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Bu R F and A L Hd Qr's So. Dis't N.C Wilmington N.C April 23rd 1867 Col J. F. Chur A A A General Colonel I have the honor to request information on the following point: Does Paragraph I of General Order No 10, from Hd Qr's 2d Military District apply to Freedmen confined in the County Jails for non-payment of Jail Fees? There are several cases of persons confined here in jail for non-payment of Jail Fees who have been there many months and as the fees are continually accumulating I see no reason why their imprisonment should not be perpetual I am Colonel