| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Feb 13th 1863 |
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| Edmund Fontaine Esq |
| President's Office |
| Va. Central R. R. |
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| Sir, |
| Your letter of the 9th instant has been received, and
its suggestions considered. |
| The attention of Lieutenant Colonel Corley, Chief
Quarter Master of the Army of Northern Virginia, has been called to the
views you present in regard to the subject of seed oats; and Major
Carrington -- who has supervision of the purchase of forage -- has
instructed his officers and agents to make no impressment of oats until
the new crop is gathered, unless the necessities of the service make it
absolutely requisite. |
| Your further suggestion that the corn stored in bags is
liable to be lost by "heating," has been brought to the attention of the
officers in charge, by whom every precaution will be adopted to prevent
this loss. |
| A C Myers |
| Q M Genl |
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