| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond June 24, 1863 |
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| Major C. S. Carrington |
| QM |
| Raleigh, N. C. |
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| Major, |
| It has been represented to me that there
are, at Charlotte, about two hundred car loads of stores {about
14 trains}, which cannot be forwarded for want of Cars, and at
Augusta, one hundred and sixty eight hogsheads of sugar {about
1 train}, that are kept
back in consequence. |
| It is apparent that, unless vigorous
effort is used to prevent it, freights will accumulate at the various
depots along the line of the railroad. |
| Confiding in the ability, and energy which
you have heretofore displayed, I entrust this matter to your charge,
and urge you to make every exertion in your power to send on these
supplies. |
| It has been suggested that, if the system
of running on the North Carolina railroad shall be changed; the cars
be run slower, and more heavily ladened; with fewer delays at night;
more expedition will be accomplished. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
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