WAR DEPARTMENT,
October 29, 1862.
Major-General MCCLERNAND, Springfield, Ill.:
Your telegram is received. You will receive a dispatch, which
will be mailed to-morrow, apprising you of movements here.
Every effort should be made to raise all the forces you can.
You will see to getting as many cavalry regiments as possible.
In respect to arms, do not suffer yourself to be misled by
captious and trifling complaints as to their quality. We shall improve them as fast as possible. Additional funds for pay and bounty will be remitted to-morrow. Get the troops forward as fast as possible. Let every hour advance your work.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
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