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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