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 The Medical History of the Confederate States. 147

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, May 75, 1890.

MY DEAR BROTHER I am this morning in receipt of your letter of the 3d instant, and I regret it is not in my power to furnish accu- rate answers to your leading inquiries. General Marcus J. Wright, of the War Record Office, War Department, Washington, D. C., will, in my judgment, be best qualified to impart the desired informa- tion. All the captured Confederate records are accessible to him. He is much interested in all matters appertaining to Confederate affairs, having been a brigadier-general in Confederate service, and can, without doubt, turn at once to documents on file in the depart- ment which will satisfy your inquiries. I believe he will deem it a pleasure to respond, as fully as his leisure will permit, to your inquiries.

I enclose a copy of the latest act passed by the Legislature of Georgia providing for the relief of disabled Confederate soldiers. The provision is not as ample as it should be, but it is better than nothing, and ministers measurably to the comfort of those who are entitled to every consideration.

By public benefaction Georgia has established no hospital or home for the shelter of her disabled Confederate soldiers, but such an institution is now being builded near Atlanta with funds privately contributed by patriotic citizens of the State. When that institution is fairly under way, it is hoped that the General Assembly may be induced to receive it as a public institution, to recognize it as a necessary charity, and to make provision for its proper sustentation. Your affectionate brother,

CHARLES C. JONES, Jr. Professor Joseph Jones, M. D.,

P. O. Box 1600, New Orleans, La.

APPROPRIATING ALLOWANCES FOR MAIMED CONFEDERATE SOLDIES.

(No. 48.)

AN ACT to amend an act, approved October 24, 1887, entitled " An act to carry into effect the last clause of article 7, section i, para- graph i, of the Constitution of 1877 and the amendments thereto."