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[[preprinted]] War Department, BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS, OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER. Washington D. C. ^[[June 24]] 1867. [[/preprinted]] Bvt. Maj. Gen'l Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., Asst. Commissioner &c. Raleigh N. C. General: Applications having been made by Mr. Edw^d P. Smith, Agt. Am. Missionary Association, and Rev. J. Bruiton Smith, Agt. Prot. Episcopal Freedmen's Com^n, for transportation of certain Teachers, from stations in North Carolina to their respective homes in the North, the enclosed Orders, No^s 1302 to 1336, inclusive, are respectfully transmitted to the Assistant Commissioner, who will please be governed by the instructions contained in letter of the 12^th inst. from this office, in directing the issue of the same. Very Respectfully, Your Ob'dt. Servant, By order of Maj. Gen'l. O. O Howard, Commissioner: [[signature]] Henry M Whittelsey [[/signature]] Bvt. Brig. Gen'l. & Chief Q. M., Bu. R. F. & A. L.