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General McCrady has kindly furnished the four pamphlets. I am very sorry I cannot give you more reliable data. It is very doubtful if legislature will ever have the rolls obtained put in book-form. Very respectfully,

M. L. BONHAM, Jr., A. and I. General. Jno. Scofin, Assistant.

STATE OF TENNESSEE. [Dictated.]

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, NASHVILLE, TENN., April 22,

Hon. JOSEPH JONES, Surgeon- General, etc.,

156 Washington ave., New Orleans :

DEAR SIR In response to the request of your letter of recent date, I have endeavored to collect the information sought, and will communicate it to you as soon as I am able to obtain it. Very respectfully,

ROBT. L. TAYLOR.

STATE OF TEXAS.

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,

AUSTIN, May ij, 1890.

Prof. JOSEPH JONES, Surgeon- General

United Confederate Veterans, New Orleans, La.:

SIR Your communication of gth ult., to His Excellency, Governor Ross, has been referred to this office. In reply, I would state that no records, rolls, or papers of any kind, relating to the Texas sol- diery in the Confederate Army, can be found here, and, therefore, I have no means of supplying the desired information.

As to indigent or helpless Confederates, private enterprise and humanity have established a "Home" in this city for Confederates, but the State is constitutionally unable to make direct appropriations