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Transportation.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS,
Washington, Feb. 2, 1867.

CIRCULAR }
No. 3.   }

Special attention of the Assistant Commissioners of this Bureau is called to the subject of transportation. Transportation is given only to relieve the Government of the support of the indigent, and to enable those in extreme want to reach places where they can provide for themselves. Hereafter, no orders for transportation of Refugees and Freedmen will issue except from this Office, and every application, besides the rigid conditions already imposed, must set forth clearly the fact of extreme destitution, which must be certified to by the Assistant Commissioner in person.

O. O. HOWARD,
Maj.-Gen., Commissioner.

OFFICIAL:
Henry M Whittelsey
[[strikethrough]] A.A.A.G. [[/strikethrough]]
Bvt Brig. Genl
Chf Qr Mr
Bu RF & AL.