| Quartermaster General's Department |
| Richmond, April 22d 1863 |
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| Major Jno. L. Sehon |
| Q. M. Atlanta Geo. |
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| Sir, |
| In reply to your communication of the
16th, relative to auditing Rail Road accounts, I have to inform you |
| 1st: That the Columbia rates must be
adhered to in settling such accounts, those adopted at Augusta have
never been accepted by Colonel Wadley on behalf of the Government. |
| 2d: The value of lost freight should be
deducted on settlement. |
| 3d: The test of value is the cost the
Government would have incurred to replace lost freight at the date of
its loss. |
| A R. R. Convention is now in session in
this city & the whole subject of rates will be reviewed by that body. |
| A C. Myers, Q. M. Genl. |
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