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Surgeon General for remarks, has been returned with an endorsement of which the following copy is submitted for your information, viz: "Respectfully returned to the Quarter Master General The Judiciary Square Hospital Building, having been retained by this Department for use as a Purveying Depot, no portion of it can be dispensed with. The conversion of the former kitchen into a school would endanger the safety of the large and valuable supplies stored in the other buildings. (Signed) J.K. Barnes Surgeon General S.G. Office Feby 15 1866