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War Department, 
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, October 29th, 1866.

Circular Letter.

As many applications for transportation are received at these Head Quarters, without sufficiently detailed statements of the facts in each case I am directed by the Commissioner, to request that Asst. Commissioners, and other officers of the Bureau, will endeavor to have all papers of this class, passing through their office, conform as nearly as possible to the following suggestions

1st  The names and number of persons to be transported, or the name of the headman of each family or party, with the number of the latter, and the sex and class (Refugees or Freedpeople) to which they belong will be stated.

2nd  Transportation will only be requested from and to the nearest Railway Station or Steamboat Landing, to the starting point and place of destination.

3rd   When children are to be transported, the age, and sex of those of twelve years and over, should be stated as full fare is charged: and the age only of those from four to eleven (inclusive) for whom half fare is