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Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 
Head-Quarters Assistant Commissioner, District of Virginia,
Richmond, Va., April 30th 1868

Estimate of rations required for issue to "sick in Hospitals" and to destitute "Refugees and Freedmen" in the District of Va, for the month of May 1868.

Number of rations required "Eighty six thousand one hundred and sixty two" and "Fifty thousand Soup rations.

Number of rations required in 
I Sub Dist. - 7787
II Sub Dist. 6200
III Sub Dist. 66500 & 50000 Soup rations
V Sub Dist. 4495
VII Sub Dist. 1000
X Sub Dist. 186
Total 86162 & 50000 Soup rations

O Brown
Bvt. Brig. Genl. Vols.
Asst. Comr

Bvt. Maj. W.A. Elderkin, Capt. and C.S. U.S.A. will issue the rations included in the above estimate

J M Schofield
Bvt. Maj. Genl. U.S.A.
Comdg.