PIC24 Sending integer over USB with MCC source files (DanielPLongo)

I used MCC to configure the PIC24FJ32GB002 for USB communication to PC. I can send strings to a PuTTY session using the various putUSBUSART function calls as found in usb_device_cdc.c ( e.g. ' putrsUSBUSART("battery voltage = ") ;' ) but I have not found ..