Jno. F. Iverson to Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War, January 26, 1865

Near Florence, S. O., January 26, 1865.

Col. H. FORNO, Inspector Military Prisons, South Carolina : COLONEL: I have the honor to state that the post commissary is issuing the following rations to the prisoners at this prison: One pound of meal, one-third pound of peas, three pounds of salt per 100 rations per day. No soap, tobacco, or meat is issued, except one-half pound of beef per day to men who do duty as laborers on Government work. These rations are, in my judgment, totally insufficient for the sustenance of the prisoners, and I respectfully urge that, if possible, the rations be increased. I am,

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Lieutenant- Colonel, Commanding.

[Indorsement. ADJUTANT AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE,

February 2, 1865.

Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War.

This is an inclosure to an inspection report of Colonel Forno,

forwarded by Brigadier-General Winder, Commissary-General of