WAR DEPARTMENT, A. AND I. G. O.,
Montgomery, March 29, 1861.
Brig. Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Commanding, &c., Charleston, S.C.:
SIR: The Secretary of War directs that you will allow no further communications between the Government of the United States and Fort Sumter, unless the written instructions of the intermediary are first submitted to your inspection, with satisfactory assurances that there are no verbal instructions inconsistent with those which are written.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.