CHAP. XIII.] CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.
had but three pints. Not less than half my regiment are unfit for duty. I am greatly in need of a good supply of medicine.
C. H. RICHARDSON, Surg. Sixth Georgia Vols., and Act. Med. Dir. in the Field.
[Indorsement.]
SURGEON-GENERAL'S OFFICE, August 22, 1861.
The medical purveyor reports that the bulk of supplies for 10,000 men (General Magruder's command) were turned over for shipment to the quartermaster on the 8th and 9th instant; the balance of those supplies on the 21st instant, and that special agent, with certain articles, was despatched yesterday.
Respectfully returned.
S. P. MOORE, Acting Surgeon-General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., Richmond, August 9, 1861.
His Excellency HENRY T. CLARK, Governor of North Carolina:
SIR: The HonorableWarren Winslow, secretary of military affairs of North Carolina, has referred to the President, with your approval, a copy of the report of Brigadier General R. C. Gatlin, of July 17, 1861, with regard to the necessity of erecting additional batteries at points designated for the coast defense of North Carolina, and has further stated the proposition on your part to take charge of these operations if approved of by this Government, provided this Government would advance to you the sum of $50,000 in Confederate bonds.
These documents have been referred by the President to this Department for reply. This Department acknowledges the necessity for these works of defense, and approves of the plan proposed by Brigadier-General Gatlin. The proposal of your excellency to take charge of the construction of these works is also accepted, and the sum of $50,000 in Confederate bonds will be placed at your disposal for the purpose.
Respectfully,
L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War.
RICHMOND, VA., August 14, 1861.
Major JOSIAH GORGAS, Chief of Ordnance, C. S. Army, Richmond, Va.:
MAJOR: By direction of Brigadier-General Magruder, commanding the Department of Yorktown, I have the honor to call your attention to the barbette gun-carriages in the works at Yorktown. These carriages are carelessly constructed, of very inferior pine timber, and are already much damaged from slight exposure to the weather and from their use in the exercise of the men at the guns. These carriages are so low that the guns cannot because at ranges attained with the slightest depression without damage to the parapet. The general commanding the department, considering that the safety of the post depends very materially on this battery, earnestly requests that other properly-constructed carriages be furnished him immediately.
I am, major, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RO. JOHNSTON, Colonel Second Virginia Cavalry, Acting Inspector-General.
