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War Department
Adjt. Genls Office
Washington Jan 23" 1867

General
You will please report to this Department without delay whether any and what violations of the 4th 8th & 9th Sections of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to protect all persons in the United States in the Civil Rights &c." have occurred and what action has been taken by officers and Agents of the Freedmens Bureau in respect to such violations
By order of the Secretary of War
(Signed) E D. Townsend
Asst Adjt General.

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