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314 Office Asst Comsr BR. F & A.L. Mont. March 29. 1866 Bt Maj J. W. Elderkin Chief Comsr of Subsistence Dept of Alabama Major; I have the honor to submit the following estimate of stores required for issue to the destitute persons in that state during the month of April 1866. Tuscaloosa 950 rations daily Talladega 1300 rations daily Selma 1200 rations daily Montgomery 2700 rations daily Greenville 1400 rations daily Mobile 2000 rations daily Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt A.A.G. (the Asst Comsr being absent) Office Asst Comsr B.R.F. & A.L. Mont. March 29. 1866 Thos. P. Cottle Esqr Probate Judge Covington Co. Ala Sir; Your communication has been referred to the Asst Supt R.F & A.L. at Greenville with instructions to supply you with the rations for 137 persons daily or at that rate. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servt A.A.G. 315 Office Asst Comsr B.R.F & A.L. Mont March 31. 1866 Hon A.B. Cooper Prairie Bluff Ala Sir; Your comn of the 26th inst is received. The applications for the appointments asked for by you and which Gen Swayne promised to make were handed to me by the General with instructions to make them. I found however that we already had an agent at Camden. One agent in each County is considered ample so that the apt was not made. I wrote to you on the subject last month explaining the reason of the non-appointment. Capt Ball and his squad of men were sent to Camden at my request because the authority of Mr Comstock had been defied and his officer assaulted. Gen Swayne has been in Washington since the last of Feby. I expect him back about the 5 prox. Upon his return I will submit your comn to him. Until such time at least, it will be necessary to retain the force now at Camden. Very Respectfully Your Obdt Servt A.A.G. Office Asst Comsr B.R.F & A.L. Mont. March 31. 1866 J. J. Gardner Supt R.F & A.L. Selma Ala Sir;
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