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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Washington, July 18, 1865.

Bvt. Maj. Gen'l J. K. Barnes,
Surgeon General, U.S.A.:

General
I have the honor to request that you will authorize Medical Purveyors and Medical Storekeepers to issue Medical and Hospital supplies on requisition of officers of this Bureau_ provided that the Assistant Commissioner of the District shall certify that he deems such issues needful for the immediate and temporary shelter and supply of destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children.

This request is made necessary by the numerous reports received at these Head Quarters of destitution and suffering

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