. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. vation of the several piles of projectiles. These drawings will enable you to prepare the stone bases for the piles. Respectfully.(Signed) D W, , Biigadiei -General, Chief of Ordnanre. [Letter of February 25, 1895.]Gei,_ John C. Cnder-oood, U. C V., Etc. : Sir—In reply to yours of the 22d inst., 1 take pleasure in stating that I have to-dayordered the 316 eight-inch shell and four ten-inch shot to be shipped to Chicago for youfrom the Allegheny arsenal, Pittsburg, Pa. The returns show no ten
. Report of proceedings incidental to the erection and dedication of the Confederate monument. vation of the several piles of projectiles. These drawings will enable you to prepare the stone bases for the piles. Respectfully.(Signed) D W, , Biigadiei -General, Chief of Ordnanre. [Letter of February 25, 1895.]Gei,_ John C. Cnder-oood, U. C V., Etc. : Sir—In reply to yours of the 22d inst., 1 take pleasure in stating that I have to-dayordered the 316 eight-inch shell and four ten-inch shot to be shipped to Chicago for youfrom the Allegheny arsenal, Pittsburg, Pa. The returns show no ten-inch solid shot onhand, but it is possible as many as four of them may be found. If so, they will be sent. If nni, the ten-inch shell will be sent, 1 think liniii mir conversation tliat you can luethe hitter bv placing the fuse hole down. 1 hope to finti time to-morrow- to sind yon the information you request in regard tothe manner in wliich I litted n]-! the Confederate cemetery at Hock Island arsenal. KespectfuUy,(Signed) D. W ^, CItirf of (>r,iihin( I HEADOlIARrERS DIVISION OF THE MiSSOtlRI, 1 Office of the Chief Quarthrmastek,Chicago, III , May iS, if>95 i Gen. Jt/ii! C. inJfrwooJ, Coiiiinn)tdiiig Notllu-rn D,pi:>tmt»l U. C I.: Dear Sir—Referring to the matter of a tablet which you desire to erect in thegovernment lot in Oakwoods cemetery, the quartermaster-general of the army informsme that he sees no objection in the enclosed paper, and you are authorized to cause suchtablet to be placed there. Very respectfully, (Signed) M. I. 1,tliirlii >ii:ist,r-Giiu-ni/, Onilcil Slates Aiiny, Cliuf (hiinlc-nii,ist,i. Enclosure: The Confederate dead here buried in concentric trenches were all pri\ ale soldiers. The monument to their memory is of Georgia granite, stands forty feet from theground to top of statucand was erected in July, i^93. with funds mainly subscribed byliberal citizens of Chicago and camps of th
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