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War Department, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands Washington, February 28th 1866 Circular Letter Sir; The attention of the Bureau has been called to the excessive amount of transportation issued from time to time, for the transportation of Freemen from one part of the country to another when their services have been engaged by private individuals to work upon respective plantations. The Commissioner instructed me to call your attention to General Orders No. 138. series 1865 A.G.O. (copy enclosed) and to request, that your orders for transportation be limited to the classes indicated in that order as authorized to receive transportation. When the Planter is able to pay for the transportation of his hands, it is considered owing to the great demand for laborers all over the South, that the should do so, and relieve the Government from the expense of their removal. I am, Sir Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant Max Woodhull Bt Col & A.A. General Bt Maj Gen Wager Swayne Asst Comr Official copy respectfully furnished Col Robinson Supt &c Mobile Ala C Callis A.A.G.