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War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office Chief Quartermaster,
Washington, D.C., July 9 1868

Bvt. Brig Genl. O L. Shepherd, USA
Asst Commr. BRFAL
Montgomery, Ala.

General,
Referring to your endorsement of May 23d 1868, forwarding with your approval, requisition of W.C. Arthur, Chf Qr. Master, &c. for seven (7) horses and the necessary equipment therefor, you are respectfully informed that the Commissioner instructs me to say that he contemplates making very considerable reduction in the personnel and material pertaining to the Bureau, in the states when governments have been organized under the reconstruction laws,