| Richmond, Va. |
| November 23, 1864 |
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| Maj. Mason Morfit |
| Quartermaster, Salisbury, N. C. |
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| Major, |
| Your letter of the
16th instant has been referred to me to answer. I call your
attention to Special Orders, No. 93, headquarters post, Richmond,
herewith inclosed.
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| It
is not the practice here to permit any but officers and patients in
hospitals to receive the monthly allowance, but there can be no
objection to so doing if the number of prisoners is not too large
and the officer has the time to make the payments. Northern currency
must be converted into Confederate money and held for the
Confederate States Government. Coin may be disposed of in the
market. Prisoners cannot give orders in favor of second parties, as
in the case of a fellow-prisoner it would enable a man to withdraw
and get into his possession too large an amount; of course as
intercourse between prisoners and outsiders is not allowable it is
hardly necessary to say that such orders could not be respected. Nor
can the officers and employes at prisons have any dealings with
them. Prisoners when exchanged and sent away can leave transfers for
the benefit of their fellow-prisoners.
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| Respectfully, your obedient servant |
| C. Morfit |
| Captain and Assistant Quartermaster |
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