To Troop Commanders From Jno Cravens for Gen Milroy Feb 19 1863

              Headquarters Milroy’s Division 
                       Winchester, VA. Feb, 19th, 1863 
Colonel, 
	The Genl. Commanding directs that  
you answer the following questions without delay: 
I. Are the soldiers of your command so disaffec- 
ted in consequence of the delay of the government  
to pay them as to threaten desertion in mass, or  
in considerable numbers?  Have there occurred any  
desertion in your command? 
II. Is the order now in force, requiring the officers and  
soldiers of this command to board and lodge in  
their camps violated by the officers and soldiers  
of your command?  If so what steps, if any, have  
you taken to enforce obedience?  Do any of officers  
or soldiers of your command board or lodge in  
town? 
III. Have any officers or soldiers of your command in any  
other command belonging to their divisions, to  
your knowledge, or information, forcibly abducted  
colored females – mothers & daughters – for the  
purpose of prostitution?  And if to have the gov- 
ernment teams been used for that purpose?  And if  
so by what authority? 
IV. Do you the officers under you exercise the  
authority necessary to military discipline?  If so