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Headquarters District of Alabama,
BUREAU REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS.
Montgomery, Ala, January 31st 1868.

Bvt. Major James Gillette U.S.A.
Sub Asst. Commissioner
Mobile Ala.

Sir: 
You will please ascertain and and report to this office the probable number of persons in your City who will need assistance from the Soup Houses ordered to be established 

By order of 
Bvt Brig Gen'l Julius Hayden 
Geo. Shorkley 
Capt 15th Infy. Bvt. Maj. U.S.A.
A.A.A Gen'l