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"Make such practical and judicious suggestions as will, in your opinion, render the operations of the Bureau more efficient, reporting such Bureau agents and civil officers as have neglected their duties, &c." I am, very respectfully, Your obedient Servant, Phinias Stevens 1st Lieut 35 Inf. Bvt Capt U.S.A. Sub-Assistant Commissioner.