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War Department,
Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
CLAIM DIVISION.
Washington, D.C., December 30th, 1868.

Bvt. Maj. Allan Rutherford, U.S.A.
A.S.A. Commr Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Wilmington, No. Ca.

Major:
I am directed to inform you that, 
upon receipt of your letter of the 16th Nov. 1968 an investigation, into the facts connected with the case of Henry Smith, late Pvit, Co: "G" 37th U.S.C. Troops, was instituted, and from report received from the Second Auditor of the Treasury it appears that the claim referred to is "out for settlement."
It will probably be disposed of soon.
Very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
William P. Drew,
Agent Bureau R.F. & A.L.
Chief of Claim Division