To Gen Webster From RH Milroy Date Unk

              General 


           There was one other item that 
I omitted to speak of in my epistle of 
the 21st inst. to which I think the attention 
xxxxxxx of those who controll should 
be called.  That is the reckless & outrageous 
manner in which army beef cattle are 
handled.  Droves of from a thousand to  
1200 pass here almost daily & I see 
them & have opportunities of conversing with 
the (stricken: commisars) officers in charge of 
them.  I am told that (stricken: there are as)    
the stock on hand is (stricken: kept at about) is kept at about at Nashville is from 20,000 
to 50,000.  That they are brought there 
xxx by water & by R. R. & that they 
are frequently (stricken: from) four or five days at 
a time without food or water while 
coming there.  That when they arrive there 
they are driven into a large dry pound  
where neither water nor feed can be had  
(stricken: From Ohio) That they are & have been 
dying at this pound at the rate of from