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E & M 14 D of A 1867
Hd Qrs Dist of Alabama
Montgomery May 9" 1867

Respectfully returned to Sam S Gardner Greenville Ala After date of the letter referred to within, you stated that you could not get a clerk to take the oath in Greenville, When you were directed not to employ a clerk but that one would be sent you from here. You should have informed this office immediately by upon finding a man who would suit you in which case it would be unnecessary to have one sent from these Hd Qrs, your failure to do which, as well as your not having complied with Col Cadles letter relative to the wages authorized to be paid requires that your actions in this case be disapproved.
You can send vouchers for the time Mr. O'Connor was employed in your office prior to the 4th inst. at the rate of $75 per month.

By Command of 
Maj Genl. Wager Swayne
J.F. Conyingham
1 Lieut 24 U.S.I & A. A. A. G.


Office of the Sub Asst Commr
Bureau R.F. & A.L. 
Sub Dist of Greenville
Greenville May 10th 1867

Respectfully returned to Lt. Conyingham. A.A.A.G. with the statement that I did not employ a clerk until one came from Montgomery, who stated that he called at Head Quarters, and was directed by one of the clerks who assumed, and whom he supposed to have the proper authority, to come here for employment. I re-