| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, 3 Dec. 1861 |
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| Majr J. W. Cameron |
| Quarter Master |
| Greensboro N. C. |
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| Sir, |
| In reply to your inquiry respecting the terms on which
the North Carolina R. Rd transports government freight &c I have to
state |
| The rates charged are two cents per mile per man & for
freight one half of the local prices. Payment is made in Confederate
Bonds and Treasury notes & of course only for men in the service of &
supplies belonging to the Confederate States. The rail road accounts are
certified by the orders for transportation or certificates of service,
where men are carried; and in case of freight, by the receipt of
authorized persons or the agent of connecting lines. |
| A. C. Myers, A. Q. M. G. |
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