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Office Sup't R., F. & A.L.,
Sub-District Huntsville
Huntsville, Ala., Jan 19th 1866

Maj Genl. Swayne
Commissioner B.R.F and A.L. Ala

Genl
I have the honor very Respectfully to advise you of my safe arrival at this place and that I immediately entered upon my duties. I find that I am short of Commissioned officers for agents, and that Cival agents are worse than nothing, as complaints coming in daily proves. There should be a Commissioned officer acting as agent in each Co. in order to get the proper reports & to have the matters of the Bureau properly attended to. If it is possible for you to send me some nine officers I think I can promise a rich harvest for their Labors. I find much difficulty in obtaining rations for the destitute. Mr Crookshank and myself are coopperating together to the best advantage we can, I have written to the Probate Judges of each County asking them to assist in the distribution of Rations that might be sent to them in counties where we have no agents but in many instances thay do not respond. I will send to each county the proportion of 5000 rations due them respectively.