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Headquarters District of Alabama, BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS, Montgomery, Ala., January 29th 1868. Major General O.O. Howard. Commissioner &c. Washington D.C. General: I respectfully ask authority to establish Soup Houses, and to make the necessary purchases of Boilers - plates, spoons &c for this purpose, as contemplated in the late order given upon the Commissary Department of the Army for issue of Dessicated Vegetables &c. But a small expenditure will be necessary, as it is proposed to establish these houses only in the large towns in the State, and to place their management as far as practicable in charge of the Benevolent Societies. Very Respectfully, Your Ob't Servant. J. Hayden Bvt Brig Gen'l. Asst Com'r