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[Form 6.] War Department Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. OFFICE CHIEF QUARTERMASTER. Washington July 22d 1868 Bvt. Brig. Genl. O. Brown, Assistant-Commissioner, &c. Richmond Va. General: I respectfully forward herewith Transportation Orders, No. 698, for transportation of Emanuel Gates, Refugee, the same having been requested by letter of Mrs. Sarah M. Gates, to this office, of date July 2nd 1868 By order of Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard, Commissioner. Very Respectfully, your obedient servant, Henry M. Whittelsey Chief Quartermaster, Bureau R.F., & A.L.