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And is competent in every respect to discharge the duties of clerk. I respectfully recommend that his application be granted and that he be assigned to duty in this office to fill the vacancy caused by the dismissal of Mr [[?]]. E H Weirman Lt 4th US Iy USA Sub Asst Commr. ✔ E & M 869 S. of A 1868 State of Alabama Bur. R.F. & A.L. Montgomery. Nov. 9"68 Respectfully forwarded to Major General O. O. Howard Commissioner &c. Washington D.C. with the request that Mr. Davis be appointed to duty Nov 1" 68. This application was withheld thinking I might make other arrangements. Edwin Beecher Bvt. Lieut. Col. U.S.V. Asst. Commissioner