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Office Supt East St Barracks Bureau R. F. & A. L — D.C — Washington Jany 2d 1866 Lt. Col. Wm M. Beebe Jr. Local Supt DC — Colonel — James Arthur the bearer reports himself as homeless & friendless and unable to procure work, or do but little [[?]] if he could get it — I think him a propper subject for Freedmens Village — Respectfully Your Obt Sevt J. L. Roberts Supt