Moody to Under-Secretary of State

Before leaving England I venture on the liberty of bringing
to your notice the great assistance I have received from Corporal Spackman R.E. lent to me from Chatham to assist in the office
matters relating to B. Columbia. He is so well acquainted with
all the details and would be so valuable in the Colony that I
would solicit him being sent out in the Euphrates as a
Supernumerary Corpl sent on Special Service and attached to the
Expedition.