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Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands,
Head-Quarters Assistant Commisioner, District of Virginia.
Richmond, Va., October 31st 1868. 

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

Number of rations required "Forty five thousand three hundred and sixty five" (45,365), and "Forty thousand" (40,000) Soup rations. 

Number of rations required in 
1. Sub. Dist. 3,630 
2. Sub. Dist. 2,100
3. Sub. Dist. 35,675 & 40,000 Soup rations
5. Sub. Dist. 3,900
10. Sub Dist. 60
Total 45,365 & 40,000 Soup rations

O Brown
Asst. Comr. 

Bvt. Major W.A. Elderkin, Capt. & C.S, U.S. Army will issue the rations included in the above estimate.

George Stoneman
Bvt. Major Gen'l U.S.A. 
Comd'g