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Office Sub-Asst. Comr. Bu. of R.F & AL
Sub-Dist. of Mobile
Mobile. Ala. July 10" 1867

Respectfully returned.
This Orphan Asylum is a deserving object of charity and is dependent upon public contributions, but it is not clear that its usual means and system of obtaining support are so deficient as to absolutely necessitate the special aid of the U.S. Government. 

If, however, it is designed to make contributions to charitable institutions, or to go beyond the sworn statement of absolute suffering and necessity from heads of families requested by present orders to justify issue of subsistence Stores or donation to this Asylum is respectfully rec [[strikethrough]] c [[/strikethrough]] ommended.
Geo. H. Tracy
Captain 15" Infty. Bvt Maj US.
Sub Asst. Commr.

Recd July 12" '67