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occasion the Clerk in charge of the Claim Division endeavored to induce him to advise them to go to some good man, he General Gregory positively refused to do so and ni a passionate manner declared that he did "not care if they went to the devil"  these were the precise words used, and what makes the matter more agrivating is the fact that it was the stubborn and criminal representations of Genl Gregory himself that caused the men to loose their chances of obtaining their state Bounty through authorized parties who were daily obtaining the Bounty from the Comptroller of the State Treasury, as an instance to prove the utter disregard which Genl Gregory entertained of the real welfar of the Freedmen, mention is made