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must be a well organized bureau
with all its exact minutia though
at considerable expence. After
establishing getting the Depot with its Superin-
-tendent & assistance (we have ex-
-pectation of being getting a Govt. room in
the Post Office Building) the [next?] &
most difficult part will be to
establish prompt & accurate convey-
-ances to [illegible] those ever changing
encampments though winter quarters
when reached will be more fixed
for 3 or 4 months - These Camps cannot
be reached by personal visits - nor
by Post office - Our packages are too
heavy for the regimental horseback
mails - (Govt. do nothing beyond here) nor
by Adams Ex. It stops at the first
large places across the river - Nor
by these army expresses as they are called.
[here?] humbugs - To some extent the Chap-
-lains would cull or send to the Depot