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War Department
Washington City
Dec 22nd 1866

Circular

Sir
The Secretary of War directs that you immediately give instructions to all the Officers and Agents of your Bureau who have public property under their charge, to take the necessary precaution for preventing its destruction or damage by accidental fire, and also to see, by personal inspection, that the apparatus for extinguishing fires of which they have control, is in proper condition for effective use

Very respectfully 
Your obt. Servt
(signed) Ed. Schriver
Inspector General 

Official Copy respectfully furnished for the information and guidance of Bvt. Maj. Gen'l J. M. Schofield Ass't Com'r for Va
A. P. Ketchum
A.A.A. Gen'l

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