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[[STAMP]]THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES[[/STAMP]]

GENERAL ORDERS } HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY.
No. 86.        } ASSISTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
                 Washington, September 13, 1867.

District Commanders will co-operate with the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioners of the Freedmen's Bureau in reducing the number of employees and volunteers still retained in service, by giving details of officers and enlisted men of the Army to take their places, when it can be done without manifest detriment to the service.

BY COMMAND OF GENERAL GRANT:
E.D. TOWNSEND
Assistant Adjutant General.

OFFICIAL:
E.D. TOWNSEND 
Assistant Adjutant General.