Your letter of June 6th in which you ask the Governor to use his influence to keep your sons out of the Army reached this office just as the Governor was on the point of leaving for Washington, D.C., to attend the Confederate Veterans Re-Union. He asks me to say in reply that no instructions have been received as yet relative to the method of selecting the young men who are to serve in the Army; however, he does not think that the Governor will have anything to do with this. It is his opinion that the selection will be made entirely by the Federal authorities. There will be a local county exemption board appointed by the President and a district board in each Federal judicial district. This will also be appointed by the President. These boards, it is believed, will decide who are to be chosen from among those registered for military duty. The Governor suggests that you present your claims of exemption in behalf of your boys to the local exemption board when it is appointed and organizes for work in Franklin County.