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In reference to intemperance among the freedmen, I am confident that there is fifty percent more among the whites. During the year that I have been on duty in this Sub-District through which I have made several tours of inspection, I have not seen ten drunken negroes. In conversation with several observant men, both white and black, I was assured that there is less intemperance among the freedmen now, than during the time that the same men were in slavery. 

Respectfully submitted.
J R Stone
Brevet Major and Sub Asst Commr.