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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Headquarters Southern District of North Carolina,
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT.

Wilmington, N.C. ___, 186

needed in this section, to convince all disturbers of the place, that an officer of this Bureau is within the pale of the law. I do not hesitate to express the opinion that in case these men are released from Military custody that future acts of violence on the persons of Officers and Agents of this Bureau will be the result.
I have the honor to request that in view of the above facts you will take such steps as will result in the trial of Goodwin McQueen and McNair by a Military Court.

I Am Colonel
Very Respectfully
Your Obedt Servt.

Allan Rutherford
Captain 44th Infantry
Sub Ast Comr.