<*> . But you have <placed men under arrest> detained men as prisoners, placed ners, & given passes to others, some of which I have seen.
To the first of these charges I should say you have been misinformed, if you mean without a legal process, that we have given passes is certainly true.
<> City Marshall. Perhaps I can explain, since these difficulties have commenced, you are aware that we have been placed under very peculiar circumststances, our has been placed under a very rigid police guard, in addition to this picquet guards have been placed outside the to prevent any sudden surprise, & those guards have questioned suspected or suspicious persons, as to thier business. To strangers, in some instances, passes have been given, to prevent difficulty in passing those guards it is some of those passes that you have seen. No person sir has been imprisoned without a legal cause, in our .
4 Why did you not give a more speedy answer to the possee that I sent out?
4 Gen Smith (Insert note 4)
5 “I think myself that sufficient time was not allowed by the possee. I furthermore think too that there is a great deal of truth in what you say [p. 39[b]]
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