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them and they were discharged.  Several riots of lesser magnitude occurred, and I was waited on by a police officer, coming from the Major and Capt. of Police, with the request that I should be prepared to furnish aid in quelling any disturbance that might occur.  Happily, however, the peace of the city was not again seriously menaced, and the military was not called upon.
   In this connection, I cannot praise too highly the manner in which our colored soldiers have conducted themselves since their discharge.  WIth, but very few exceptions, they have at once procured employment, and many of them have already settled on the farms in this vicinity.
   My attention was called during the month, to the fact that a large number of prostitutes had arrived in Norfolk,and that the colored soldiers were being swindled out  of their money by these depraved characters.  I was informed that upwards of two hundred had started from Baltimore to City Point, just previous to the mustering out of the troops, but not being allowed to land there, they had followed the colored soldiers to this city.  I applied to the military for a guard to close the brothels where these women resided, and succeeded in making a number of arrests.  My proceedings were stopped, however, by the Circular Order 

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