| Quarter Master General's Department |
| Richmond, June 6th 1864 |
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| Capt. Charles M. Williams |
| Enterprise, Miss. |
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| In reply to your letter of
April 1st 1864 stating that you are engaged in repairs of the Mobile
& Ohio Rail Road, and asking to be allowed to pay your detailed
men $3.00 per day, while so engaged, instead of $1.25 per day, I have
to state, that the amount Secretary of War has decided that detailed
men in the field, in the Commissary Department may be paid $1.25 per
day with rations, and clothing, besides monthly pay, and until further
orders, this decision is adopted by this Department in regard to its
detailed men in the Field, by which you can be governed. The matter is
now before Congress for further legislation of which you will be duly
apprised. |
| A. R. Lawton, Q. M. Genl. |
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