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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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