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or inimical thereto.

And I do further swear (or affirm) that to the best of my knowledge and ability I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith & allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office, on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

In compliance therewith, each officer, agent and employee of this Bureau, other than officers of the Army, will at once take the oath required, and forward it through the proper channel to these Hd Qrs, those now on duty in the Bureaus, who cannot take the oath prescribed are hereby relieved from duty.

JW Sprague
Assistant Commissioner

Wm M. Colby, Esq.
Gen'l Supt of Schools Little Rock Ark