The balance due the following-named surgeons were tendered them in Confederate notes at the time of their departure in November, 1863, but the money was refused by them and was not refused to me until about January 11, 1864:

Name. U. S. Less C. S. Remainder

money. money. in U. S.

money.

Surg. W. A. Rodgers. $80. 00 $25. 00 $74. 66

Surgeon Wooden. 98. 00 50. 00 90. 85

Surg. O. Q. Herrick. 45. 00 50. 00 37. 85

Surg. J. McCurdy. 15. 00 50. 00 7. 85

Surg. J. M. Cooke. 49. 00 50. 00 41. 85

Asst. Surg. S. E. 51. 00 50. 00 43. 85

Holtzman.

Asst. Surg. C. P. 84. 00 50. 00 76. 85

O'Hanlon.

Asst. Surg. H. S. 15. 00 50. 00 7. 85

Griswold.

Surg. E. M. Seeley. 72. 00 50. 00 64. 85

Surg. W. B. McGavran. 102. 00 50. 00 94. 85

Asst. Surg. E. M. 61. 00 50. 00 53. 85

Howland.

Surg. T. L. Magee. 55. 00 50. 00 47. 85

Asst. Surg. C. R. 13. 00 a50. 00 5. 85

Pomeroy.

Asst. Surg. G. E. 21. 00 50. 00 13. 85

Ranney.

Asst. Surg. J. N. 38. 00 50. 00 30. 85

Miller.

a 2 $10 gold.

In addition to those above-mentioned the following names appear on my register. The kind of money due the last three is not known, as the invoice sent by the officer does not specify.

There has never been any requisition for this money.

Surgeon Simpers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a$5. 00

Asst. Surg. H. L. Pierce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a5. 00

Surg. T. C. Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b1. 00

Surg. G. P. Ashmun, $209 coin, $113 U. S. money, less
c20. 00

$27 U. S. money and $50 C. S. Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
a78. 00

Surg. H. J. Herrick, $27. 50 coin and $86, less $86 U. S.

money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c27. 50

Asst. Surg. W. D. Fouts, $175 U. S. money, less $50

C. S. money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a167. 85

Asst. Surg. J. T. Luck. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c5. 00

Dr. A. V. Ketchum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a5. 00

Dr. J. Hamilton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a3. 63

Asst. Surg. A. M. Parker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d14. 00

Asst. Surg. H. C. Steadman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d10. 55

Surg. J. D. Schoales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . d15. 00

Mr. Ould says, "I would like to know what difficulty there is in the return of the money to the parties (in kind) when they have drawn none of it and where, of course, there was no need of converting it into Confederate money. "

In reply I say there is no difficulty nor has there ever been, and I wish it to be distinctly understood that prisoners' moneys have never been converted except at their own request, and when the deposits have, they have always been paid in kind.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

C. MORTIF,

Captain and Assistant Quartermaster.

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

Washington, D. C., April 21, 1864.

Colonel A. J. JOHNSON,

Commanding Depot Prisoners of War, Rock Island, Ill.:

COLONEL: The inclosed letter received from your office is returned to you for signature. * I take this opportunity to say that the Quarter-

a U. S. money.

b C. S. money.

c Coin.

d Unknown.

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*See April 16, p. 59.

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