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Head-quarters Sub Dist of Selma Selma Ala Aug-23d 1867 Bvt. Lieut. Col. O.D. Kinsman Sub-Asst. Commissioner Montgomery Alabama. Colonel; I have carefully studied the matter, and have concluded that it is desirable that there be an entire separation of the Bureau from the Post, in Offices, stables &c. which I propose to do in this way. Drop the Q.M. office from the Rolls, where it is carried at 33 1/3 $ per month. Rent a stable which shall cost but little if any more than the Office, move the desk of the Q.M. Dept. to the Office of Sub-Asst. Comr. - Use the Stable, as Stable & Repair Shop and in every practicable way have the Bureau separated from the Post I am not pleased with the present condition of the Bureau property for which I am responsible, not as to its charge, nor to its almost unserviceable