Note 19 — Chapter XIX · In Service for One Hundred Days—Organization—Readville—Off for Washington—At Alexandria—At Great Falls—Return Home.

Governor Andrew was in Washington at the time, and telegraphed his adjutant-general (received July 5th) as follows: “I have arranged with the Secretary of War that men who volunteer for one hundred days’ service, as requested by him to-day, shall be exempted from any draft that may be ordered during such hundred days’ service, not from any future draft, but only from such as may be ordered during the term of hundred days for which they are asked. I direct you, at request of Secretary, to issue an order calling for four thousand one-hundred-days’ infantry, on the terms above mentioned. The details in connection with the project will not differ materially, otherwise, from those heretofore prescribed in like cases. I shall have another consultation to-morrow. Have sent home Peirce to-night.” General Orders No. 24, calling for five thousand hundred-day men, was issued July 6th, 1864, by Adjutant-General Schouler.