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Selma with instructions to investigate the claim, and, if in his opinion there are sufficient grounds, to place it in the hands of a competent attorney for suit.

In as much as we have confided the adjudication of civil affairs, where freedmen are interested, to the civil authorities we could not proceed by military process.

Very Respy
Your obt Sevt
C Cadle Jr
Brvt Col and A.A.G.