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an Office, instead of being forwarded from Office of A.A.A.G. to Gen Doubleday direct, was left at this Office, where it remained until called for by the Board, which held no meeting from the 5th March, to the 23rd may, 1867.
It is not the object of this communication, to reciprocate personalities with  Col Montgomery, but when he asserts "that the whole and sole cause of any delay in the forwarding of reports and returns from this office, except in the irregularity of the mails, has been caused by the neglect, if not the incompetency, of Lieut Garretson, A.A.Q.M. and D.M.", I am entitled to ask, whether it was to my neglect or incompetency, that no Report of Persons was made by Col. Montgomery for March; that his Reports for April, May and June, and his Vouchers, for which they should have been authority, were all incorrect, and that it was not, until correct Vouchers were transmitted for his signature, and instructions as to the mode of correcting his reports, were conveyed to him, that his Reports and Certified Account in favor of W.J. Goodman were ultimately received at this Office, on the 5th Oct. 1867, for transactions up to the 30" June, 1867.  Col. Montgomery's Reports, Accounts,