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Office Sub Asst Commr R. F. & A. L. Waco Tex Feby 4th 1867 Mess. Flint & Chamberlin Gentlemen, Yours of the 4th inst is before me in which you as counsel for Doct Bell Irving and Mr. McCrary demand to know the charges against said parties & why they are kept under confinement &c. In reply, I will state that I am alone accountable to my supperior officer Genl Griffin for their arrest and to no other. I respectfully refuse to forward to you at this time my testimony in the premises. Your Obt. Sert. (Signed) A.F. Manning V.R.C Sub Asst Commr
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