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 Conf Pam l2mo #189 
 

 CIRCULAR. 
 
 CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
 Subsistence Department, 
 
 Richmond, January 5, 1864. 
 
 When there is no meat ration, a pound of sound potatoes, if possessed, 
 should be added to the bread ration. If neither meat nor potatoes, then 
 three-fourths of a pound of flour or meal will be added to the present 
 ration of flour or meal. When both meat and flour or meal can*be fur- 
 nished, and potatoes are likewise possessed, one pound of potatoes will 
 be substituted for one-fouvtli of a pound of flour or meal. 
 
 L. B. NORTHROP, 
 
 Commissary General. 
 
 Approved Jan. 5, 1864: 
 
 JAMES A. SEDDON, 
 
 Secretary of liar. 
 
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