War Department,
Washington City, August 12, 1865.
Dear Sir, — Your
note
of the 9th inst. reached me this morning, and the Adjutant-general has been
directed to give you six months’ leave of absence with the privilege to go
beyond the limits of the United States. I would be glad to continue the pay,
but it would lead to so many applications of a similar nature as to become
necessary perhaps to revoke all. The question of pay therefore can remain
suspended, but it is probable that the service will require the absence to be
without pay.
Yours truly,
Edwin M. Stanton.
Brevet Major-general
Bartlett,
16 Broad Street, Boston.
SOURCE: Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Memoir of William
Francis Bartlett, p. 154
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