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Office A.S. [[Sub Cmr]] Bu R F & A L
2d Division 2d Sub District State of Va.
Lawrenceville Va. No. 27th 1867

Bvt Brig Genrl O. Brown
Asst Commissioner
Richmond Va.

General,
I have the honor to submit the following report of action taken as Mil Commissioner. On Monday the 4th inst., a colored girl named Emma - lodged complaint at this office against Jas B. Reed of continual ill-treatment & severity. The marks & scars upon her person showed signs of rough treatment and gave evidence of the truth of her statements. I at once issued an order to Constable R.E. Haskins to arrest the said J.B. Reed & bring him before me. He, said Haskins, declined for two weeks to execute the order. When I took another course to obtain his arrest, the said Reed was brought before me on the 21st inst. and upon the examination the charges were sustained,