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Found the Dist. with forging no. of dependents.  Set at work to reduce them.  Found it no easy ask as thousands of Freedmen from Miss. Ga & Ala. had sought refuge in Ky & Tenn.  White Refugees more dependent and less provident than Freedmen were there in greater numbers.  Eastern Ark. had crowded Memphis. Slaveholding Ky's colored population crowded free Tennessee. Seven surrounding states had contributed to Tenn's already large numbers and instituted the no. in forging figures.

Rations were issued in July to
Adults white  5721
Children white  4840
Adults Colored   2603
Children  3280   
Total no. of persons  16,444
                           
No. of rations issued in July  400,185                           
Cost. rations issued in July  $65,630.34
                             
Reductions from June as follows:

Adults White  4232
Children White  3117
Adults Colored  904
Children Colored  564
                               
Total reduction in no. of persons 8817