| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond July 29th 1864 |
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| Maj. J. W. Young |
| Chief QMaster |
| Meridian Miss |
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| Sir, |
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| Major Geo Whitfield Q. M. is
the only Qr Master who has been regularly assigned to duty in connection
with Railroads in your Military Department & if the services of
additional Quarter Masters are required in that branch of the service
applications for the assignment of assistants should be made through
him. |
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| A. R. Lawton QMG |
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