980 Series II Volume VII- Serial 120 - Prisoners of War
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI, OFFICE OF PROVOST-MARSHAL-GENERAL, Saint Louis, Mo., October 13, 1864.Lieutenant Colonel G. HEINRICHS,
Superintendent and Inspector of Military Prisons:COLONEL: It is reported that there is not a sufficiency of bread distributed to the prisoners at Gratiot Street Prison. If this be the case please see that the ration is increased.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOSEPH DARR., JR.,
Acting Provost-Marshal-General.
[First indorsement.]
OFFICE INSPECTOR AND SUPT. OF MILITARY PRISONS, Saint Louis, October 14, 1864.
Respectfully referred to Captain R. C. Allen, commanding Gratiot Street Prison, with request to report.
GUST. HEINRICHS,
Inspector and Superintendent.
[Second indorsement.]
OFFICE GRATIOT STREET PRISON, Saint Louis, Mo., October 14, 1864.
Respectfully returned to Colonel Heinrich with the information that there is issued daily to each prisoner one pound of bread, as prescribed by Colonel Hoffman, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
R. C. ALLEN,
Captain, Fortieth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Prison.
[Third indorsement.]
OFFICE INSPECTOR AND SUPT. OF MILITARY PRISONS, October 15, 1864.
Respectfully returned to Colonel Darr, acting provost-marshal-general.
GUST. HEINRICHS,
Inspector and Superintendent.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES, October 13, 1864.Hon. ROBERT OULD, Agent of Exchange, Richmond, Va.:
SIR: I have the honor to forward two letters from the Navy Department dated, respectively, July 27 and October 10, 1864,* by which you will see that my Government claims the officers and crew of the steamer Alabama as prisoners of war, paroled for whom equivalents are expected.
I have the honor to be, your obedient servant,
BENJ. F. BUTLER,Major-General and Commissioner for Exchange.
[OCTOBER 13, 2864. - For Butler's General Orders, No. 126, in regard to retaliation for Union prisoners placed to labor on Confederate entrenchments, &c., see Series, I, Vol. XLII, Part III, p. 216.]
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*See pp. 961, 960, respectively.
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