This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.
That I am physically incapable of performing the various duties required of me without some clerical assistance. I would not require a Clerk after the 1st November and one could be obtained at a compensation of $50 per month, which amount I am now personally paying one. As to whether I am deserving the favor of the Asst Coms'r in this request, I would refer to the manner in which I have endeavored to transact my official duties since I entered the Bureau in 1865. I am Capt. Most Respectfully D.J. Connolly. Brvt Capt. U.S.V. Asst Sub Asst Com's'r.