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War Department,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS,
Washington, April 7th, 1868.

Circular Letter.

General:
Major General O. O. Howard, Commissioner, instructs me to call your attention to Special Order No. 28 March 5th 1868. from these Headquarters.
Please see to it that your Disbursing Officer takes up on his returns every building constructed by him under the two heads of "School Buildings and Asylums." This does not include repairs.
The Commissioner also desires a special report of the buildings so constructed with an estimate so far as practicable of the cost of such construction

Very Respectfully.
|signed| E. Whittlesey
Act'g Asst. Adjt. Genl.