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WAR DEPARTMENT,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER,
Washington, D.C. April 29, 1868
L.B. Vol 8}
P. 152}

(Circular Letter)
You will please forward to these head-quarters a statement showing the average amount of stationery required per month for each officer and agent of the Bureau on duty in your State. This information is required for the purpose of ascertaining if any change in the allowance now prescribed by the Bureau Officers Manual is necessary and if so to fix a standard allowance in place of that now authorized.
By command of
Maj. Gen'l O.O. Howard
Commissioner
Henry M. Whittelsey
Chf. Q.M., Bu RF and A L

Bt Brig Genl O.L. Shepherd
Asst. Comm'r State of Ala
Montgomery Ala