Alan PittsPACS as a branch of serviceWed Feb 7 13:41:22 2001 PACS officers were treated differently than ordinary volunteer officers, more like regular officers. For instance commissions were normally issued at the lowest level, which may explain why Lockett never got a PACS commission as captain. Captains in PACS service were rare. PACS and a volunteer commission could be held simultaneously, but almost all PACS officers were former volunteer officers who had resigned their commissions. One of my long-term projects concerns PACS officers assigned to duty at either Camp Buckner (Talladega) or Camp Watts (Notasulga). I have a pretty fair list of officers assigned to Camp Watts (1st Conscript Regiment) and a few assigned to Camp Buckner (2nd Conscript Regiment?) along with their service records. Quite a number left Camp Watts as compny officers of Swanson's Regiment, the 61st Alabama. And some, like Wm. H. King, became officers in Junior Resrve companies. I'll try to locate these if you're interested. Provost Guard — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 7 14:11 Provost Guard Corps — Alan J. Pitts, Wed Feb 7 14:40 Then how do you explain... — Hayes Lowe, Wed Feb 7 15:48 Answers: — Alan J. Pitts, Thu Feb 8 07:31 And again, good work! n/m — Hayes Lowe, Thu Feb 8 09:03 PACS officers — Alan J. Pitts, Wed Feb 7 16:49