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of money to help said home, but has given the rent from a large public building to this purpose, running from fifteen hundred to two thousand annually in value.

Respectfully,

W. H. KING, Adjutant- General.

STATE OF VIRGINIA.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

RICHMOND, VA., August 22, 1891. Prof. JOSEPH JONES,

Surgeon- General United Confederate Veterans,

156 Washington avenue, New Orleans, La.:

SIR You letter of the iyth inst. to Governor McKinney, request- ing information as to the number of troops from Virginia in the Con- federate armies ; character of their organizations ; numbers killed, wounded, died of disease, deserted ; roster of medical officers, etc., etc., has been referred to me lor reply. I regret extremely to have to say that it is not possible to give this information. In the great fire that attended the evacuation of this city by the Confederate forces, April 3, 1865, the office of the adjutant-general, with its entire contents, was destroyed. Whatever records or files it contained capable of throwing light on the subject of your inquiries, were thus lost forever. Of course, also, all headquarters' records and papers with our armies in the field were turned over to United States officers, to whom they surrendered, and are now in Washington.

There is in this State one Soldiers' Home for disabled Confeder- ates. It is located in the suburbs of Richmond, and affords accom- modations to about one hundred and thirty inmates. The State ap- propriates ten thousand dollars a year to their maintenance. Besides, some seventy thousand dollars a year are appropriated for the relief of Confederate veterans disabled by wounds received in service. There are a number of Confederate camps in various parts of the State, the principal one being R. E. Lee Camp, in this city, by which maintenance is given to needy veterans. Very respectfully,

JAS. MCDONALD, Adjutant General.