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War Department 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, December 9th 1865.

Brig Genl Wager Swayne
Asst Commissioner &c for Alabama
Montgomery, Ala.,

General: 
I am directed by Maj Genl Howard to inform you that the Circular No: 19 C.S. issued from this Office, extending to the Bureau the privilege of drawing a monthly supply of Commissary Stores, upon the requisition of Asst. Commissioners, was intended to meet any sudden emergency, where extreme suffering from want of food should be discovered. Yet Asst Commissioners are held strictly responsible that there shall be no waste, and that such issues are confined to cases where humanity evidently demands them.  Orphan Asylums, and Hospitals will be cared for as heretofore.  Let every Commissary estimate and requisition be based upon actual necessity, and when parts of a ration will answer, do not make requisition for the full ration.  Report immediately any increase in the number of 

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