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Office Asst. Supt. R.F. & A.L.
Talladega, Ala. May, 26th 1866.

Major!

I have the honor, to make the following Report, regarding the issuing of Subsistence Supplies to Destitutes. Many people not entitled to the charity of the Government use all means, honorable or dishonorable to obtain supplies. some women, having able bodied husbands will subscribe to the oath required in S G General Order No 14, Office, Asst Com. R.F. & A.L. Montgomery, Ala. Sept 13th 1865. others will send colored persons in their employ, to draw Rations, instructing them how to lie,- about their ages, crippled parents and scores of children; others with 2 or 3 grown females in their families will send forth every one of them under an assumed name to tell the most pityfill stories about their poor old mother or father or small orphan children, resorting to tears, if they are about to fail in their object.

I found further that no dependence was to be placed upon some of the Justices of Peace, regarding their Reports of Destitutes in their respective Beats; these gentlemen depend upon the good will and votes of the people for Office, and