papers | Letter signed [H.R. Gamble] St. Louis, to Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury. In raising state militia under his [Gamble’s] agreement with the President, he recruited some 3,000 more than the number which Congress provided pay for. The whole number is necessary for the defence of the state particularly now when they are threatened with an invasion by a powerful southern army. Gen. Halleck and the Secretary of War directed him to pay these surplus men out of the Congressional appropriation which he has done. He has since been forced to order a general enrollment of the militia which will exceed 40,000 men who have been made to understand that there is no provision for their payment. Their subsistence is to be drawn from the disaffected citizens with the exception of certain things like sugar which can not be found in the country. Asks that Congress furnish the money to meet these outside expenses. Individuals mentioned include Gen. Halleck, Mr. Bates. (6 pages), 1862 Sept 17
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