Other carpentry and skilled labor within the camp, say. . . $200. 00

Engineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250. 00

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4,757. 18

The board of public works of the city of Chicago, having in charge the city water works which at present supply the camp, state the present street main, from which the supply is drawn, is not large enough for the proposed extension within the camp, and that it would be necessary to replace it by a large main, costing, as they estimate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,500. 00

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Total cost, allowing for contract work outside the camp, and prison labor within. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,257. 18

The work will probably occupy nearly six weeks after it is actually begun.

SAMUEL S. GREELEY,

Civil Engineer.

[Inclosure Numbers 2.]

Estimate for ovens at Camp Douglas, in Chicago, Ill., capable of baking bread for 12,000 men.

Four ovens, 18 by 10 feet $260 each. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,040

Lumber for building, 20 by 60 feet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480

Lumber for building, 14 by 60 feet, for ovens with

shed roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Doors and windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Nails, spikes, door hinges, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Iron fro grates, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Work by prisoners of war. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

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Total cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000

HEADQUARTERS, Alton, Ill., July 24, 1862.

Colonel WILLIAM HOFFMAN,
Commissary-General of Prisoners, Detroit, Mich.

SIR: I herewith inclose a requisition for clothing for issue to prisoners.

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

F. F. FLINT,

Major Sixteenth Infantry, Commanding.

[Inclosure.]

Requisition for clothing and camp and garrison equipage for the use of the prisoners of war at Alton Penitentiary, at Alton, Ill., for two months, commencing August 1, 1862, and ending September 30, 1862.

Commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and privates' flannel shirts:

Required, August 1862. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000

On hand, to be deducted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---

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To be supplied. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000

I certify that the above requisition is correct and the articles are necessary for the public service, rendered so by the following circumstances: For the use of the prisoners of war at Alton, Ill.

FERD. E. DE COURCY,

First Lieutenant, Thirteenth U. S. Infty., Actg. Asst. Qmr., U. S. Army.

FORT DELAWARE, July 24, 1862.

The MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY OF FRANCE, Washington.

Mr. MINISTER: At a time when a general exchange of prisoners appears to be on the point of being effected between the North and the