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| 15  Aug 1. 1865  #15 | Ferree J.F.  Hosp. Chap. and Act. Sup't 5th Dist. E.B. p. 47 & 41 
(Ref'd Aug 1/65 to Maj. Gen. Augur Com'dg Dep't Wash'n for end't)  (Rec'd bk Aug 2 ref'd to Q.M. Gen'l) (Rec'd bk with rep't Aug 11 returned to Chap Ferree) | Alexandria Va  July 1. 1865.  Has been requested by Lt. Col. J.F. Marsh Sup't 5th Dist. Va, to ask for the temporary assignment of Capt. T.K. Church AQM for duty in this Dist. |

| 16  Aug 9. 1865  #16 * Indexed Detail applied for LB Aug 9/65 | Fiske C.P.  Brig Gen. Asst Com'r Tenn & Ky | Nashville Tenn  Aug 8, 1865  Applies for the detail of Brig Gen Davis Tillson for duty in his Dist. File |
 

| Aug 19. 1865  #17  1. | Ferree Jas J Chap'n & Act. Sup't 5th Dist. Va. E B p. 56 
Gen'l Augur  Aug 21. for remark, & return. rec'd bk Aug 23d with rep't & same day fow'd to Sec. of War. | Alexandria Va  August 18. 1865  Encloses communication sent to Surg. E Bently Aug 15. concerning the Sickles Barracks Hospital. Requests that an order be obtained for the Med. Dep't to turn them over for the use of the Freedmen's Bureau. (1 enc) | 

| Aug 22. 1865  #18 | Filkins & Co et. als.  Planters Dept of Ark. Ref'd Aug 23 Brig Gen Sprague Asst Com. for such action as may be deemed necessary & advisable. | Little Rock Ark.  August 3 1865  State that the wages for Freedmen's Labor in that Dept are fixed at too high a rate  Petition for relief |
 
| Aug 23. 1865  #19 |  Ferree J.J.  Chap. & Asst Sup't E B p 56. Ref'd to Maj Gen Augur for his inf'n | Alexandria Va  Aug 23 1865  Forwards com'n of Geo. A. Armes Asst Sup't concerning Cap't Ryan & his company on guard duty at Fairfax, with statement that the property will be stolen or destroyed by fire unless guarded &c. |

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| Aug 23. 1865  #20  1 | Ferree J.J. Chap'n and Sup't Freedmen &c EB p 57 
Fow'd to AGO Aug 24 approved. | Alexandria VA  August 21 1865  Desires to send enlisted men named within to Leesburg Va, to open Schools for Freedmen.  Requests authority from War Dept to commute their rations at 75 cents per day them having no commissary there to subsist them. |     

| 21 Sept 3. 1865  #21 | Ferree J.J. Asst Sup't 5th Dist Va Sept 5 These requisitions having been app'd by me are fow'd to Secy of War for app'l under existing orders.  Rec'd back Oct 18th 1865  Approved  Referred to Col Eatons attention called to approval of Secy of War | Alexandria Va  Sept 4 1865  Transmits "special requisitions" of Capt Geo A Armes Asst Supt for approval. | 

| Sept 1 1865  #22 *  1 | Fisk C.B. Brig Gen'l Asst Com'r for Ky and Tenn Filed with F 23 (Ky) Off. copy to the President U.S. Sept 4/65 | Chattanooga Tenn  Aug 26 1865  Relative to affairs of Freedmen in E Tenn. States that in compliance with order from the President he has discontinued all Agencies from Chattanooga eastward. Will investigate and report concerning the Agt at Pulaski Tenn. file |

| Sept 5, 1865  #23 * | Fiske C.B. Brig Gen'l Asst Com'r of Ky and Tenn. Filed with F. 22. (Ky) Official copy ref'd Sup't to President US for his information. | Nashville Tenn  Sept 1. 1865  Reports result of investigation of charges against officer in charge of Bureau R F & A L at Pulaski Tenn.  States that after a personal investigation, he is satisfied that he is not guilty of any of the charges. file |

Transcription Notes:
This was a mess, yet it was marked as "complete." Almost NO punctuation in the entire transcription, and other mistakes which I saw right away! I reopened to fix. General Christopher C. Augur James Inglish Ferree - J.I. Ferree. Brig. Gen'l Clinton B. Fisk.