Note D — MEMOIR OF WARD H. LAMON.
Reading edition
Washington, D. C., June 25, 1861.
Col. W. H. Lamon:
My Dear Sir, — I spoke to the Secretary of War yesterday, and he consents, and so do I, that as fast as you get Companies, you may procure a U. S. officer, and have them mustered in. Have this done quietly; because we can not do the labor of adopting it as a general practice.
Yours as ever, A. Lincoln.