Instructions and directions given to medical officers, recommendations for the action of the medical inspector-general: To recommend the issue twice a week, for eight weeks, of onions, at the rate of 60 pounds to 100 men. To be careful not to purchase from hospital and such articles as can be obtained on requisition.

C. T. ALEXANDER,

Surgeon, U. S. Army, Actg. Medical Inspector of Prisoners,

Lieutenant-Colonel and Medical Inspector, U. s. Army.

[Inclosure Numbers 2.]

Plans, specifications, and estimate of cost of mess-room and kitchen, with capacity for 3,000 men, for use of prisoners of war at Johnston's Island Ohio.

375 feet 50 feet 375 feet.

Mess-room. Kitchen and Mess-room.

store-house.

30 feet 30 feet.

The building is to be 800 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 7 feet high, with boards roof and gravel floor. To be divided into three-rooms, viz, two mess rooms, 375 feet each, and one kitchen and store-room 50 feet long; four tables in each mess-room 365 feet long and 2 1/2 feet wide; 80 windows, 6 lights, 9 by 14. Ninety-four thousand feet of common 1-inch lumber siding, battening, roofing, and tables; 26,000 feet timber for sills, rafters, studding, and list; 1,200 pounds of nails. Lumber can be purchased at Saginav, Mich., and delivered on the island at a cost of $20 per 1,000 feet. Lumber can be purchased at Sandusky, Ohio at $22 per 1,000 feet.

Estimated cost purchasing at Saginaw, Mich.

120,000 feet lumber, at $20. . . . . . $2,400

1,200 pounds nails, at $8. 50. . . . . 120

Sash, glass, and putty. . . . . . . . . . . 150

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,652

Estimated cost purchasing at Sandusky, Ohio.

120,000 feet lumber, at $2,640. . . . . . . . $2,640

1,200 pounds nails, at $8,50. . . . . . . . . . 120

Sash, glass, and putty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,892

[Inclosure Numbers 3.]

Estimate of cost of wash-house for use of prisoners of war at Johnson's Island, Ohio, 40 feet long, 20 feet wide, board roof.

3,200 feet common lumber, at $22 per thousand. . . . . . . . . . $70. 40

800 feet timber and joists, at $22 per thousand. . . . . . . 17. 60

100 pounds nails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. 50

Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96. 50

40 feet.

Wash-house.

20 feet.