me to enforce my own construction of the military bill until ordered

Therefore the registration continued as I had originally directed,

and nothing having been definitely settled at Washington in relation

to my extending the time, on the 10th of July I ordered all the

registration boards to select, immediately, suitable persons to act

as commissioners of election, and at the same time specified the

number of each set of commissioners, designated the polling-places,

gave notice that two days would be allowed for voting, and followed