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State of Alabama,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS,
Montgomery, Ala., April 6th, 1868.

Major General O.O. Howard
Commissioner &c
Washington, D.C.

General:

I desire respectfully to suggest that should it be found impracticable to send to Alabama the officers of the Army D.R.C. who have been ordered to duty in the Bureau, as was requested in endorsement from this office dated March 26, 1868 - that Retired Officers of the Army be detailed for this duty.

There not being officers here who can be detailed from the Troops for that duty, and the necessity of having officers in charge of detachments, and to have detachments stationed in every Sub District, leads me to make this request.

Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servant
O.L. Shepherd
Col 15th Infy. Bvt Brig Gen USA, Asst Com'r.