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file [[stampe]] Bureau R. F. & A. L. Washington Rec'd Jan 16 1866 [[/stampe]] Wrapper. No 7. (R.F.&A.L. Vol 2) 1866 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, Office Sup't 2d District, Petersburg, Va., Jan 12th 1866. Respectfully Returned The case of these men has been previously reported to Asst. Comm. File. [[stamped]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamped]] When I assumed charge of affairs in this Dist., Capt. Tobey was employing men and paying them out of rations drawn for Freedmen I ordered it stopped and men discharged as we have no funds to pay them. He did not obey the order, as was found after being mustered out, when the bills were presented to this office for payment. So they were hired without authority and never reported over