| Royal's |
| December 8, 1863 |
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| Brigadier-General Jordan |
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| It is proper that I should
notify the commanding general that I have just been informed by
Captain Behré, post commissary, that there will not be meat enough
for issue to the troops of this command to-morrow without calling on
our reserve supply in Saint Andrew's. This supply is but a few days'
rations, and was, ordered by the commanding general for a different
contingency. I have ordered it used for this occasion. |
| Johnson Hagood |
| Brigadier-General, Commanding |
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| Indorsements |
| Referred by General
Beauregard to chief commissary, for attention, December 9, 1863. |
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| Office Chief Commissary |
| Charleston |
| December 10, 1863 |
| Respectfully returned. |
| I some time ago informed the
commanding general that there was a scarcity of meat, and that
interruptions were to be expected. |
| The failure of beef for this
command would not have occurred so soon if transportation on the
Savannah Railroad {Savannah, Albany & Gulf
RR} were more prompt, or if it were not deficient on the
other railroads likewise, all of which should have brought in cattle
yesterday, but none of which did so. By the Savannah Railroad,
fifteen car-loads were brought in this morning, being only a portion
of a lot which has been waiting transportation at
Stockton
for some three weeks. |
| H. C. Guerin |
| Major, and Chief Commissary of
Subsistence |
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