| From the Richmond Daily Dispatch |
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| March 13, 1863 |
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| Scarcity of labor |
| The railroad
Superintendents have begun to complain of the want of labor on their
respective lines, and some have petitioned Congress to allow them a
detail of battery hands in order to do certain work necessary to keep
these important thoroughfares in good running condition. The question
deserves the serious consideration of those to whom it is addressed.
The success of the Confederate arms, in a great measure, depends on
the efficiency of the railroads. There are hundreds of able bodied men
held in various civil and military prisons for trivial offenses,
supported in idleness, at great cost both to the State and
Confederacy, whose labor might be made available in the present
emergency. |
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