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Adults White  9953.
Children White  7957.
Adults Colored  3507.
Children Colored  3644
Total number of persons.  25.061.
Number of rations issued in June  598.029
Cost of rations issued in June  $97.912.75

I found the District with the foregoing number of dependents, and at once set myself and subordinates vigorously at work to reduce the numbers - make the people self-supporting, and get local civil machinery at work in preparation for the care of local poor. It was not an easy task I assure you. Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama, lying directly along the southern border of Tenn. the freedmen by thousands from those states had during the war sought refuge within our lines. The White Refugees more dependent and less