Letter
Unknown, January 20, 1864
QUARTERMASTER-GENERALâS OFFICE, TAX IN KIND,
January 20, 1864.
If the county authorities of the counties of Florida will apply to Maj. C. C. Yonge, controlling quartermaster of the State, at Tallahassee, he will give them authority to purchase breadstuffs from the depots of the tax in kind at commissionersâ rates, such supplies being for the indigent. Major Yonge has full authority on the subject. The Commissary-Generalâs Department is collecting in these counties only for the purpose of feeding cattle.
Respectfully, LARKIN SMITH, Assistant Quartermaster- General.
Arms can be placed at the disposal of Governor Milton at Columbus, Ga. J. GORGAS.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Summary: Assistant Quartermaster General Larkin Smith authorizes Florida county authorities to obtain breadstuffs at commissioners' rates for the indigent and notes arms availability for Governor Milton in 1864.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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