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fence you speak of and an estimate of its cost. I wish you to see the regulations which I inclose put in force. Have the returns for June made out immediately and the rolls of all prisoners completed with the least possible delay. Report to me what their condition is at this time. I will write to you again in reply to your letter.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, July 12, 1862.
Captain J. A. POTTER, Assistant Quartermaster, Chicago, Ill.
CAPTAIN: Please furnish the clothing required in the accompanying estimates,* giving the inferior clothing you have on hand which is not suitable for issue to our own troops.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, July 12, 1862.
Captain A. A. GIBSON,
Second Artillery, Commanding Fort Delaware, Del.
CAPTAIN: The War Department has called for a list of all prisoners of war taken by the Army of the Potomac since its arrival on the Peninsula, giving the State, rank, regiment and company, when captured and the place where captured. If there are any of these prisoners in your charge will you please furnish me a list as early as practicable? The three political prisoners which you speak of in your letter of the 4th instant will remain at Fort Delaware.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
OFFICE COMMISSARY-GENERAL OF PRISONERS,
Detroit, July 12, 1862.
J. T. HUBBARD, Lebanon, Mo.
SIR: Your letter of the 3rd instant asking that your brother-in-law, T. A. Spencer, may be released from confinement at Camp Douglas has been referred to me, and in reply I have to inform you that Mr. Spencer cannot be released unless you can establish that he was forced into the rebel service against his will. On such proof the matter would be referred to the Secretary of War and possibly he would order his release.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. HOFFMAN,
Colonel Third Infantry, Commissary-General of Prisoners.
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*Not found.
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