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Quartermaster Generals Office Washington, D.C. Octo. 19th 1865. Major Genl OO Howard Commissioner Bureau of Refugees &c War Department. General. You are respectfully informed that, in accordance with a request contained in a letter from your office dated the 16th inst. Bvt. Maj. Genl. D H Rucker, Chief Quartermaster of this Depot, has been directed, if they are no longer required by the Quartermaster Department, to turn over to your Bureau, two Portable Houses (16 x 24 and 12x20 feet) situated at the Sanitary Home on Capitol Hill- Very Respectfully Your obt. Servt. By Order of the Q M Genl (Signed) [[signature]] J. J. Dana [[/signature]] Col. Q M D True Copy Respectfully furnished to Rev. Jno. Kimball Supt. for his information. [[signature]] Henry E. Alvord, [[/signature]] Asst. to Col Eaton [[underlined]] Asst. Comm. [[/underlined]]