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they subsist [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] to a great extent at this period has failed.  It is feared that considerable destitution will prevail among this class and that calls upon the Bureau for assistance will be numerous -

Respectfully
Your. Obdt. Servt
Edward Field 
1st Lieut 4th. Arty
Bvt Capt U S A
Asst. Sub Asst Comr.