| Richmond, Va., September 22, 1861 |
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| A. C. Myers, Quartermaster-General |
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| Sir, |
| I have your letter of 21st instant, which
exonerates from blame the quartermaster at Manassas, but this is
only half the result required in my letter to you of the 20th
instant. I desire to know whose is the fault that the transportation
on the road was so blocked up by the absence of cars from Richmond
that the Commissary-General was unable to get one thousand barrels
of flour conveyed to the army in an emergency. We have now a
definite issue before us. You have ascertained that the blame was
not attributable to the officer at Manassas. Who was the delinquent?
I must insist that the investigation be pursued until the question
is satisfactorily answered. Please to report as early as possible.
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| Your obedient servant, |
| J.
P. Benjamin |
| Acting Secretary of War
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