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authorities.  The object of the report of farming and agricultural implements and animals is with a view to furnish them for the cultivation of labor farms, and to issue to farmers who require such implements and are unable and yet willing to support the helpless members of families of laborers necessary to cultivate their lands.

The basis of action in this matter being that to support the people the land must be cultivated; to cultivate the land the labor and land must be kept together, and, as the labor does not own the land, to keep them together, the owners must be encouraged to keep the laborers and their families as much as possible, with due regards to the rights of all parties.

By Command of Maj. Genl. Ord:
(signed) N.M. Curtis
Brig. Genl. Chief of Staff

A true copy:
F.H. Harris
A.A.G.

Transcription Notes:
Newton Martin Curtis He was brevetted major general of volunteers, 13 March 1865, and assigned to duty as chief of staff to General E. O. C. Ord.