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L.B. vol 9. page 415.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Washington D.C., August 21st 1868.

Bvt. Brig. Genl: T.H. Ruger U.S.A.
Asst. Commr. Bu R.F. & A.L.
Montgomery, Ala.

General:
Herewith is respectfully enclosed Copy of Communication forwarded from this Office to the Asst. Commissioner for Ala on the 30th ult.
No reply to the above mentioned communication having been received. You are requested to inform this Office whether the same has been received by the Asst. Commr. for Ala. and if received the action taken in regard thereto.
By Command of Maj Genl O.O. Howard
Commissioner