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State of Alabama
Bureau Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Office Assistant Commissioner
Montgomery Ala. February 17 1868.

Mr. D.C. Rugg.
Clerk Bureau RF&A.L.
Huntsville Ala.

Sir:-
In compliance with orders from the Commissioner a copy of which is enclosed you are hereby designated to act as Disbursing Officer for the payment of bounties to Colored Soldiers.  You will report by letter to Brt Brig Gen Geo W Ballock Chief Disbursing Officer Bureau R.F.&A.L. at Washington D.C. and will proceed to Athens Ala and open an office at that place.

You will employ a reliable clerk making application through the proper Offices for his appointment by the Commissioner.

You will Discharge this duty in addition to your present duties - it not being practicable to relieve you from the office at Huntsville at present.

By Order of Brt Brig Gen J. Hayden

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