Summary:
Union Provost Marshal-General J. B. Fry writes Provost Marshal George Eyster, stationed at Chambersburg, in June, 1863, concerning efforts to enforce the draft in Bedford County. Fry informs Eyster that the Commandant of the military barracks at Carlisle has been ordered to contribute troops to help enforce enrollment in Bedford County.

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Capt. GEORGE EYSTER,
Provost-Marshal Sixteenth District, Chambersburg, Pa.:

Washington, D. C.,

June 13, 1863.

Comdg. officer at Carlisle is ordered to fill your call for thirty men when required. If you need them apply to him. Call in person upon Gen. Couch, commanding department, and in case you want help at any time apply to him.

J. B. FRY,
Provost-Marshal-Gen.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 3, Volume 3, Serial No. 124, Pages 353, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.