[Inclosure.]

Table of monthly rates of sickness and mortality of prisoners of war at Camp Morton, Ind., during the year ending June 30, 1864.

Taken sick Number of

or wounded deaths.

during the

month.

Mont Mean Sick. Wounde Total From Other

hs strengt d. numbe diseas causes

h. r of es. .

sick

treat

ed

durin

g the

month

.

July 438 28 6 79 24 . .

,

1863

. .

.

Augu 2,386 152 9 190 24 2

st,

1863

. .

.

Sept 1,446 82 1 172 23 . .

embe

r,

1863

. .

.

Octo 1,899 188 12 189 35 1

ber,

1863

. .

.

Nove 2,808 396 25 497 66 2

mber

,

1863

. .

.

Dece 3,144 277 8 564 92 . .

mber

,

1863

. .

.

Janu 3,248 266 5 495 103 1

ary,

1864

. .

.

Febr 3,149 318 2 547 67 1

uary

,

1864

. .

.

Marc 2,579 194 2 511 47 . .

h,

1864

. .

.

Apri 2,606 201 4 446 17 2

l,

1864

. .

.

May, 3,186 229 18 440 17 . .

1864

. .

.

June 4,426 272 22 429 34 . .

,

1864

. .

.

Ratio of sickness Ratio of sickness Ratio of deaths per

per 1,000 of mean per 1,000 of mean 1,000 of sick.

strength. strength.

63. 85 54. 78 303. 79

63. 83 10. 89 102. 06

56. 7 15. 90 133. 72

62. 66 18. 95 108. 05

141. 02 24. 21 162. 13

88. 1 29. 26 163. 12

81. 89 32. 01 200. 80

100. 9 21. 59 104. 02

75. 22 18. 22 108. 72

84. 80 7. 02 30. 80

71. 56 5. 03 30. 80

61. 45 7. 06 79. 25

HDQRS. DEPT. OF VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA,
OFFICE COMMISSIONER FOR EXCHANGE,

Fort Monroe, Va., July 30, 1864.

Colonel W. HOFFMAN,

Commissary-General of Prisoners, Washington, D. C.:

COLONEL: I am making arrangements to go up the their under flag of truce on Tuesday next. Please have medical officers and any other persons whom you may desire to send at this post on Tuesday morning (August 2.) I leave for Philadelphia to-night for the New York, and will can at Fort Delaware myself for medical officers there. I will thank you to instruct the commanding officer to deliver them to me. You will please designate whom he shall send. I transferred from this post fifteen Confederate medical officers to Fort Delaware some time since under your orders. There are none now here.

I am, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JNO F. MULFORD,

Major and Assistant Agent for Exchange.

CAMP SUMTER, GA., July 30, 1864.

General S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General:

In obedience to orders I have sent Captains Vowles and W. S. Winder to Millen, Ga., to select location for a new prison. They are directed to apprise you when selected. Please send them authority to press negroes and teams and wagons. Send a quartermaster at same time. It is very important to build as soon as possible. We have now 32,235 prisoners of war.

JNO H. WINDER,

Brigadier-General.

[First indorsement.]

Respectfully submitted to Quartermaster-General.

H. L. CLAY,

Assistant Adjutant-General.