[Second indorsement.]

OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,

Washington, D. C., June 7, 1864.

Respectfully submitted to the Secretary of War, with the recommendation that mechanics be allowed 10 cents per day and laborers 5 cents, to be paid out of the prison fund and placed to their credit in the hands of the commanding officer.

W. HOFFMAN,

Colonel Third Infantry and Commissary-General of Prisoners.

[Third indorsement.]

JUNE 10, 1864.

The Secretary of War approves the above recommendation, and also that prisoners so laboring have full rations.

H. W. HALLECK,

Major-General and Chief of Staff.

OFFICE PROVOST-MARSHAL OF PRISONERS,

ROCK ISLAND BARRACKS,

Rock Island, Ill., May 30, 1864.

Colonel A. J. JOHNSON,

Fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, Commanding Post:

COLONEL: I have the honor to report the condition of the police of prison and hospital grounds a good, no change having occurred during the past week.

I have the honor to be, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

A. P. CARAHER,

Lieutenant-Colonel, Fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps,

Provost-Marshal of Prisoners.

[Indorsement.]

HEADQUARTERS ROCK ISLAND BARRACKS,
Rock Island, Ill., May 31, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded to Colonel William Hoffman, Commissary-General of Prisoners, with the remark that I have just returned from a careful inspection of the prison. I find the police and everything in excellent condition. The grounds outside the prison inclosure are being improved as fast as practicable. Received Friday morning 179 prisoners from Little Rock, per steamer, via Saint Louis; Saturday, 331 from Louisville per rail: all very dirty and badly clothed. Health of the Louisville squad, good; of the Little Rock squad, bad. A few cases of measles among the sick. The Thirty-seventh Iowa Regiment is ordered away; a 100-days' Illinois regiment is to take their place. This change will occur in a day or two. When it takes place this depot will be better garrisoned than at present.

A. J. JOHNSON,

Colonel Fourth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, Commanding Post.

C. S. PRISON, Andersville, Ga., May 30, 1864.

Major WILLIAM B. B. CROSS, Richmond, Va.:

DEAR SIR: Agreeable to request made by you whilst last in Richmond, I have the honor to report the present condition of progress