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and inefficiency. An officer who stays at his official station, makes certain reports, and carries out the appearance of duty in some plausible manners, many evade all expanding out of his ray beyond the ordinary ease of living at his station. If he moves at all in the many mechanics required by energy and efficiency, his savings are materially reduced. A horse is given to him and is foraged, it is time for the ease of traveling, with transient [[?]] and lodging for himself and the feed for his horse which cannot be transported, [[?]] [[?]] to the ordinary expenses of his life. The more he does, the less profit he makes, and the influence of this consideration is apt to be felt.[[?]] an officer imbued with that time [[?]] of dedication to the cause which really amounts to missing any [[?]] will disregard such considerations. And it is well known that some offices have continued in the performance of Bureau Duty to [[?]] recurring injury. But such a [[?]] cannot be [[?]] upon, nor is it fair to improve when those who exhibit in a [[?]] nor home by what less [[?]] The [[?]] of [[?]] vouches to the amount of fifteen or twenty dollars per month for such [[?]] as are referred to, would, in my opinion, make

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