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The mother, Elsie, set her the example of living with a man in like manner last winter; and as the first of this illicit intercourse, has an infant. She has never made a reasonable application to me, that has not received prompt attention.

Pardon me dear Genl, in saying, the sympathy such persons receive outside my camp, tends to make them indolent to me. While I glory in the work of feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked, entrusted to my care, and will see that your order is promptly execute, I humbly protest against lavishing gifts upon the illdeserving.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
E. G. Townsend
Supt

P.S. I would further state, that during the past month, I obtained a good home for Elsie, and her entire family, with fuel, and rent free, seven miles out of the city. After engaging herself, to go, and signing the contract, she refused to go, on the ground that her daugher Caroline