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Major General Stoneman
Commanding First
Military District
Sir. Learning that more force was necessary in the Medical Department of the Bureau of Va - I made application for appointment as Physician in the same - receiving a very flattering recommendation from Major Hambrick to Col De Larmater, the Chief Medical Officer of the Bureau, and subsequently had a conversation with Dr DeLarmater, who gave it as has opinion that the "Bureau" would be closed very soon, and that no further appointments could be made. 
Believing myself fully qualified to discharge the duties (otherwise than Medical) of most, ordinary 

Transcription Notes:
I believe this writer is misspelling Surgeon J.J. DeLamater's name.