Letter from J.S. White in Selma, Alabama, to Governor Thomas H. Watts in Montgomery, Alabama
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Identifier
Q0000151137_Q0000151139
Title
Letter from J.S. White in Selma, Alabama, to Governor Thomas H. Watts in Montgomery, Alabama
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Type
Text
Creator
Lt Col. J.S. White
Date
1864-08-08
Description
Letter regarding Col. Millhouse taking important workers away from the Selma Arsenal without asking for permission.
Format
Correspondence; Letter
Language
ENG
Place
Selma (Ala.)
Publisher
Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)
Contributor
Benjamin Williams Andrew Garvin
transcription
C.S. Arsenal
Selma Ala August 8. 1864
Sir
I have the honor to report that some of the militia officers have seen proper to take contractors with this Arsenal from this work without any reference to me as to whether their removal from their work would be detrimental to the public interests. A case in point is that of Mr Henry H. Callaway who has a contract to transport lumber from Weaver's Mill to this Arsenal. He is here to-day with a boat load and Colonel Millhouse has taken him and decided that he must go at once to camp. It is of the first importance that we should be supplied with lumber, and this cannot be done without the services of Mr Callaway. Such action upon the part of Officers Commanding the Militia, in preventing our receiving the necessary supplies of material, will, of course, embarrass the the work of the Arsenal, and necessarily delay the Arming and equiping of the troops now being assembled for the field; besides much other work of the most pressing need.
No Contractors or their employees are kept in the service of this Arsenal unless their services are indispensable, and I have the honor to request that you will give the necessary instructions, to the Officers having authority in the matter, to prevent their interference with such contractors and their employees.
It may be proper to state that Mr Callaway has been in the employ of the Arsenal for a year past; was enrolled in June last, and application, made for his detail--which application has been approved by the Chief of the Ord: Bureau
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt.
J.S. White Lt Col
Comdg
His Excellency Thos H. Watts Governor--State of Alabama Montgomery Ala.
Col. J White 8 Aug 64
Genl Riggs will answer giving sanction to Col Milhouse to discharge the contractor alluded to-- & not to disturb men whose services are [?] in the Arsenal or in supplying it
T.H.W.
Aug 10/64. order to Col Millhouse enclosed to Col White at Selma to effect as above directed
J Riggs [Adj?] Genl [?]
Selma Ala August 8. 1864
Sir
I have the honor to report that some of the militia officers have seen proper to take contractors with this Arsenal from this work without any reference to me as to whether their removal from their work would be detrimental to the public interests. A case in point is that of Mr Henry H. Callaway who has a contract to transport lumber from Weaver's Mill to this Arsenal. He is here to-day with a boat load and Colonel Millhouse has taken him and decided that he must go at once to camp. It is of the first importance that we should be supplied with lumber, and this cannot be done without the services of Mr Callaway. Such action upon the part of Officers Commanding the Militia, in preventing our receiving the necessary supplies of material, will, of course, embarrass the the work of the Arsenal, and necessarily delay the Arming and equiping of the troops now being assembled for the field; besides much other work of the most pressing need.
No Contractors or their employees are kept in the service of this Arsenal unless their services are indispensable, and I have the honor to request that you will give the necessary instructions, to the Officers having authority in the matter, to prevent their interference with such contractors and their employees.
It may be proper to state that Mr Callaway has been in the employ of the Arsenal for a year past; was enrolled in June last, and application, made for his detail--which application has been approved by the Chief of the Ord: Bureau
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Svt.
J.S. White Lt Col
Comdg
His Excellency Thos H. Watts Governor--State of Alabama Montgomery Ala.
Col. J White 8 Aug 64
Genl Riggs will answer giving sanction to Col Milhouse to discharge the contractor alluded to-- & not to disturb men whose services are [?] in the Arsenal or in supplying it
T.H.W.
Aug 10/64. order to Col Millhouse enclosed to Col White at Selma to effect as above directed
J Riggs [Adj?] Genl [?]