| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, April 22d 1863 |
| |
| Major Jno. L. Bradford |
| Q. M. |
| Chattanooga, Tenn. |
| |
| Sir, |
| In reply to your communication of the 15th
February last, I have to inform you, that since December, Colonel
Wadley has been in charge of transportation. I therefore on the 20th
February referred your letter to that officer, who returns it endorsed
under date of April 6th, as follows. |
| "I am aware of the difficulties
mentioned in getting coal, but can take no action, as it is foreign to
my duties. It is labor, and not transportation which is wanted." |
| Such seems to be your own view, and the
remedy seems to exist in the exercise of proper exertions upon the
part of the managers of the coal mines in securing the necessary
labor. |
| A C. Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
|