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assisting in the enforcement of the laws, and rights of the Freedman - he could detail more fully how matters are, the disposition of the people and what is required. The people generally believed through the County that the Presidents proclamation abolished the bureau & all Martial law, and great was the relief thereof until I informed them differently hoping that my Suggestion relative to troops will receive immediate attention I remain much respectively your Obedient Servt F D Inge Sub Asst. Com B.R.F.&A.L. To Brig Genl E. M Gregory Asst Com. B.R.F.&A.L. Galveston Texas