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188 I would respectfully request that the power of attorney already executed by Sergt Quarles and forwarded to your Hd. Qr. 17th inst. from the collection of US. Bounty may be returned to this office. I am General Very respectfully Your obt. Servt. (Sign) OBrown Col. and Ass't Com. Official James A Bates A.A.A.G. ------------------ Howard Maj. Gen. O.O. (79 1st Vol) March 26th Commissioner General I have the honor to report that it is not probable that the resources of the Bureau in this state will allow it to meet its expenditures after April 1'1' Please inform me if any appropriation has been made from which I can draw for current expenses. I am General Very respectfully Your obedient servant (Sign) OBrown Col. and Asst. Com. Official James A. Bates A.A.A.G --------------------------- Howard Maj. Genl O.O (80.1st Vol) March 26th Commissioner General I have the honor to forward herewith supplementary Rolls of Colored men that worked for the Dept of Negro affairs before the Bureau was organized. These men were reported on Quartermasters Rolls but were discharged without certificates. The reason for thus discharging them were first ,the uncertainty of obtaining money from the Q M Dept for this payment and secondly - if paid in certificates such certificates would be of little use to them, as they, when given were in a great number of instances lost, or sold to speculators for a small amount. 189 when I was relieved from duty at Norfolk. I transferred the names of these men in a supplementary Roll to Captain A.S. Flagg. A.Q.M. my successor at Norfolk. I supposed they had been paid, until a few days since I learned from Captain Flagg, that he had returned the Rolls in December last, with the statement that he "did not feel authorized to pay them" The Rolls with the litter accompanying them were received at this office. The Rolls herewith transmitted are made up from a careful examination of my forms No 2 and 15. As these men were borne in Q M Rolls and the proceeds of their labor was turned over to the Q.M. Dept, I would respectfully ask that the Quartermaster General order Captain Flagg A.Q.M. now stationed at Norfolk as Superintendent in the Bureau to pay said Rolls from Q.M. funds. Very respectfully Your obedient servant Sign O Brown Col. and Asst. Com. Official James A. Bates A.A.A.G Howard Maj Genl O.O. (81. 1st Vol.) March. 27th Commissioner General I have the honor to request that I may be furnished with 200 blank monthly Reports of schools similar to the copy forwarded in Circular Letter from your Head Quarters dated 21 March. I am General Very respectfully Your obedient servant (Sign) O.Brown Col. and Asst. Com. Official James A. Bates A.A.A.G
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