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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.
Washington, April 10, 1866.

Circular,
No. 2.
Hereafter transportation given to refugees and freedmen, under General Orders No. 138, War Department, A. G. O., series of 1865, will not embrace able-bodied men and women, except in extreme cases, and to prevent actual suffering.

This order will take effect at Washington D. C., on the 15th instant, and on each state, at the date receipt of the same by the Assistant Commissioner.

O. O. Howard,
Major General, Commissioner.

Official:

Assistant Adjutant General.