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Hd. Qu. Dept. of the South
Hilton Head S.C. June 26' 1865.

Maj Gen O.O. Howard
Commissioner, Bureau of
Refugees Freedmen & Abandoned Lands
Washington D.C.

General
I enclose herewith in care of QM: Saxton, a manuscript copy of an order which will be sent out from the Hd. Qu. to-day._ 

So far as it relates to cooperation, by the Military, with the asst: comr & agents of the Freedmen's Bureau, I would like to know if it meets your views, for my desire is to give a cordial support to the operation of that Bureau._ 

Any suggestion you may have to make will meet with a candid consideration, for my wish is to aid in the satisfactory solution of the great social question which their war has thrust upon us._

Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Svt
Q. A. Gillmore
Maj. Genl. Comr._