| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| August 3, 1861 |
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| Richmond & Danville Railroad, President's Office |
| Richmond, August 2, 1861 |
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Editors of the Dispatch --Sire!-- |
| In consequence of a complaint noticed in
your paper of to-day of "a highly respectable correspondent of
Halifax," "that the Danville Railroad charges freight on
every box and package contributed for the comfort and aid of the
soldiers, and the sick and wounded," and in order to remove a
false impression, you are requested to publish the following
"General Order" of the Railroad: |
| "Richmond
&
Danville
Railroad, Superintendent's Office,
Richmond, July 30, 1861--General Order No. 29. On and after this date,
contributions to military hospital stores will be carried without
charge. |
| Wounded soldiers will be passed free on
exhibiting a surgeon's certificate that they were wounded in the
military service of the Confederate States. |
| Corpses of soldiers killed in the military
service of the Confederate States will be carried free of charge. |
| Soldiers on furlough will be passed over
the road at half rates, but will be required to show their furlough to
the ticket agent before a half-rate ticket will be issued to them, and
will be entitled to but one trip on each furlough. |
| Chas. G. Talcott, Sup't. |
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| In addition to this order, one was issued
(and has been in existence for more than a month) ordering the depot
agents of this road to charge the lowest freight rates on "every
box and package contributed for the aid and comfort of the
soldiers" not sick or wounded. And in addition to this, all
freight for the Confederate States is carried at half rates, and
soldiers with a proper order of transportation, at two cents per mile. |
| Articles that are sent from the country,
to be made up for the volunteers, are transported over the road, free
of charge, both ways. |
| Your ob't servant, |
| Lewis E. Harvie, Pres't. |
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