To the Friends of the Soldiers throughout the Confederacy.--
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To the Friends of the Soldiers throughout the Confederacy.--
Quartermaster Gen'ls Department,
The friends and relatives of soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia are hereby notified that an arrangement has this day been effected with the Southern Express Company to carry all packages of food and wearing apparel to Richmond. Va. To secure the advantages thus obtained through the Express Company, the following instructions must be observed: Packages must not contain more than one hundred pounds; be well secured and plainly marked, and sent at the expense of the shipper to either of the Soldiers' Relief Associations, which are located as follows: In North Carolina, at Raleigh; in South Carolina, at Columbia; in Georgia, at Augusta; in Alabama at Montgomery; or to any other point at which one of these Associations have an office. The Agents of these Associations will there take charge of them and ship daily by Southern Express Company to the proper Agents of the respective States at Richmond, who will see them distributed to the proper individual owners. To meet the wishes of the soldiers, and to give them a certain and speedy communication with home, the Southern Express Company has agreed to give this freight preference over everything else; and, in order that no obstacle may occur to the success of so laudable an enterprise, the several railroad companies are hereby requested to render the Express Company such facilities as will enable it to make this arrangement a complete success. As the Southern Express Company assumes all responsibility of the transportation of these packages, the Relief Associations are requested to withdraw their Agents who have heretofore acted as travelling messengers. If the Relief Associations will establish agencies in the rear of other armies, they may enjoy the same privileges hereby secured to the Army of Northern Virginia.Office Southern Express Company,
The Southern Express Company hereby notify the friends and relatives of soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia and elsewhere that they are prepared to carry out arrangements as announced in the above card, and that they will do all in their power to fulfill its requirements.
The Daily Dispatch: March 4, 1864. Richmond Dispatch. 2 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. March 4, 1864. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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