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[Left Panel] E. & M. page 205 C, ------------------------------- Bureau Refugees, Freedmen +c Office Asst Comr for Miss. Vicksburg Nov 5. 1867. Respectfully returned to col Biddle for Ast Comr for information that the "usual compensation" is for enlisted men acting in the capacity within stated. By order of Bt Maj Genl Ahern C. Gilley Merritt Barber 1st Lt B4 M. F. I. A.A.A.G. Freedman's Bureau State of Miss Received Nov 15 1867 [Right Panel] Biddle James Bvt. Lieut Col. U.S.A. Sub. Asst Comr Respectfully returned to Bvt. Maj. Gen. Gillem. Asst. commissioner State of Miss. with the statement that the usual pay allowed enlisted men, acting as clerks in the military offices is thirty Five cents per. day, and I do not know of any Just reason why the same should not be allowed to enlisted men, acting I the same capacity, in the Department of the Bureau-