| Macon Ga Feby 11th 1865 |
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| Col. G. W. Brent |
| A. A. G. |
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| Colonel, |
| I have the honor to report,
that in obedience to General Beauregard's directive of the 7th inst. I
proceeded to Milledgeville Ga and made a thorough examination into the
accounts of Maj. A. M. Bryan A. Q. M. In the investigation my ??ting was
specially applied, to contracts, alleged to have been made by Maj Bryan
with E. S. Parke, Goodrich & Co & other firms, for the transportation of
private property in Government waggons, from Mayfield to Midway. |
| I submit the accompanying
paper marked B, obtained from Maj Bryan, exhibiting, the particular
dates, articles, weight, consignors, consignees, and destination of
private property, transported from Mayfield to Medway by him in public
conveyances, between Jany 5 & February 6th 1865. |
| The consideration received by
Maj Bryan in these contracts of hire, was, from M. A. Huson five pounds
of bacon pr hundred pounds of freight, and from the other owners eight
pounds of bacon pr hundred, with the right to commute in all cases the
payment of bacon by substituting eight dollars in money pr pound of
bacon. |
| The contract with E. S. Park,
signed by Maj Bryan, was seen by me at Mayfield, before
reaching Milledgeville, in the hands of a Mr. Pringle, formerly an
employee of the A. Q. Master. It stipulates for the transportation of
five thousand pounds of freight from Mayfield to Medway in Government
wagons by Maj Bryan, for which he is to receive, eight pounds of bacon
pr hundred pounds, commutable in money, at eight dollars pr pound of
bacon. This contract has not been performed, owing probably to the
promptness of this investigation. |
| No contract of which I can
obtain evidence, was made with Goodrich & Co, but Capt Bobet A. Q. M.
who acts under Maj Bryan at Mayfield informs me, that Goodrich & Co's
goods were transported in Government waggons to Medway, through the
instrumentality of a Major Sayne, now in Augusta & with whom I was
unacquainted. The authority of this last named office and the
consideration paid for transportation has not been discovered. |
| No written evidence exists as
I am informed of another contract between Maj Bryan and Arthur Cornell,
to transport between the same points mentioned above, some one hundred
and fifty boxes of tobacco, but the tobacco was shipped from Augusta and
received in Mayfield as also one thousand pounds of bacon the same day
that General Beauregard directed this investigation, to wit, the 7th
February 1865. This tobacco is now stored in the rail road depot at
Mayfield {Milledgeville RR} for
transportation, and the bacon is at the same place in the Government
store rooms, receipted for in the name of Maj Bryan, as a consideration
for the conveyance of the tobacco over the gap and that he is compelled
to use the public waggons in order to procure bacon for his drivers. |
| The two propositions of Law in
my original communication in conjunction with this report are with great
respect submitted. |
| John S McCay Agt 7th Miss Battn |
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