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Headquarters Fifth Military District.
State of Texas.
Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Austin. Texas. October. 6. 1868.

Special Orders.
No 60

I  So much of Paragraph III Special Orders No 42. current series. from this Headquarters as reads, "1st Lieutenant Henry Norton. Seventeenth Infantry" is so amended as to read "The Commanding officer. Post of Dallas, Texas"

II  Mr B. F Hardcastle, Teacher of this Bureau will proceed to Columbus, Texas, and report to Mr Louis W. Stevenson, Sub. Assistant Commissioner for duty as teacher.

The Quartermaster's Department will furnish the necessary transportation.

III  Rev. Joseph Welch. Superintendent of Education,
Bureau of Refugees. Freedmen and Abandoned Lands. State of Texas, will proceed to Waco. Texas. on business connected with the School Department; upon the completion of which he will return to his station,

The Quartermasters' Department will furnish the necessary transportation.

IV The Quartermasters Department will furnish to Mr David S. Beath, Dub. Assistant Commissioner of this Bureau transportation from Austin to his station - Bastrop, Texas.

By command of Brevet Major General J. J. Reynolds,
Cyrus S. Roberts.
1st Lieutenant 17th Infantry, Bvt Capt. U.S.A.
Act. Asst. Adjt General.

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Headquarters Fifth Military District
State of Texas.
Bureau of Refugees Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Austin. Texas. October. 14. 1868.

Special Orders.
No 61.

In accordance with Circular No 3. Headquarters District of Texas, series of 1867, Brevet Major. Horace Jewett, Captain Fifteenth Infantry, will assume the duties of Sub. Assistant Commissioner. of the Thirtieth Sub. District.

By command of Brevet Major General J.J. Reynolds,
Charles A. Vernou
1st Lieutenant 4th Cavalry.
Act. Asst Adjt General.

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