| Engineer Bureau |
| July 31st 1863 |
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| Col. A. C. Myers |
| Q M Genl CSA |
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| Colonel, |
| I send you herewith enclosed a copy of a
letter recently rec'd from Col. Chas F. M. Garnett of the Commission
(consisting of himself and Capt G. E. Walker of the Engr Corps) for
collecting railroad iron &c, recommending that the current
expenses of collecting iron from railroads be paid by the
Quartermasters at the nearest convenient post when the accounts shall
be prepared in regular forms and presented by the agents of the
commission which suggestion has been approved by the Hon Secy of War. |
| I respectfully request that you will issue
the necessary instructions to your officers for carrying out this plan
whenever applied for by the commissioners, and the amounts this
expended by the Quartermaster Department will be refunded by the
Engineer Bureau. |
| I am Very Respectfully |
| Your Obt Servt |
| J. F. Gilmer |
| Col Engrs & Chf of Bureau |
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