§ Mr. STANTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the Morris Beef Company, of Smith-field and Chicago, are at present employing a young man twenty-five years of age as a buyer of frozen meat who was formerly employed by the firm of Hart-ridge and Swain and obtained exemption from military service on the grounds that 54W he was indispensable to this particular firm; and whether he will ask the Morris Beef Company, the Swift Beef Company, the Armour Beef Company, and Archer and Sulzberger to give a full account of the number of persons of military age who are in their employ?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONInquiries are being made.