We L Hartz to James Barnes, January 6, 1865

Bvt. Brig. Gen. JAMES BARNES, Commanding District of Saint Mary’s, Point Lookout, Md.: GENERAL: I have the honor, by direction of the Commissary-General of Prisoners, to acknowledge the receipt of inspection report of the condition of prisoners of war at Point Lookout, Md., for the week ending December 31, 1864, and request thatif in your opinion a portion of the tents are unfit for further use you will cause them to be inspected in the usual manner and submit the report to this office, with such suggestions as you may deem proper to make. If the prisoners are suffering for want of necessary clothing, make a requisition for present wants and it will be submitted to the Quartermaster-General. It is hoped that the rebel authorities will be able to procure clothing for their men in our hands at an early day from the proceeds of a cargo of cotton said to have been shipped from Mobile with that object.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,