of hospital - very good. Attendance of sick - the sick in hospital are well attended. Hospital diet - good. General health of prisoners - good, except smallpox. Vigilance of guard - guards appear to be very vigilant.

Remarks and suggestions. - The hospital accommodations are insufficient. Deaths frequently occur in the barracks. Smallpox is decreasing.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

M. BRIGGS,

First Lieutenant, Eighth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps, Special Inspector Camp Douglas.

HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SAINT MARY'S,
Point Lookout, Md., December 19, 1864.

Brigadier General H. W. WESSELLS,

Commissary-General of Prisoners;

GENERAL: I inclose several tables of the number of prisoners received here and in accordance with your request in letter of December 10. I have had the tables made in this form to afford all the information that may be wanted. They sufficiently explain themselves.

I have the honor to be, general, your obedient servant,

JAMES BARNES,

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

[Inclosure Numbers 1.]

Tabular statement of prisoners of war received, died, sick, &c., at Point Lookout, Md. from July 31, 1863, to November 30, 1864, inclusive.

Date. Average Average Average

number of number of number of

prisoners prisoners prisoners

sick in sick in not sick.

quarters. hospital.

July 31, 1863 a. . . . . . . 136

August, 1863. . . . . . . 963

September, 1863. 15 22 2,241

October, 1863. 22 55 4,987

November, 1863. 55 203 7,831

December, 1863. 366 344 7,956

January, 1864. 286 325 7,618

February, 1864. 236 325 7,466

March, 1864. 141 443 6,160

April, 1864. 141 455 5,426

May, 1864. 255 357 7,583

June, 1864. 626 520 12,272

July, 1864. 613 730 11,447

August, 1864. 331 836 6,449

September, 1864 380 726 5,969

b.

October, 1864 c. 298 1,184 8,298

November, 1864 d. 286 286 9,409

Average. 273 426 7,013

Date. Average Total number Total number

deaths per of prisoners of deaths.

day. in each

month.

July 31, 1863 a. . . . 136 . . .

August, 1863. . . . 1,819 . . .

September, 1863. . 47 3,909 14

October, 1863. 1. 06 7,110 33

November, 1863. 3. 97 8,967 119

December, 1863. 5. 10 8,384 158

January, 1864. 4. 45 7,739 138

February, 1864. 4. 41 8,147 128

March, 1864. 2. 64 6,146 82

April, 1864. 1. 43 5,741 43

May, 1864. . 77 12,027 24

June, 1864. 3. 50 14,489 105

July, 1864. 6. 58 9,993 204

August, 1864. 6. 80 7,088 211

September, 1864 3. 66 7,828 110

b.

October, 1864 c. 3. 58 10,387 111

November, 1864 d. 1. 73 10,376 52

Average. 3. 13 . . . . . .

a Date of arrival of prisoners.

b Received from Fort McHenry, 73 sick.

c Received from Fort Delaware, 458 sick; from Johnson's Island, 157; Elmira, 1, 196; from Baltimore hospital, 458; from Fort McHenry, 147; total, 2,345.

d Received from Baltimore hospital, 145 sick.

Total number of prisoners received. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,140

Total number of prisoners died. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,532

Percentage of deaths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0476

Average number of prisoners sick in quarters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Average number of prisoners sick in hospital. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

[A. G. BRADY,]

Major and Provost-Marshal.