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placing Lieutenant Mangan on the retired list can not be construed as compelling his retention on duty until relieved by additional orders from the War Department.

Lieutenant Mangan, if still on duty in your Bureau, should be relieved without further delay.

Very Respectfully
Your Obdt Servant
ED Townsend
Adjutant General.