Telegram from Captain W. D. Humphries to Colonel James M. Kennard; September 28, 1864

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Telegram from Captain W. D. Humphries to Colonel James M. Kennard; September 28, 1864

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Aladowskir, Unknown Allison, Unknown Dowell, J. R.Humphries, W. D.Kennard, James W.Morris, W. S.

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Confederate States of America--Ordnance Confederate States of America--Quartermaster Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--Southern Telegraph Company (Richmond, Va.)

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Columbus (Miss.)Georgia Opelika (Ala.)Petersburg (Va.)Virginia West Point (Ga.)

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THE SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Terms and Conditions on which Messages are Recieved by these Companieis for Transmission.

The public are notified that in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received to the station from which it is originally sent. [gap] Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the messages, and while these Companies will as heretofore use every precaution to insure correctness, they will not be respon-sible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages beyond five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message, nor will they be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise, nor the delays arising from interruptions in the working of their Telegraphs, nor for any mistakes or omissions of any other Company over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by these Comapnies for transmission subject to the above conditions.

J. R. DOWELL, Gen'l Sup't, Richmond (Va.), Va. [gap] 3 [gap] W. S. MORRIS, Pres't, Richmond, Va.

West Point 28 1864

Send the following Message--subject to the above Conditions.

To Col James W. Kennard

My stores are beginning to Come up how many arms & accou-trements shall I send up tomorrow Allison found his stores at Opelika I will be up with a portion of them this afternoon I will send the balance tomorrow if the come up this day Col

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Aladowskir cursed the Quarter Masters at Columbus about delaying my stores-

W. D. Humphries
Capt & Ord Offr.

57 w / 240

West Point Ga
Sept 28, 1864
Capt W D Humphries