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Bureau R.F.&AL Dist Va Office Chf Med Officer Richmond Va Augt 18th 1865 Doctor I have the honor to call your attention to the enclosed copy of an Official Letter from the Office of the Surgeon General USA. Col Simons infers, from the same, that the Medical Department will pay AA Surgeons no longer, after they are assigned to duty in the Bureau, This opinion has made such of those medical officers as are now on duty in the Bureau in this District, very uneasy for fear their monthly payments will be delayed,_ or that they may fail to be paid. Will you please inform me in regard to the subject that I may relieve their anxiety by information from the best authority I am with much respect Your Obt Sert J J De Lamater Surg USV Chf Med Officer Bureau R.F.&AL. Dist Va To Surgeon Horner [[Hornor]] USV Chf Med Officer Bureau. Washington D,C