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for the benefit of the Bureau

Jno W Turner
Bt Maj Genl
Comdg

[[stamp]] STATE OF VIRGINIA. BUREAU OF R. F. & A. L. RECD. HD. QRS. ASST. COMMISSIONER. MAR 27 1866 [[/stamp]]

EB 541
File

Hd. Qrs. Dist. of Henrico,
Richmond, Va. March 27, 1866
Respectfully returned.

As soon as Gen Granger reports that he has no further use of the buildings at Camp Winder, the Freedmens Bureau can have them But the coloreds of the service and discipline of the command will not permit a negro camp to be established in such close proximity to the quarters of the 11th & 12th Infty.

The buildings can be taken down and removed or disposed

Transcription Notes:
John Wesley Turner, Major General, confirmed