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(Signed.) "Davis Tillson
Bt. Maj. Gen. & Ass't Com'r."

I should, at once, have arrested this man Bryant, but for his evident intention to compel me to take that step and so gain additional notoriety, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] the fact that Civil law is in force in this State, and that I have been informed by the Civil Authorities that they intended to present this man before the Grand Jury of this County_ I respectfully ask that this communication, with the enclosures, be forwarded for the information of the War Dep't.

I am, Very Respectfully,
Your Ob't Serv't,
Davis Tillson
Bt. Maj. Gen. & Ass't Com'r.

Copy respectfully furnished for the information of Maj. Gen. Howard Com'r.
D.T.