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[[Authori]]ties. From my personal observation I believe that general or promiscuous issues of food would [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] be of no real benefit to the people, and would only encourage the idle and vicious, of the white population, who will not work if they can live without doing so I am Colonel Very Respectfully Your Obedt Servant Allan Rutherford Capt 44th U. S. Infantry Supt So. Dist N. C