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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, Dec 22nd. 1865.

Circular No. 22.

The attention of Assistant Commissioners is called to the report of the Lieut General dated Dec 18th 1865. The most thorough inspection will at once be made and the evils complained of corrected.

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No order from the War Department makes the Bureau "independent of the military establishment" and Agents should be furnished with complete instructions according to the orders and Circulars issued from this branch of the War Department.

Any Agent or officer who presumes to act contrary to such instructions will be forthwith removed or reported to the Department Commander for trial by court martial.

In all matters of a military character, the officers and Agents within a Military Department are under the direction of the Department Commander, in the same manner as an officer of Engineers building a fort in the same Department, who reports directly to the Chief Engineer.

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Every Assistant Commissioner will constantly seek cooperation with the Department Commander and
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