To EM Stanton From RH Milroy Sept 21 1863

              Washington City D.C. 
 
                Sept. 21st 1863 
 
 
 
Hon. E. M. Stanton 
 
                            Secretary of War 
 
                                                      Dear Sir 
 
 
 
In my communication to Maj. Gnl 
Schenck of July 22nd which was forwarded 
to the General in Chief in which I ask for 
a Court of Inquiry I was under the 
impression that by the 79th article of 
War my arrest had expired some 
two weeks previous & so stated it, but 
upon further examination of that article 
and of my order of arrest (a copy of which 
is herewith enclosed) I became convinced 
that I was mistaken, as the said article 
of war states that the confinement (not the 
arrest) shall cease within eight days upon 
failure to file charges, and my order of arrest 
places me in arrest “till further orders” and 
no “further orders” have yet been received by me. 
 
 
 
I therefore respectfully ask, if no cause of 
arrest exists against me, that I be released 
from arrest.   
 
 
 
   Very Respectfully Yours etc 
 
                       (signed) R. H. Milroy 
 
                                Maj. Gnl. 
 
 
 
(on reverse)  
Application to be 
released from arrest 
  refused 
 
 
 
Sept. 21/63