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No. 16,764.

the 23rd of April. Here we saw the assistant commissioner of the Bureau for said State, Colonel E. Whittlesey, and obtained from him the following information as to the number of military officers and civilians employed, and the number of freedmen to whom rations have been issued since the first of December last in said State:
Commissioned officers in the military service: one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, seventeen captains, six first lieutenants, eight second lieutenants, one chaplain.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
9 contract surgeons at per month..................$100.00 
26 hospital attendants, at average pay each per month  11.25 
19 civilian employes, clerks, agents, &c., at an average pay per month of...........................  77.20
4 laborers at an average pay per month of...........  11.90 
In addition to the foregoing, enlisted men are  detailed as orderlies, guards, &c., by commanding officers of the different military posts where officers of the Bureau are serving.
Rations have been issued as follows:

[[5 columned table]]
|   | Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December | 518 | 2,465 | 3,679 | 6,662 |
| January | 552 | 2,567 | 3,712 | 6,831 |
| February | 369 | 2,270 | 3,507 | 5,146 |
| March | 321 | 2,205 | 3,406 | 5,932 |

The same reasons that exist for the issuing rations to the freedmen of Virginia, and the necessity for the continuance of this relief, apply to freedmen of North Carolina. 


No. 16,764.

the 23rd of April. Here we saw the assistant commissioner of the Bureau for said State, Colonel E. Whittlesey, and obtained from him the following information as to the number of military officers and civilians employed, and the number of freedmen to whom rations have been issued since the first of December last in said State:
Commissioned officers in the military service: one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, two majors, seventeen captains, six first lieutenants, eight second lieutenants, one chaplain.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

9 contract surgeons at per month..................$100.00 
26 hospital attendants, at average pay each per month  11.25 
19 civilian employes, clerks, agents, &c., at an average pay per month of.............................  77.20
4 laborers at an average pay per month of...........  11.90 

In addition to the foregoing, enlisted men are detailed as orderlies, guards, &c., by commanding officers of the different military posts where officers of the Bureau are serving.
Rations have been issued as follows:

[[5 columned table]]
|   | Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December | 518 | 2,465 | 3,679 | 6,662 |
| January | 552 | 2,567 | 3,712 | 6,831 |
| February | 369 | 2,270 | 3,507 | 5,146 |
| March | 321 | 2,205 | 3,406 | 5,932 |

The same reasons that exist for the issuing rations to the freedmen of Virginia, and the necessity for the continuance of this relief, apply to freedmen of North Carolina.