| Quarter Master General's Department |
| Richmond, April 28th 1864 |
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| Maj. Thos Peters |
| Ch Q Master |
| Demopolis Ala |
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| Sir, |
| Herein is enclosed an extract from special
orders No 84 current series containing the names of certain officers who
have been dropped from the rolls for failure to execute their official
Bonds as required by law. |
| You will perceive that the list embraces
the names of several officers heretofore on duty with commands in the
Department commanded by Lieut. Genl. Polk. I have to request that you
will designate suitable officers to supply their places from among those
at posts which are provided with Post QMasters, regularly assigned
thereto, or from among such as may be engaged upon other unimportant
duties, not in the field, reporting their names to this office, in order
that the necessary measures for their assignment may be adopted. |
| Those at Montgomery Ala as many officers of
this Dept. stationed there by orders emanating from this office, as are
required by the interests of the service & Capt Shortridge, who is
understood to be at that point, may be transferred to one of the
regiments or battalions referred to. |
| Capt. Thos. R. Dashiell now at Columbus
Miss may also be ordered on duty, either with one of these commands, or
Williams' Miss. Battalion to relieve Capt D. H. Thomas who has been
ordered elsewhere. |
| It is believed from statements & reports
which have recently been made to this office that the number of QMasters
in the Dept. of Miss. Ala. & E. La., is in excess of the wants of the
service, & I have to request your prompt & zealous cooperation in the
adoption of the means necessary to relieve the Dept. of such a may not
be absolutely needed. Those officers, if such there be, must either be
assigned to appropriate & important duties, or their services will be
dispensed with, at an early day in accordance with the law in such made
& provided. |
| You will also be pleased to report to this
office whether Capt Geo. Dashiell is now on duty with the 4th Miss Regt.
to which he has been assigned by command of the Secy of War. |
| A. R. Lawton |
| QMGenl. |