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Commissioner and Color Guard for the 40th Infantry. I beg hear to suggest that the detail be made from Co. "E" now station-ed ed at Fort Hatteras N.C. I am Captain Very respectfully Your obdt. servant Nelson A. Miles Col. 40th Inftry [[Bt.?]] [[?]] [[Gen'l?]] Assistant Commissioner | Bureau R.F. & A.L. Hd. Qrs. [[?]] N.C. Raleigh May 24/67 Respectfully returned to [[underline]]Hd. Qrs. 2nd. Mil. District[[/underline]] with request that one Sergeant, Two Corporals, and Twelve Privates be detailed for messengers &orderlies at these Hd.Qrs. as there are Six different Offices of the Bureau in this City Nelson A Miles Col. [[?]] & Maj. Gen'l. Asst. Comm'r. [[Appr?]] [[?]] in [[?]] of the [[R?]]
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