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E & M No 99 BRF & AL 1866

Office Assistant Commissioner
B. R. F. & A. L.
Montgomery Ala. March 22d 1866

Respectfully referred to G. A. Harmount Asst. Supt. R.F. & A. L. Montgomery Ala. who will please express his opinion of the propriety of the appointment within asked for being made.

C Cadle Jr
Bvt. Col. & A.A. Gen.


Resp'y returned. Giving discretionary power to Agents approving Contracts, cannot be avoided.

My experience is that R.W. Russell Esq. will not make a decision in favor of a Freedman against his employer, if he can evade it.

Geo. A. Harmount
Asst. Supt Bureau Ref. F. and A.L.

Mont. Ala. March 21st 1866.