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Lieutenant Colonel  Hood. The surgeon-in-Chief Bureau RF & AL State of Mississippi, will proceed, without delay, to New Orleans, for the purpose of arranging with Medical Purveyors at that point for the supply of stores to the Hospitals at this Bureau.

I Lieutenant Stuart Eldridge, 64th Acting Asst Adj't Genl Bureau RF & AL state of Mississippi, will proceed to New Orleans, Lou. For the purpose of arranging with the Assistant Commissioners of the State of Louisiana, for the to him of the portion of that State heretofore under control of this office.

I Lieutenant J.T. Hanna, 70th USCS having reported to this office for duty, will report, without delay, to Major Gen. D. Reynolds, Act Asst. Coms. Southern Dist Miss. at [[?]] Miss. for assignments.

IV. In accordance with instructions from the Commissioners of Freedmen's Bureau Washington, D.C., it is hereby ordained that all the land on Davis' Bend belonging to Jefferson and Joseph Davis, will be leased out to Freedmen till Jan. 1st 1869. The lands will be divided into small tracts and assigned to Freedmen who are able to cultivate them, by the Superintendent in charge. A record will be kept of the lands, and such arrangements made from time to time as may seem necessary to [[?]] the interests of the Freedmen. 
By orders of Col. Sam'l Thomas
A.W. Preston
Capt & A.D.C.

Bureau R F & AL Miss. Offices Asst Commissioners
Vicksburg Miss., February 6th 1866
Special Orders
No. 14
Chaplain Joseph Warren,

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64th USCI. Supt of Education, Bureau R F & A L. Miss., will proceed to Natchez, Miss., for the purpose of inspecting the schools for Freedmen, and attending to all matters requiring his attention therewith, and will return, when the duties are completed, to his station.
By order of Col. Sam'l Thomas
A.W. Preston
Capt & A.D.C.

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for Mississippi:
Vicksburg, Miss., February 7, 1866
Special Order
No.15
Capt. J.P. Anderson, 64 USCI is hereby relieved from duty in this Bureau and will report for duty to the commanding officers of his regiment.
By orders of Col. Sam'l Thomas
A.W. Preston
Capt & A.D.C.

Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Office Asst Commissioner for Mississippi,
Vicksburg, Miss., February 8., 1866
Special Order
No. 16
Major T.S. Free. Assistant Inspector General Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, State of Mississippi, will proceed without delay, to Greenville, Washington County, Miss., for the purpose of investigating certain charges referred against Lieutenant. Seth Meyers, Sub-Commissioner in that county. On the completion of this duty, he will return to his station.

By order of Col. Sam'l Thomas 
A.W. Preston
Capt & A.D.C.