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Court Martial now in session; teamsters & Laborers, hauling & handling supplies for the upper Posts &c &c, make this work very hard upon the few for duty, giving each man two & three horses to care for besides his own. But for this state of the Command here, I would suggest the propriety of sending a party from this place to Belton. James Oakes Col 6th Cav. Bvt Brig Genl USA Commanding E.M.B. Vol 2. P-68-D. of T. 67. Hd Qrs Dist. of Texas Galveston. Texas. June 10. 1867 Respectfully referred to 1st Lt. J.T. Kirkman 26" U.S. Infy. A.A.A.G Bu. R.F. & A.L. Galveston. Can you appoint an agent of your Bureau for this point? It is urgently demanded and a guard can be sent with him, which will protect the freedmen and loyal whites, besides invaluable aid to the work of reconstruction. It is impossible at present, to furnish a military force, as the within application contemplates. A.H.M. Taylor 2d Lt 17 Infy A.A.A.G.