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Sedgwick and that he has not received over fifty dollars worth from that point. I have therefore made requisitions on the Chief Compy of the Dept for such stores and find it altho enough to to stand this infernal cold weather & lives on Pork and beans -- If any troops are to be provided for better than others - it appears to me that those living in tents should be looked after first. Col Dodge says that a years supply of canned fruits & vegetables was received at Fort Sedgwick - and that within three months from time received nearly every thing of this kind was gone and more over when there was but five or six officers at the Posts the sales of these articles amounted to $700-- per month