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0354

Bureau R.F. and A.L.
Hd Qrs 6th Div. 5th Sub Dist. Va.
Matthews C.H. Va. December 5th 1867

S.C. Armstrong 
Agent  5th Sub Dist Va
Sir -
In compliance with Cir. No. 6 Series of '66 Hd Qrs Asst. Comr. State of Va. I have the honor to say that I have very little to report in regard to the condition of Bureau Affairs for the past month, in this Division, as I joined this Station so recently.  So far as I am able to judge the White and colored are getting along very harmoniously.
There is an interesting fact which has pressed itself upon my notice, since returning here, and that is: that the colored seem to devote less time to loitering about the Hotel and stores than they did a year ago, and I not-

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