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162 Bt. Brig Genl. & Asst. Commr. [[left margin]] Office Asst Commis Ala 568[[/left margin]] R45.(old E 543) Endorsement on letter of D.C. Rugg War Dept Bureau &c office chf QM Feby 5. 1868 Respectfully returned to Bt Brig Genl J Hayden U.S.A. Asst Commr for Ala. inviting attention to endorsement from this office of April 18, May 27, and July 24, 1867, respectively as furnishing a history of this case & remarking that compliance, by the late Asst Commissioner for Alabama with the instructions contained in endorsement of July 24 1867 would long since, have disembarrassed this case of the difficulties by which it has been surrounded. Attention is also invited to enclosed copy of letter of this date to 3rd Auditor of the Treasury requesting that the accounts of Genl Callis may be suspended until he forwards amended Returns properly accounting for the 29 Cords of Wood furnished for the use of the Bureau by Mr D.C. Rugg. The Assistant Commissioner for Alabama will direct Genl Jno. B. Callis Sub Asst Comms B.R.F. & A.L. Huntsville Ala to forward amended returns of property pertaining to the Bureau for the month of Feby 1867 taking up and accounting for (29) twenty nine cords of wood delivered by D.C. Rugg as purchased and not paid for when these returns are received vouchers for the wood should be made up in favor of Mr. Rugg and forwarded for the orders of the Commr. By command of Maj Genl O.O. Steward (sgd) Henry M. Whittlesey Chf Q.M. B.R.F. & A.L. Respectfully referred to Capt Jno B Callis 45 Infy late Sub Asst Commr. and A.A.Q.M. Huntsville Ala. with reference to endorsement of H M Whittlesey Chief Q.M. Bu &c War Dept. papers to be returned. By order of Bvt Brig Genl J Hayden Geo Shorkley Capt 15 Infy Bt Maj USA A.A.A. Genl. Feby 10 1868 163 [[left margin]] Office Asst Commr Ala 569[[/left margin]] G122 Endorsement on letter of Bt Maj James Gillette Respectfully returned to Bt Maj James Gillette Sub Asst Commr. Mobile Ala. Your report of transportation is on file in the office of the Asst Commr. Application has been made to the Commr. for retransfer of Quarter Masters property to that Department proper which has been approved and the transfer waits the designation from the War Dept of an officer to receive the same of which you will be informed By order of Bvt Brig Genl J Hayden Geo Shorkley Capt 15 Infy Bt Maj U.S.A. A.A.A. Genl. Feby 12. 1868. [[left margin]] Office Asst Comms. Ala 570 [[/left margin]] G123 Endorsement on letter of Bt Maj J Gillette Respectfully referred to W C Arthur to whom the establishment of Soup Houses has been specially enforced By order of Bt Brig Genl J Hayden Geo Shorkley Capt 15 Infy Bt Maj USA A.A.A. Genl Feby 12. 1868 [[left margin]]Office Asst Comms Ala 571 [[/left margin]] M125 Endorsement on letter of James F McGogy Referring to telegram from E Whittlesey A.A.A.G. dated 12" Feby 1868 this communication is respectfully forwarded to Maj Genl O O Howard Commr to know whether the interest taken by Mr. McGogy in the matter of the "Electrict franchise" is within the purview of an Agent of the Freedmens Bureau, and whether it is to be considered as an evidence of an under interest in the political affairs of the people calculated to impair Mr. McGogy's usefulness as a "Middleman" between the planters and the colored people or as simply an exercise of his rights as a citizen J.Hayden Bt Brig Genl USA Asst Commr. Feby 13 1868
