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Capt. C.H. Warren, 2nd Regt. V.R.C.

II. The following named Officers having reported in compliance with Par. 23, S.O. 16, C.S. War Department A.G.O. are hereby ordered to report in person, without delay, to Captain T. F. P. Crandon, A.Q.M. and Superintendent, 4th Dist, Bureau R.F. and A.L, Gordonsville, Va, for assignment to duty - to relieve Officers whose regiments have been ordered to be mustered out of service.

Lt. H. W. Eddleson, 6th Regt. V.R.C.

III. The following named Officers having reported in compliance with Par. 23, S.O. 16, C.S, War Department, A.G.O. are hereby ordered to report in person, without delay, to Captain Stuart Barnes, A.Q.M. and Superintendent, 2nd Dist, Bureau R.F. and A.L, Petersburg, Va, for assignment to duty - to relieve Officers whose regiments have been ordered to be mustered out of service.

1st Lt. James W. Kay, 19th V.R.C.

By Order of
Col. O. Brown, Asst Com.
James A. Bates
Capt. & A.A.A.G.

Copy sent Genl. O. O. Howard

Circular
No 5.
Jan. 27th, 1866.

The attention of Superintendents and Agents of this Bureau is called to the fact that large numbers of discharged Colored Soldiers in this Department, have Federal, or State bounties due them, many have been disabled and are entitled to pension, as, also the families of Colored Soldiers, killed during the War.

All Officers and Agents of the Bureau will give all possible assistance to these persons in preparing and settling claims for bounty, or pension.

By Order of Col. O. Brown, Asst. Comr.
James A. Bates
Capt. & A.A.A.G.

Copy sent Genl. O. O. Howard

Circular
No 6.
Jan. 29th, 1866.

Superintendents will direct their Assistants to forward thro their Offices to the Hd. Qrs. of the Asst. Commissioner, on the last day of each month, a report, showing the condition of Bureau affairs in their
Sub-Districts; the state of feeling existing between the Whites and freedmen, and all other facts bearing upon the welfare of the freedmen.

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