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[?] to order in the higher law to and, Colonel,and in this case, if I am violating a department order, I shall immediately return all horses taken, and endeavor to perform the impossibility of attending to the wants of our Bureau with footmen in counties from twenty to forty miles square. I am, Colonel very respectfully your [?] [?] R.S. Lacey [?] Col O. Brown [?] Commissioner Richmond