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right to stay is secured beyond a contingency we will not have more than erected our buildings, before we shall have to vacate to give possession to the owner.
The location of these Camps should be made with great care, the ground should be high, dry & suitable for easy drainage - convenient to an abundant supply of good water & fuel - not too far removed from Rail or River transportation, so that supplies (rations &c) can be obtained without too much inland transportation, or hauling by wagons.
If the Civil authorities of the State will undertake the transportation of the really poor & sick (that cannot be cared for by their friends in the neighborhood where they reside) to the nearest of these Colonies, then I would respectfully suggest that the State be made into (5) five Districts, with one Rendezvous in each District, to be under the control of an efficient Superintendent with such help as you may deem necessary for the care & discipline &c. of the Camp - the whole Sanitary supervisage of the Colonies to be under the charge of good surgeons, to be governed by such rules & regulations as may be established by the Chief Medical Officer of the Bureau.
According to my first bases (400 in each county) each Colony would assemble (4560) four thousand five hundred & sixty persons. This would seem quite objectionable to have such a number congregating together, but I am fully persuaded that is proper attention is paid to hunting up places for those that are able to work (if for nothing more than their board) & for the children, there will not be at any one time at any Colony to exceed 1500 to 2000