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344 Office Asst Commissioner B.R.F. and A L. Montgomery Ala April 23d 1866 Bvt Maj W.A. Elderkin Chf. C.S. Dept of Ala Mobile Ala Major I have the honor to submit the following Estimate of rations required for the ensuing month They may be shipped to the several stations named as we have actg Commissaries at each place. You have been furnished with copies of the orders assigning them. Please forward the rations as soon as practicable as some of the Depots are unsupplied. There is an increase in the Estimate over last months but I consider it necessary to relieve the great suffering that exists and which is attracting a great deal of attention in the country. Very Respectfully Your obdt Svt Signed Wager Swayne Bt Major General & A Com Office Asst Commissioner B.R F and A L Montgomery Ala April 23rd 1866 Lieut Col G A Washburn Supt B.R.F. and A L. Mobile Ala and other Supt's The estimate of the number of rations to be issued in the several counties of the state for the Month of May 1866 has been increased and in Your District will be as follows [[3 columned table]] | --- | --- | --- | | 1st | Mobile | 975 | | | Choctaw | 250 | | | Wilcox | 100 | | | Monroe | 175 | | | Clarke | 300 | 345 [[3 columned table]] | --- | --- | --- | | | Washington | 150 | | | Baldwin | 100 | | 2d | Dallas | 100 | | | Perry | 150 | | | Jefferson | 500 | | | Shelby | 450 | | | Bibb | 500 | | 3d | Butler | 500 | | | Conecuh | 200 | | | Covington | 200 | | | Coffee | 200 | | | Dale | 300 | | | Henry | 200 | | 4th | Blount | 675 | | | Marshall | 700 | | | DeKalb | 750 | | | Cherokee | 800 | | | Morgan | 575 | | | Winston | 450 | | | Lawrence | 400 | | | Franklin | 400 | | | Marion | 500 | | | Lauderdale | 300 | | | Jackson | 700 | | | Limestone | 300 | | | Madison | 450 | | 5th | Montgomery | 300 | | | Lowndes | 100 | | | Macon | 250 | | | Russell | 300 | | | Barbour | 450 | | | Pike | 400 | | | Coosa | 500 | | | Autauga | 500 | | | Tallapoosa | 600 |