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Greenville, Ala. 
10th February, 1866.

Colonel,  
Troubled, as I know you are, with communications, I am reluctant to make enquiries; but believing the interests of the country demand what I now do, I hope you will pardon me.

Allow me to ask, if any order exists, defining the class of persons, to whom, it is the intention of the Government, to authorize the issuance of Rations. It has been my practice not to recommend persons, who have husbands, father, or other male relatives, with whom May reside; and who are healthey and capable of supporting them. This Rule has not been adhered to, and I have found that it encourages indolence, and is the cause of much fraud on the Government. In some cases, Confederate soldiers, the heads of families have returned from the war, too late to make a crop. Some of these are very poor, and possibly, a little