Col. Parker Hall proposes Wm. Barton Browner and William Cary as Cadets in his regiment. Enclosed are recommendations which have been transmitted to me in favor of these Gentlemen.

I would advise that they be immediately appointed.

Col. Parker recommends Mr. Hill for the place of Chaplain, and speaks of him as a man of excellent character. If there were any a provision for Chaplains in the law I should recommend the immediate appointment of this Gentleman. There appear to me to be strong reasons for an arrangement on this subject, and I submit the propriety of measures being taken by the Executive at the next session of Congress for procuring to procure, a law for providing a Chaplain for each brigade.

Col. Parker also informs me that Doctor Triplet one of the mates to his regiment has been pro made a surgeon in the navy, and recommends Mr Alfred Thurston to fill the vacancy

With great respect