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War Department,
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,
Office of Supt. R.F. & A.L. 5th Dist. of Virginia
Vienna, Va. [[strikethrough]]Washington[[/strikethrough]] July 8th, 1865.

Colonel
On visiting the Qr. Mr. Gen'l and the Com'g Gen'l. I have been able to obtain authority to receive stores from each of those Departments for use in my district and dispose of them, but I cannot be made a disbursing officer in either, cannot be authorized to handle any funds and therefore cannot hire clerks.

As I have no Freedmen's Fund in my possession I am unable to employ any civilian and even if I had funds I do not know the regulations governing disbursements in the Bureau.

July 1st I wrote to you enquiring of you could employ Mr. Silvey and order him to report to me for duty in Alexandria and Mr. Traverse also and order him to report to me for duty as Clerk. Both of them have other offers and I shall lose their services unless I can

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