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6 Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands Montgomery, Ala. August 2nd 1865 Brig. Gen. T. Kilby Smith General; I write for the purpose of ascertaining the name of the Judge who rode with Mr Palmer & Mr Harmount & ourselves in Mobile and who expressed himself concerning the policy of negro suffrage. By giving me his name in full, you will confer a favor upon Very respectfully, Your obt servt Brigadier General & Asst Commissioner Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands Montgomery, Ala. August 2nd 1865 Capt Wm A. Poillon, Asst. Supt. Freedmen &c Sir; Your letter bearing date July 29th containing the horrible recital of outrages and murders perpetrated upon the defenceless Freedman of Clarke, Choctaw, Washington & Marengo Counties is received, and shall obtain immediate attention. Your promptness in reporting this condition of affairs is commendable. Action such as is demanded by every ounce of justice & humanity must, you will readily perceive, be based upon af- 7 fidavit. You assure me that you "have in full the history of the cases referred to" & can support your statements by testimony irrefragable. Please give your early attention to obtaining such affidavits and the guilty parties shall learn that the Govt which has given to your millions of slaves the right of Freedman is abundantly able to protect them in the enjoyment of that freedom. Upon the presentation to this office of proper testimony these parties shall be overtaken & prosecuted to the extent of the power of the Government. Please select some good Lieutenant with detail of twenty men to go to Pollard, a station on the Mobile & Great Northern R.R. to preserve the peace & rights of the community. Send the name of this Lieut to this office. I am very respectfully, Your obt servt Brig. Genl' & Asst Commissioner Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedman and Abandoned Lands Montgomery, Ala. August 3rd 1865 Major General O. O. Howard, Commissioner, General: In pursuance of Special Orders No 14 Ex 4 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, I have the honor to report. Upon my arrival in this Department near the close of the month of July, I found no funds in the possession of this Bureau, and there have been no receipts up to this date No financial transactions, therefore, have been
