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A. He is not considered reliable?

Q Have any of the Sub Asst Comr's or other Officers of the Bureau been cautioned against trusting him.
A [[note]] 5 [[/note]] Yes, we have advised all not to employ him, we did not think him much of a lawyer.

Q Has he a reputation of meddling with other people's business?
A [[note]] 10 [[/note]] Yes. I have heard that he represented himself as the Attorney of the Bureau to procure business from discharged col'd soldiers. 

Q Was he ever an Agent of the Bureau, and into what condition did he bring the [[note]] 15 [[/note]] Affairs of his Sub District?
A Yes, and I have it from heresay, that he made the Bureau very unpopular by his mal-administration.

Q Did Dr R.A. Bell, A.A. Surgeon Hosp'l [[note]] 20 [[/note]] Bureau R.F.& A. Lands have anything to do with the discharge of Bruce?
A. [[note]] 22 [[/note]] Nothing whatever, so far as I know.
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