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Sir
Enclosed is a communication to HCS Strong Asst Com &c. Gen Tillson [[strikethrough]] As [[/strikethrough]] directs me to say that he is only Act'g Asst. Com & that is hardly worth your while to do so long as you report to him, to call yourself Asst Comr of this Bureau RF&AL.

Respectfully
Your obt servt
W.W. Deane
Capt & A.A.G.

To H.G. Strong
Thro Maj J.N. Hastings
A.S.A. Comr
Albany