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"Destitute Ration" is to cease. There are issued to the Freedmen from this office the following number of rations [[three column table follows]] [[| No | Class | Remarks|]] |--|--|--| Whites | 1 | Men |Helpless and very aged| | 11 |Women | Widows and Helpless| | 6 |Children | Helpless Infants| Freedmen | 57 |Men | Helpless and very aged | | 210 |Women |Widows with large families and soldiers wives| | 166 | Children | Helpless Infants| [[\end table]] every effort has been made since I took charge of this office to reduce the number of rations issued and there has been a large number cut off which has I learn in many instances resulted in suffering and what the result
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Reopened for Editing 2024-03-05 10:51:40 to remove [[underline][] and to put into a table format.