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WAR DEPARTMENT.
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, D.C. March 2d 1868

Bvt. Brig. Genl. J. Hayden
Asst. Commr. Ala.

General.
The Commissioner directs me to enclose an appointment for S.S. Gardner whom you will please assign to duty at Greenville Butler County Ala. His former appointment appears to have been revoked for the reason that he expressed his views in favor of reconstruction under the laws of Congress, and instructed the Colored people respecting their rights & duties as citizens. Every officer & agent should use his influence in favor of law & not against it. If Capt Gardner or any officer of this Bureau is elected to office or accepts nomination to any important office he should of course resign his position as Bureau Agent.