H^d Q^rs 3^d R.I. Art'^y

Jan^y 6^th 1863.

 

Gentlemen,

                        I wish to have you agree upon some mode of determining your relative rank in the regiment. The one acted on heretofore, and I think a perfectly just & proper one, is to take rank according to date of appointment as Sergeant, the 1^st sergeant taking precedence of the last in regard of position. Let me know if this is acceptable.

 

Truly

Yr Col. & Friend

Metcalf

 

To

Lieut    Love

            Wheeler                                             

            Gardner                                               

            Thompson                                           

            Batchellor

 

 If you assent to this arrangement, endorse Yes sign & return— /

 

Yes      Love

W. Wheeler

Yes.     Clarence T. Gardner.

Yes      O A Thompson

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