| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, Va. Aug 25, 1861 |
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| Maj W. S. Ashe |
| AQM Wilmington |
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| Dispatch received. The Government have no contract
specially for discharged soldiers. They are entitled to pass free of
expense to their homes. If Rail Roads do not take the discharged soldier
free the Government will pay his fare at the rate of two cents a mile. |
| A. C. Myers, Q. M. Genl |
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