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I am pained to hear that you reject the service of an officer we sent to assist in organizing and getting off troops. Pensylvania and
Indiana accepted such officers, kindly; and they now have more than twice as many new troops in the field, as all the other states together. If Illinois had got forward as many troops as Indiana, Cumberland Gap would soon be relieved from it's present peril. Please do not ruin us on punctilio. A. LINCOLN