Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1865 To Provost-Marshal-General
by Abraham Lincoln
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, February 6, 1865.
PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL:
These gentlemen distinctly say to me this morning that what they want
is the means from your office of showing their people that the quota
assigned to them is right. They think it will take but little time
--two hours, they say. Please give there double the time and every
facility you can.
Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN.
February 6, 1865.
The Provost-Marshal brings this letter back to me and says he cannot
give the facility required without detriment to the service, and
thereupon he is excused from doing it.
