such other matters as were necessary, in order properly to conduct

the voting, and afterward to receive from the commissioners the

result of the vote and forward it to my headquarters. These

registers, and all other officers having to do with elections, were

to be held to a rigid accountability, and be subject to trial by

military commission for fraud or unlawful or improper conduct in the

performance of their duties; and in order to be certain that the

Registration Boards performed their work faithfully and