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B.440. R.F. & A.L. Va. 3d Vol. 1866

War Department, 
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS. 
Washington, April 10, 1866. 

Circular, 
No. 2.
    
Hereafter transportation given to refugees and freedmen, under General Orders No. 138, War Department, A. G. O., series of 1865, will not embrace able-bodied men and women, except in extreme cases, and to prevent actual suffering. 
   
This order will take effect at Washington, D. C., on the  15th instant and in each state, at the date of receipt of the same by the Assistant Commissioner. 

O.O. HOWARD, 
Major General, Commissioner. 

OFFICIAL: 
O Brown
Bt Brig Gen & 
A. Assistant Adjutant General.

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