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454 By order of the Surgeon General Very Respectfully Your Obt Sevt. (Signed) W.C Spencer Asst Surgeon U S. Army, Purveyors Medical. New York. Philada. Baltimore. St Louis. Mo. Louisville Ky Washington D.C., Hilton Head. S.C. New Berne N.C. Richmond Va. Nashville Tennessee. and New Orleans. (Signed) Max Woodhull Official copy respectfully forwarded for the information of Surgeon J J DeLamatre, Chief Medical Officer, Bureau R.F and A.L. State of Va. (Signed) James A. Bates Capt and A.A.A.G. Official Garrick Mallery A.A.A.G. (3. V. 206) Richmond Va. Feby 3d 1866 Wilder Captain C.B. A.Q.M. and Supt. Captain. I have the honor to enclose orders for transportation Nos 264 and 265. to cover your request dated 31st Jany 1866. Please acknowledge receipt. By order of Col O Brown Asst Com'r (Signed) James A. Bates. Capt and A.A.A.G. Official Garrick Mallery A.A.A.G. (2 Enclosures) Recd Back and Filed. Acknowledge Receipt by Endorsement. "B" (3.V. 207) Richmond Va Feb 3d 1866 Wise Mr. J.J. Richmond Va. The Asst Commissioner directs me to request that You Call at his office, at Your earliest convenience I am Sir Very Resply. Your Obt. Sevt. (Signed) James A. Bates Capt and A.A.A.G. Official Garrick Mallery A.A.A.G. (3.V.208) Richmond Va. Feby 3d 1866 Lacey Capt R.T. A.Q.M. & Supt. Captain, 455 I have the honor to enclose R.R. tickets to and from Danville Va as requested by you in you Communication dated 31st January.- Please acknowledge receipt. By Order of Col. O Brown Asst. Com'r Captain and A.A.A.G. Official Garrick Mallery A.A.A.G. (2 Enclosures) (3.V.209) War Department Bureau of. Refugees. Freedmen and A. Lands. Washington. January 31st 1866 Brown Col. O Asst. Commissioner. Richmond. Va. Colonel. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the Communication of Wm George Mayo of Mattox Co. Va. dated Jany 16th bearing your endorsement of the 28th inst relating to the settlement of freedmen on lands, and hiring them against their will, and in reply am instructed by Major General Howard and to inform you that the Bureau cannot recognize the principle of Compulsory labor nor that which allows the Freedmen a certain times in which to Contract for the coming year, and Should he fail to make Contracts, to reenslave him virtually for that period, by offering his services for Sale at public auction. The Bureau is opposed to feeding idle, or indolent men Servants, but discriminates between those who cant, and those who wont work, resisting the one, and teaching the other, that although free, and partially so by the action of the Government, they cannot look to the Government for support, but must Support themselves. I am, Colonel Very Respectfully Your Obedient Servant (Signed) Max Woodhull Col and A.A General Official Copy furnished for the information of and guidance of Capt Stuart Barnes and his Asst. Superintendents (Signed) James A Bates Capt & A.A.A.G. Official Garrick Mallery A.A.A.G. (3.V. 210) Bureau R F and A.L Richmond. Va Barnes Capt Stuart A.Q.M and Supt &c Captain,
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