Tuesday, April 30, 1861
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| Present {as members of the
Governor of Virginia’s Advisory Council}, Judge John J.
Allen, president, and Col. Francis H. Smith and Capt. M. F. Maury.
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| The Governor submitted for advice a
communication from C. R. Mason containing estimates of the cost of
building and keeping in condition a railroad from Strasburg to
Winchester and suggesting, as what he deems a better plan, that
troops and baggage may be transported in a few hours between those
points in omnibuses and wagons, presenting also an estimate of the
cost per month of that mode of transportation: Advised unanimously
that this subject be referred to the quartermaster-general of the
army, as his duty under the ordinance of convention comprehends the
transportation of troops and supplies.
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| John J. Allen |
| Francis H. Smith |
| M. F. Maury |
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