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64 Fair Bluff. N.C. Jany 15" 1866. Alan Smith Citizen of Columbus. Co. Requests authority to arrest one William McBride freedmen for stealing a horse Bureau R F & A L. Hd Qrs Southern Dist of N.C Wilmington NC Jany 18" 1866 Respectfully forwarded to Col E Whittelsey Asst Commr. State of N.C. Chas. J. Wickersham Bvt. Supt AAG & Supt Bureau Refugees Freedmen Hd. Qrs. Asst Commissioner Raleigh N C Jany 24th 1866 Respectfully returned the Bureau has no authority to make these arrests the case should be referred to Military Authorities By command of Col. E Whittelsey (signed) Fred H Beecher Lt & AAA Genl [[note]] see f65 [[/note]] Washington. D.C January 13th 1866 J.R. Johnson Missionary Requests that inquiry be made for Delia Hughes, Freedman supposed to be in vicinity of Wilmington N.C; Bureau R.F. & A.L. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh N.C. Jany 15" 1866 Respectfully referred to Brevt Major Wickersham Supt. Southern Dist for report By Command of Col E Whittelsey (signed) Fred H Beecher Lt. & AAA Genl Bureau R.F. & A.L. Hd Qrs. Southern Dist of N.C Wilmington N.C. Jany 19" 1866 Respectfully referred to Capt. HH Foster Asst. Supt Sub Dist Wilmington for report Chas. J Wickersham Bt Majr & Supt 65 Wilmington. N.C. January 20th 1866 J. L Rhoads. 2nd Lieut. 37th U.S.C.T. Applies for detail in Bureau R F & A.L. Bureau R F & A L. Hd Qrs. Southern Dist of N.C. Wilmington. N.C Jany 22 1866. Respectfully forwarded and recommended Lieut Rhoades has been on duty for four or five months past as acting Asst. Adjutant Genl for the General Commdg. Military Dist of Wilmington his experience as an executive officer would be of immense advantage to him as an officer of this Bureau Chas. J. Wickersham Bv.t Maj AAG & Supt A. Smith Bureau R. F & A.L. Hd. Qrs. Southern Dist of N.C. Wilmington NC Jany 26th 1866 Respectfully returned. Attention is invited to Endorsement from Hd Qrs - Asst Commr. [[note]] F64 [[/note]] Chas. J. Wickersham Bvt Maj AAG & Supt