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Circular Letter
War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, December 5th 1868.

Bvt. Lt. Col. Edwin Beecher
Assistant Com'r
Montgomery Ala.

Colonel
Employés of this Bureau when discharged will be furnished with transportation in kind to the place at which they received their appointments. Commutation for traveling expensed to discharged officers, agents and clerks will not be allowed
Assistant Commissioners will make reasonable requisition for the transportation allowed as above stated
By order of
Maj Gen O.O. Howard
F.D. Sewall
A.A.A.Genl