| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, March 18th, 1864 |
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| Maj. J. W. Cameron |
| Qr. Master |
| Wilmington, N. C. |
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| Sir, |
| Please read the enclosed letter to Mr.
Fremont, & deliver it. We cannot stop to discuss the reason
for orders, when an army is about to starve; nor can the War Dept.
inform commanding officers in time to convince their judgment, when
called upon to sustain its authority. The fact that the Wilmington
& Weldon Road disputed the right of the War Dept. to issue
this order, was only an additional reason for its rigid enforcement.
The Sec. of War did not hesitate a moment to order Genl. Martin to
sustain your authority in the premises. Genl. Whiting is fully
informed as to the necessity. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
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