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or have been gallant defenders of the Govt in the late Rebellion — and it is beleived the authority for the Transportation asked, may be found in that fact, & in the utter inability of those Husbands to pay for s'd Transportation.

Genl. O.O. Howard
Freedman's Bureau
Washington D.C.

an order for Transportation through to Va. is what they want as they have no means to meet the delays of a disjointed Transportation from post to post on the Route.

[[stamp]] BUREAU R. F. & A. L. * WASHINGTON * REC'D MAR 24 1866 [[/stamp]]

[[stamp]] BUREAU R. F. & A. L. * WASHINGTON * REC'D MAR 24 1866 [[/stamp]]