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War Department Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands Washington - October 3rd, 1867. Respectfully returned for the remarks of Bt. Maj Gen'l Wager Swayne. The recent circular letter was written with a view to the reduction of the force of employed. The vacancies occasioned by discharge of Agents and Clerks under that letter will not be filled by new appointments. Attention is invited to Gen'l Orders. No. 86 Headquarters of the Army. By order of Maj. Gen'l O.O. Howard. E. Whittlesey Act'g. Asst. Adt. General E.B 14. Vol. 4.