| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 2d August 1862 |
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| Capt E B Branch |
| AQM Petersburg Va |
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| Sir, |
| I will endeavor to remedy through Capt Morfit, far as
it may be possible, the matter of which you complain connection with the
managers of the R&P RR Company. {Richmond &
Petersburg RR} |
| As regards the other subject of your inquiry, the right
of Brigade Quarter Masters to interfere with you in the management of
the Rail Road Transportation, you will not furnish it. It is for you as
Post Quarter Master, after learning the wants of the different commands
that may pass through Petersburg, to provide transportation of the
character referenced to, as may seem to you best. No officer of this
Department has the right to order transportation for any person except
in accordance with the regulations, and if any commanding officer should
do so the cost thereof will be charged against him. |
| You will continue to discharge all of your duties as
Post Quarter Master at Petersburg, unless otherwise directed by the
General Commanding the Department in which you serve. |
| Larkin Smith |
| AQM Genl |
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