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A. 11. A.U.S. 1865 60. Dept. of Arkansas Extracts from Inspection report of D.B. Sackett Lt. Col, and Insp Genl. Reports that Subsistence stores issued to Contraband camp &c at Little Rock are not paid for. Am Gen Subrept A2 enc.1 G in C.19.E.B.11. Mar 1 1865 Hd. Qrs. Armies of the United States City Point, Va. Feby 21st 1865. Respectfully forwarded to the Secretary of War. U.S. Grant Lt. Gen. Subs Off Report rec'd Mar 27/65 Respectfully referred to Lieut Col. S. C. Benham C.S.Vols. Little Rock, Arkansas, who will please ascertain if orders have been given to issue stores gratuitously to the "Contraband Camp and Farm" near Little Rock, Arkansas, and if so, by what authority. Col. Benham will see that this Camp and Farm pays for its stores received from the Commissary Department unless it has been otherwise ordered by the Secretary of War. These papers to be returned (over.)