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1365 Hd Qrs 9th Sub Div Winchester Va Oct 16th 1867 Respectfully forwarded to Genl Brown Asst Commissioner. If the Medical Officer can be retained here it will greatly benefit the poor of this County. John A McDonnell Capt & Sub Asst Commr. [[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R.F & A.L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. OCT 17 1867 [[/stamp]] File H'd Q'rs Asst. Com. Dist. of Va. Bureau of R. F. & A. L. Richmond, Va. Oct. 17th, 1867 Respectfully referred to Bvt. Lt. Col. J.J. DeLamater, Surgeon in Chf., for remarks. O Brown Bvt. Brig. Genl. Vols. Asst. Comr. E. & M. 2.V. 472.67 Hd Qrs [[strikethrough]] Chf. Med. Off.[[/strikethrough]] Surg in Chief Bureau & Dist Va Richmond Va Oct 18th 1867 E & M 1V 187-48 Respectfully returned to Brig Genl Brown Asst Commr Dist Va. with the report that in my view the advantage on the whole to the freedmen in closing the Stations would fully equal the inconvenience - and that in my view there is no more reason for retaining a medical officer at that Station after the present time than there is for sending Med Officers to a hundred different localities in the Dist 0 where there are none. J J De Lamater Brt Lt Col USV Surg in Chief [[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R.F & A.L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. OCT 18 1867 [[/stamp]]