HEADQUARTERS CAMP CHASE,
Near Columbus, Ohio, February 11, 1865

Col. W. P. RICHARDSON, Commanding Post:

SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the prisoners of war at this station for the week ending February 11, 1865:

Conduct--good. Cleanliness--fair. Clothing--sufficient. Bedding--good. State of quarters--good. State of mess-houses--perfect. State of kitchen--perfect. Food, quality of--good. Food, quantity of--sufficient. Water--good and sufficient. Sinks--in good condition. Police of grounds--perfect. Drainage--good. Police of hospital--perfect. Attendance of sick--sufficient. Hospital diet--good. General health of prisoners--improving. Vigilance of guard--unexceptionable.

Remarks and suggestions.--A complete and full amount of hospital and other accommodations have been furnished to accommodate all sick and wounded with good ward-masters and nurses; even with all this care [we] will not in all cases prove successful in reviving the wasted fragments of Hood's army. The only improvement now needed is larger wash-room in Prison No. 3, should it be necessary to provide for the present number of prisoners, but as the number is being diminished the necessity is at once obviated. The number and capacity of wards at prison hospital are such as to require a wash-room of larger size, unless as there will no doubt by exchange so lessen the number of patients that there will be no need for additional room.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

E. K. ALLEN,
Captain, Eighty-eighth Regt. Ohio Vol. Infty.,
Inspecting Officer

[Indorsement]
Inspecting officer's report approved. No additions to make. Respectfully referred to the Commissary-General of Prisoners.

W. P. RICHARDSON,
Colonel Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Comdg. Post