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166
Hd qrs B R.F and A.L.
State of Texas
Galveston June 29. 1867

Butler Lt Jas P.
S.A. Com.
Huntsville, Texas
0/421

Sir:
In compliance with your request of the 26 inst, authority is granted to have two horses in making the tour through your Sub District, ordered in Letter of June 21. 1867. from these Head quarters

By order of
Bt Major Gen. Chas Griffin
(Sqd) J.T. Kirkman
1st Lt. 26. U S. Inf
A.A.A.G.

167
Hd qrs B.R F and A.L.
State of Texas
Galveston June 28. 1867.

Collins Capt E.
Sub. Asst. Com.
Brenham Texas.
41/385

Your report of the investigation in the case of Freedmen imprisoned &c. have been received.

No reflection from these Hd. qrs. has been made upon your integrity or capacity.

The difficulties under which you labor are fully understood, and that every effort you have made to maintain order &c has been caused by your desire to do your duty. But in the future, you will not in the discharge of your duties as Sub. asst. Com. delegate the power of ordering arrests. - If a planter is not satisfied with the way his laborers are working he may bring them before the Sub. asst. Com. who will advise, but in no instance coerce them.

The planter can, if the laborer neglects his work pay him off and discharge him.

By order of
Bt. Maj. Gen. Chas. Griffin
(Sgd) J.T. Kirkman
1st Lt. 26 U.S. Inf.
A.A.A.G.

168.
Hd qrs B R F & A L
State of Texas
Galveston July 1. 1867

Adjutant General U.S.A.
Washington D.C.
116/

General,
I have the honor to report that I am on duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, at Galveston Texas, in obedience to Paragraph 1. Special Orders No 3. dated Head quarters Dist of Texas January 5. 1867.

I am performing the duties of Act'g. Asst. Adjt Gen to the Asst Commissioner

I am General.
Very Resp. - Your Obt Servt.
(Sgd) J.T. Kirkman
1st Lt 26. U.S. Inf.
A.A.A. Gen.

Copies sent to the following.
169 Major Genl. O O Howard, Washington D.C.
170 Bvt Maj Genl A Doubleday, Comd'g Post at Galveston
171 Adjt 26th U.S. Inf. Austin, Texas.

[[strikethrough]] 169. [[/strikethrough]] 172
Hd qrs B.R.F & A.L.
State of Texas
Galveston June 27. 1867

Howard Maj Genl O.O.
Commissioner &c
Washington D.C.
158./175

General:
I have the honor to request that Edwin Finch Esq. may be appointed an Agent in the Burea for this State at a salary of Seventy five Dollars per month to date from July 1st 1867.

I am General,
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servt
(Sgd) [[strikethrough]] J.T. Kirkman [[/strikethrough]] Bvt. Maj Genl Chas. Griffin. U.S.A
Asst Commissioner
State of Texas.

Transcription Notes:
hd qrs is head quarters abbreviated removed table markings; arranged in letter format