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194 be given to employ additional Agents. The practice of nominally employing one man and allowing another to discharge the duties and receive the pay is wrong in principle and cannot be allowed as it would be establishing a dangerous precedent, though perhaps in the case of Judge Harper it might not in itself be productive of evil. Very Respectfully Your Obt Serv ant O.D. Kinsman Sub Asst Commissioner 392 Head Quarters Dist of Alabama Montgomery, Alabama. Aug. 14th 1867 186/204 Howard Maj Genl O.O. Commissioner Washington D.C. General, I have the honor to forward the herewith the following Reports for July 1867 Report of Rations issued to Refugees Report of Rations issued to Freedmen Roster of Com Rations Officers and Civilians. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant O.D. Kinsman Sub Asst. Commissioner "The Maj Genl and Asst. Comr being absent" 393 Head Quarters Dist. of Alabama Montgomery. Alabama. Aug. 1st 1867 186/ Howard Maj Genl O.O. Commissioner Washington D.C. General I have the honor to report that I am on duty as Sub Asst Commissioner in charge at the Office of the Asst Commissioner for the Dist. of Alabama in virtue of an appointment from the Commissioner as Agent dating from Oct. 1st 1866 Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant O.D. Kinsman Sub Asst Commissioner "The Maj Genl & Asst Commissioner being absent" 195 394 Head Quarters Dist. of Alabama. Montgomery. Alabama. Aug. 14th 1867 193/215 Connelly Mr. William E Sub. Asst. Commissioner Eufaula, Alabama. Sir Yours of the 8th inst to Judge Smith asking as to the rights of a husband in contracting the service of his wife has been referred to this Office. In reply I have to say that the husband and wife are in such matters simply on an equality. The husband cannot contract his wife's service or the wife her husbands. If such contract is made by the husband with the consent of the wife it is then the same as her own individual contract for the fulfillment of which she alone is responsible. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant O.D. Kinsman Sub Asst Commissioner 395 Head Quarters Dist of Alabama. Montgomery Alabama. Aug. 15th 1867 187/198 Shorkley Lieut Geo. Sub Asst Commissioner Selma Alabama. Lieutenant The following errors are noticed in you Report of Rations issued to Freedmen in July First Class. "Total Well" should be 38 instead of 34 - also aggregate of First Class should be 76 instead of 64. It is presumed that the errors occur through counting each child as one half. This is incorrect. They must be counted as Adults in order that these columns may check with the Grand aggregate. Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant O.D. Kinsman Sub Asst Commissioner 396 Head Quarters Dist. of Alabama Montgomery Alabama. Aug. 15th 1867 192/205 McGogy Mr. James F Sub Asst Commissioner Talladega, Alabama. Sir - Your Returns of Rations
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