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Engineer Bureau |
| Richmond, 2 Dec. 1864 |
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| Capt. L. P. Grant Engineers |
| Augusta Ga. |
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| Captain, |
| Your application of ____ date (the paper
is not now in my possession) in which you ask that an order may be
obtained from the Surgeon General to allow you to purchase medicines
from the Medical Purveyor at Augusta for the Engineer Employees under
your charge was duly received. The Surgeon Genl on reference to him,
declined to furnish you, on the ground that the supply was very limited
& retained for our Soldiers in the Hospitals required all that could be
obtained. The matter being taken to the Hon. Sec. of War, the following
endorsement was made by him addressed to the Surgeon General, which is
communicated for your information. |
| "In medicines cannot be supplied our of
existing stores, they must be purchased. I wish it however hereafter
understood that the Medical Dept is charged with the duty of providing
medicines for the Negroes in Service to the Govt. as well as the Army, &
that estimates & purchases should be made accordingly" |
| J. A S. Secy |
| 2 Dec 1864 |
| Under the authority contained in the above
endorsement you are authorized to purchase such supplies of medicines as
are requisite for the Employees under your charge. |
| By order Maj Gen. Gilmer Chf Engr |
| J. H. Alexander |
| AAG |
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