The major is sick again, and Jacques is away; therefore I
have too much work, and the colonel groans for me. He is proud of the
appointments he made with such rapidity, and has been complimented. And in
truth there is no reason why the thousands of applications should not be acted
on promptly; and there are many against delay. A large army must be organized
immediately, and it will be necessary to appoint thousands of field and staff
officers — unless all the governors are permitted to do as Gov. Brown desires
to do. The Secretary is in better health, and quite condescending. My work
pleases him; and I shouldn't be astonished if he resented the sudden absence of
Mr. Jacques. But he should consider that Mr. J. is only an amateur clerk getting
no pay, rich, and independent of the government.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 63
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