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188 Bvt Brig Genl J Hayden Geo Shorkley Capt 15 Infy Bvt Maj U.S.A. A A A Genl March 7 1868 Officer Sub Asst Comms. Mobile Ala March 18 1868 Respectfully returned to Asst Comms Ala with enclosed letter of Messrs Manning and Walker Atts for Messrs Buck and Fuller and statements of Sheriff of Mobile Co. and Clerk of City Court showing that the proceeds of the 27 Bales are still in the hands of Messrs Buck & Fuller and are the subject of garnishment process in a suit commenced by Messrs Smith and Roberts against Dubbin and Roberts. The case will not come before the Court for a week or ten days. It strikes me from an examination of the Reports furnished that the contestants in the suit before the city Court are litigating over what does not belong to them. That the proceeds of the cotton should be distributed among the laborers who made it who have not been paid. Ordering legal process under GO 13 & 14 establishing Agricultural lien might suffice if the plantation were in this District but as the case now stands I do not know of any process by which the money may be secured to the laborers except by Military seizure. James Gillette Capt 15 Infy Bvt Maj USA Sub Asst Commr Respectfully returned to Bvt Maj Genl A.C. Gillem Asst Commr for Miss. The transfer of the Cotton to Longstreet with the approval of Genl Ord would seem to render any interference on the part of the Asst Commr for Ala highly improper because of the understanding which was once had with Longstreet in which Longstreet was to settle with the Freedmen. It does not appear that any effort has been made to obtain a settlement in that direction, and therefore there is nothing to warrant a seizure of the Cotton as desired. J. Hayden Bvt Maj Genl U.S.A. Asst Commr March 19 1868 189 [[left margin]] State of Ala BRF &c 640 [[/left margin]] H234 Endorsement on letter of Lieut Paul R Hambuck S.A.C. War Dept B.R.F. & A.L. Washington D.C. March 16 1868 Respectfully referred to Assistant Commissioner of Alabama By order of Maj Genl O O Howard E. Whittlesey A.A.A. Genl Respectfully referred to Robt Smith Sub Asst Comm at Opelika Ala who will make inquiries in relation to the within and return these papers with report. By Order of Bvt Brig Genl J Hayden Geo Shorkley Capt 15 Infy Bvt Maj USA. A.A.A. Genl March 21" 1868 [[left margin]] State of Ala B.R. F &c 641[[/left margin]] C256 Endorsement on letter of Jno B Callis S.A.C. Office Supt of Education Bureau &c Montgomery March 21 1868 Respectfully referred to Bvt Maj Geo Shorkley A.A.A. Genl State of Ala for information. This office has not been notified of any change in office. Sub Asst Comm at Huntsville H. M. Bush Supt of Education Respectfully returned to H M Bush Supt of Education. This communication seems to be unofficial and was signed by J B Callis for Raines when it should have been signed Raines for Callis. The accounts transmitted were made when Genl Callis was Sub Asst Commissioner By order of Bvt Brig Genl J Hayden Geo Shorkley Capt 15 Infy Bvt Maj USA. A.A.A. Genl March 21 1868 [[left margin]] State of Ala Bu R F &c 642]] [[/left margin]] F69 Endorsement on letter from Treasury Dept per E B French Q Auditor. War Dept Bureau Washington D.C. March 16 1868 Respectfully referred to Asst Commr for Ala for investigation and report. By order of Maj Genl O.O. Howard E Whittlesey A.A.A. Genl Respectfully referred to Bvt Lieut Col Edwin Beecher Inspector Bureau R.F. & AL Ala for full investigation and report. (over)
