The terms of the inquiry to which this reply is made suggest the propriety of informing the Senate that other general officers, who have been wounded in battle and separated from their commands, have been regarded as having a continuing right to receive the prescribed pay and allowances of their grade, notwithstanding the appointment of others to supply the want created by their indefinite absence. For example, the recent nominations of brigadier generals, who had been selected to command the brigades of Gen. W. H. F. Lee, of Virginia, and of Gen. D. W. Adams, of Louisiana, were not intended to vacate the commissions or to suspend the pay of those gallant officers, but to use the authority to appoint supernumerary generals for one of the purposes for which it was understood to have been given.
Jefferson Davis.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 15, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives.
I herewith submit for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of War, covering an estimate of an additional appropriation required by the War Department.
Jefferson Davis.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 15, 1864.
To the Senate and House of Representatives.
I herewith transmit for your information communications from the Secretary of War, covering copies of several additional reports of military operations.
Jefferson Davis.
Richmond, Va., February 15, 1864.
To the Senate of the Confederate States.
In response to your resolution of December 24, 1863, I herewith transmit for your information a communication from the Secretary of War, submitting copies of the charges and specifications, and of the accompanying papers, in the case of Major H. C. Guerin, C. S.
Jefferson Davis.
