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[W 240 ENCL] 

GENERAL ORDERS
No. 86. 

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,                   
Washington, September 13, 1867. 

District Commanders will co-operate with the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of the Freedmen's Bureau in reducing the number of employees and volunteers still retained in service, by giving details of officers and enlisted men of the Army to take their places, when it can be done without manifest detriment to the service.

BY COMMAND OF GENERAL GRANT: 
E. D. TOWNSEND, 
Assistant Adjutant General.

OFFICIAL: 
E. D. Townsend
Assistant Adjutant General.