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20 Very Respectfully, Your obt servt. Brig. Gen. & Asst. Commsr Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Montgomery, Ala. August 30th, 1865 [[left margin]] Letter of 30th August Maj. Gen Howard. See page 65 [[/left margin]] Telegram Major General O.O. Howard Commissioner B.R.F and A.L. Washington D.C General: I have the honor to request that Capt. O.D. Kinsman Asst Adjt Genl. US. Vols may be ordered to report to me for duty. His address is New Brighton, Beaver. Co. Penn A special Military Commissioner has been jointly selected by the Governor and myself and will go at once to visit all places of alledged outrages with full civil & military authority to arrest & bring to justice. Very respectfully, Your obt servt. Brig. Gen & Assistant Commsr. Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Montgomery, Ala. August 31st 1865 Brig. Gen. L. Thomas Adjutant General U.S.A General: I have the honor 21 to transmit herewith Master Rolls of enlisted men on duty in the Office of Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands for August 31st 1865 Very Respectfully, Your obt servt. Brigadier General and Assistant Commissioner Office Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Montgomery, Ala. Sept 2nd, 1865 W. J. Weems Justice of the Peace Russell. Co, Ala Sir: Your letter of the 31st ult to Gov. Parsons has been referred by him to Gen Swayne and he directs me to write you follows: The outrages which you alledge to have been committed are done certainly without authority of the Commandant at Columbus. A notice to him of the fact of their occurrence will cause him to take the necessary steps to present them hereafter. An officer has been assigned to duty in your district as Asst Supt of Freedmen and when he has organized his office the Supt at Columbus will certainly take no jurisdiction outside of his own District. The civil law of course reaches the cases of white men or negroes receiving stolen property. You have not yet signified to this office your acceptance of the jurisdiction vested in civil officers by Genl Orders No. 7 from this office, a copy of which is enclosed. If you are willing to accept the jurisdiction as expressed in that order and the Governor's Circular letter of the 18th of August
