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are already in progress to secure lead, saltpetre, sheet copper, leather, &c., along the Florida coast.
In view of these facts, I would respectfully recommend that proper guns and works be placed at Georgetown, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Santee river, and at Saint Marks and Apalachicola, Florida; that an engineer officer be designated to examine other inlets or places on the coast where vessels may enter, and to provide protection for them; that the Quartermaster-General be instructed to direct his officers to furnish transportation for cotton and supplies when called upon by the agents of this bureau.
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Thos. L. Bayne, Lieutenant-Colonel.