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Meat and Vermin, Peas, I am certain on an average the prisoners do not receive each 20 cents worth of food per day, though I learn 50 cents worth per day is allowed the prisoners as their share of food.

Sworn to before me
this 17th day November 1866

James A. Bates
Capt 43d Infty and Sup't 3d Dist.