| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Feb 21st 1863 |
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| Major D H Wood |
| Quarter Master Richmond |
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| Sir, |
| The suggestions contained in your letter of the 19th
instant, are approved, and you will appoint twenty messengers, and ship
Government supplies in the manner proposed. |
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Circular |
| Richmond March 1st 1863 |
| In order that Rail Road Companies may be furnished with
satisfactory vouchers for the transportation of Government freights and
at the same time, that all loss and damage acruing may be more
efficiently detected and fixed upon the responsible Road, I have adopted
the accompanying forms. It will be observed, that according to these
forms, the voucher for each Road will consist of three parts: The
Quarter Master's order, with which the manifest is connected, the
certificate of delivery, and the receipt of the connecting Road; or, in
the case of the last, or a single Road, the receipt of the Consignee, or
other authorized person. This system renders it necessary that the
contents of one car, only, shall appear on one manifest. When losses or
damage are discovered and fixed upon a Road it will become the duty of
the Quarter Master who pays the accounts of such Road to deduct from the
same the value of such losses or damage and to report his action to the
Consignee as soon as practicable. |
| In as much as it is desirable that the issue of Coupons
by Rail Road Companies for the transportation of Troops and other
persons on Government services shall be stopped, Quarter Masters will in
future issue all such orders or tickets, themselves, to be signed or
stamped with their official signatures -- one for each Road. |
| Printed forms of vouchers both for freight and persons
will be furnished to Quarter Masters engaged in giving transportation,
who will, thereupon, proceed at once, to carry this system into
operation. Meanwhile the transportation vouchers at present in use will
be good. |
| A C Myers |
| Q M Genl |
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| Major D. H. Wood will have a number of Circulars and
Forms printed for distribution to every Quarter Master on the Rail Road
routes, also to Rail Road Companies. The Forms will be handed to him by
Captain Maurice Smith. |
| A. C. Myers |
| Q. M. Genl. |
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