| Feby 7th 1865 |
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| Capt. H. M. Waller |
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TP QM Danville
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| Captain, |
| Please investigate the charges made in
enclosed dispatch and report at your earliest convenience. |
| There is ac??ly a doubt that the bill of
Mr Barnett will become a law. The President may possibly veto it, but
it will be passed over his head. You ????? conceive of the ??ly to
fuel Q. M.s in the
army. We musn't according to congressional views rest in any of
theirs, and as the
public seeks a victim for the thin ranks of our army, Mr Barnett ???
them a few much abused quartermasters to keep it from inquiring why so
able bodied and rich a man is ??? ??? don't shoulder a ??? |
| I shall never believe there is true
patriotism in Congress with all its able bodied members are sent to
the field, where the ??? ??? that nears the root, their ??? may be ???,
not before. |
| Yrs truly |
| F. W. Sims |
| Lt Col & Q M |
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