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Port of Jackson
Jackson. Miss. March 1st/68

Lieut. Merrett Barber
A.A.A.. Gen.
Bureau R.F and A.L.

Lieut,

I have the honor to acknowledge communication received from H'd Qrs B. R. F. and A. L.  containing the following extract, for report receive thereof:

"Lieut Williams, your Inspector, drinks strong drink, and occasionally gets drunk. On an Inspection Tour, while at Jackson, in a state of intoxication, he fired his pistol, and the ball passed through a picture in a gentlemans house."

and requesting form me a report thereon, the opportunities I have had of knowing Lieut Williams, and my opinion as to his character for sobriety and general conduct.

In reply I have the honor to state that I have known Lieut Williams since Jn 1st 1867 (a portion of the time as Bureau Agent of Port of Jackson, which I commanded) and have been repeatedly therein in connection with him, official and otherwise. His character for sobriety is beyond question, and the promptitude and marked ability, with which he has discharged the onerous and disagreeable duties of his official  position, entitle