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War Department, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Washington, Sept. 29th, 1866. Maj. Genl. Wager Swayne, Asst. Com'r. General: You are hereby instructed to send a bonded officer to make the purchase of subsistence stores, in accordance with the [[strikethrough]] above [[/strikethrough]] accompanying recommendation and order of the Secretary of War, dated September 28, 1866. These purchases may be made from the Commissary Dept. proper, if corn and bacon are on hand at convenient depots. You yourself will be held responsible for the issues, and will establish such regulations as will secure the provisions to the absolutely necessitous and suffering. Forward, as soon as possible, a copy of said regulations Very Respectfully Your Ob't Servant O. O. Howard Maj. Genl Commissioner.
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