Washington, Ga., May 4, 1865—M. H. Clark, Acting Treasurer: Pay to A. G. Cantley, a clerk in the Post-office Department, fifty dollars in specie and preserve necessary vouchers until warrant can be drawn and settlement regularly made.
Received the within fifty dollars in specie from M. H. Clark, Acting Treasurer, C. S. A.
Washington, Ga., May 4, 1865—The Secretary of the Treasury is requested to turn over four thousand dollars to Major J. Foster, C. S., to be used for the support of the troops now under my command.
M. H. Clark, Acting Treasurer: Turn over the above-named amount of money as requested, keeping necessary vouchers, warrant to be drawn when regular settlement can be made.
Washington, Ga., May 4, 1865.—Received of M. H. Clark, Acting Treasurer, C. S., four thousand dollars ($4,000) in gold, on within requisition.
Abbeville, S. C., May 8, 1865.—Assistant Paymaster J. F. Wheless, C. S. N.: Sir,—You will proceed to Washington, Ga., and there present to the Hon. Judge Reagan, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, estimates of the amount required to pay off the officers of the Naval School for one or more months, as he may specify.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
M. H. Clark, Acting Treasurer, will pay over to J. F. Wheless| the sum of $1,500 in silver, to be by him paid out pro rata, according to rank, to the officers of the navy and midshipmen who were employed in guarding the specie from Richmond to Abbeville, as shown by the accompanying petitions and list of names, and take his receipt and retain these papers.
$1,500. Received of M. H. Clark, Acting Treasurer, C. S., $1,500 in gold, in full of within requisition.
Washington, Ga., May 4, 1865.
