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War Department
Washington City
June 7 1871
D.S. Hays, Esq.
Hopkinsville, Ky.
[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]
Sir,
Referring to your letter of the 10th ultimo, in relation to charges previously forwarded by you against offices of the Freedmen's Bureau, etc. I have the honor to inform you that the charges in question were referred to an Army officer of ability and integrity for report, who after a careful and fair investigation, made in his official capacity, found nothing to sustain their allegations.
The Department, does not feel justified in ordering investigations into the conduct of its officials on such general charges as those presented in your letter of the 10th of April and 24th of May, as after investigation of similar