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Office Assistant Commissioner
Bureau of Refugees Freedmen
and Abandoned Lands
Montgomery Ala. Sept 25th 1865

Bvt Col. C. Cadle Jr.
A.A.G.
Colonel;
I have the honor to submit the following report of my expedition through a portion of the Western Section of this State agreeably to Special Order No 3, Ex 3, from Office Asst Comt Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, State of Alabama.
     
On Friday, the 8th inst. I started from  Mobile with an escort of Mounted Infantry.  Capt Schafer's Company 21st Missouri Vols. consisting of 35 men, with four six-mule wagons.  I took the old ridge road, so called, from Mobile to St Stephens Washington City. The roads were very heavy and during the day I was obliged to cross by Ferry one small creek. During the day I met and conversed with several individuals who were employing Freedmen and explained fully the purpose and object of this Bureau.  The day following, Saturday at about 3 P.M. I reached Mt. Vernon where is located the U.S. Arsenal. I had the good fortune to meet here some fifteen