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Office of the Board of Commissioners of the Soldiers Home
Room No 13 Winder's Building

Washington D.C. Dec. 31st 1866.

Bvt. Brigadier General Samuel Thomas
U.S. Army
Assistant Commissioner Bureau R. F and A. L.
Washington, D.C.

General:
The letter of Lieut. Col. Beebe, 128th Regiment U.S.C.T. Local Superintendent, R. F. and A. L. for the District of Columbia, of the 22nd instant, making application for the admission of James Conroy, formerly a soldier of the U. S. Army, to the benefits of the Soldier's Home, and forwarded with your approval on the 26th, having been referred to this office, I am instructed respectfully to inform you, that it does not appear that the soldier has served twenty years in the Army, or been discharged for disability