To Troop Commanders From Z Baird Feb 19 1863

              Headquarters Milroy’s Division 

Winchester, VA.	Feb, 19th, 1863 


Col. 

	The Genl. Commanding directs that you answer the following  
questions without delay: 


I. Are the soldiers of your command so disaffected in consequence  
of the delay of the government to pay them as to threaten desertion  
en masse, or in considerable numbers?  Have there occurred any  
desertion in your command? 


II. Is the order now in force, requiring the officers & soldiers  
of this command to board & lodge in their camps violated  
by the officers & 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 prosti- 
tution? & if to have the government teams been used  
for that purpose?  & if so by what authority? 


IV. Do you the officers under you exercise the au- 
thority necessary to military discipline?  If so are your