| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Va. June 29, 1861 |
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| Wm. T. Joynes |
| Presdt. Petersburg R. R. Co. |
| Petersburg, Va. |
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| Sir, |
| I have your note of the 27th instant on
the subject of the transportation of discharged soldiers, and
recruiting officers. |
| I am informed that the Rail road
Convention in session in this City at this time, has passed
resolutions to give free passage to all sick discharged soldiers, from
the place of discharge to their homes. A discharged soldier should
always have about him, his discharge from the service signed by his
commanding officer, also the certificate of the Surgeon who examined
him and signed his discharge. Without these papers he is not entitled
to transportation, except he presents the order of an authorized agent
of the Quartermaster Department. |
| There is no recruiting now carried on in
the Confederate States, therefore no person is entitled to
transportation on that service. |
| I hope in a day or two, to send a circular
pointing out the simple and uniform mode of accounts for
transportation of persons and freight. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. Genl. |
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