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of charity, suffering for food.

In the exercise of your wise discretion, it is for you, my dear General, to determine whether or not the supplies of provisions now furnished by the Government shall be increased, without which I am persuaded there must be much suffering. If you can't consistently do more, an increase of 5,000 rations per day will do incalculable good.

I have the honor to be,
Yours, very truly
Signed R.M. Patton
Govr. of Alabama.