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[Form 9.]

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
 
Washington, June 29th 1867.

General:

I have the honor to transmit herewith Fifty copies [[strikethrough]] each [[/strikethrough]] of [[strikethrough]] General Orders, Commissioner [[/strikethrough]] Bureau R., F., and A.L., [[strikethrough]] Nos. [[/strikethrough]] Report of Transportation (Form 65) [[strikethrough]] Also, copies each of Circulrs, Commissioner Bureau R., F., and A.L., Nos. [[/strikethrough]]      

the receipt of which you will promptly acknowledge by signing and returning the accompanying letter. [[strikethrough]] You will be held responsible for the distribution of Orders to officers serving under your direction. [[/strikethrough]]

By order of Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, Commissioner
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Henry M. Whittlesey
Bvt. Brig. Gen. and Chef Q.M.,
Bureau R., F., and A.L.

to Bt. Major Genl. Wager Swayne
Montgomery Ala