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Try the within suggested plan. I had the Q.M.G before writing the enclosed letter to you, and he told me that the QM Dpt would pay the claim if it was for labor performed in behalf of the Gov or Army, but if it was in service of the "Dept Negro Affairs" - that we would have to settle it. See if Genl Terry must pay the claim.

I send the papers