To the patriotic — the value of Church Bells.
The Ordnance Bureau of the
Confederate States the use of such bells as can be spared during the war, for the purpose of providing light artillery for the public defence.
While copper is abundant, the supply of deficient to convert the copper into bronze.
Bells contain so much tin that 2400 pounds weight of bell metal, mixed with the proper quantity of copper, will suffice for a field battery of six pieces.
Those who are willing to devote their bells to his patriotic purpose will receive receipts for them and the bells will be replaced, if required, close of the war, or they will be purchased at prices.
Bells may be directed as follows:
Richmond senal,
Richmond, Va.,
Capt. B. G. B ldwin.
ville A nal,
Fayetteville, N. C.,
Capt J. C.
Booth
Charleston Arsenal,
Charleston, S. C. Capt. L. Child.
Augusta Augusta, Ga.,
Lt. Col. S. G.
Mount Vernon Arsenal, Mount Vernen, Ala.,
Capt. J. L. White.
Columbia Depot;
Columbus, Miss.,
Major W. R. Hunt.
Atlanta Depot,
Atlanta, Ga. Lieut. M. H. Wright.
Savannah Depot,
Savannah.
Ga.,
Capt. R. M. Cuyley,
Knoxville Depot,
Knoxville, Tens.,
Lieut. F. M.
McC
B Arsenal,
Baton Rouge, La., F. C. Hum Military Storekeeper.
Montgomery Depot,
Montgomery, Ala.,
C. G. Wagner Military Storekeeper.
The Government will pay all charges to these places, and receipts will be promptly returned to the proper parties.
Persons and congregations placing their at the service of the
Government, are requested to send a statement of the fact, with a description and weight of the bell, to the
Chief of the
Bureau of Ordnance at
Richmond, for record in the War Department.
