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286 Norfolk Va Dec 21st 1865 Respectfully returned to Col. O. Brown with the remark that I will execute this order to the letter but that I will require no outlay- I have personally inspected the house recently and find it in excellent repair. The teachers have cleaned and whitewashed it & they say it does not leak during the heaviest rains and I think the representation made by Mr Pegram that it was being injured for want of care & repairs simply untrue. (Sgd) A.S. Flagg Cat & Asst Supt Official James A. Bates AAAG Filed. Bates Jas. A. AAAG Richmond Va Dec 19th 1865 L.B.3.Vol.page 229. Enclosing order for transportation No. 172. Endorsed Fort Monroe Va Dec 23rd 1865 Respectfully ret'd to Col O Brown Asst Comr &c acknowledging the receipt of the within mentioned order for transportation. (Sgd) C.B. Wilder Capt & AQM Official James A Bates AAAG Filed under "W" (Wilder) Bates Jas. A. AAAG Richmond Va Dec 18th 1865 Q L.B.3d Vol. page 223 again callinging attention of Capt Crandon to the case of Frank Martin (col'd) Endorsed Gordonville Va Dec 19th 1865 Respectfully returned I have forwarded communications in regard to the subject within mentioned to the Asst Supt at Bowling Green at three different times: I have not yet received any report from them. I shall send a man to investigate the matter tomorrow- (Sgd) T.F.P. Crandon Capt & AQM Official James A. Bates AAAG Filed Johnston Chas. E. Asst Supt Norfolk Va Dec 4th 1865 245 R Rec'd Back Dec 24th '65. Endorsed Norfolk Va Dec 21st 1865 Respectfully returned to Col. O. Brown Asst Com'r &c Richmond Va. It is evident from what I can learn from the prominent men among the colored people that they were induced to send Mr Pepper to to Washington by efforts wholly his own with the understanding that he was to do anything that promised 287 good to them as a people- that he has contrary to their wishes and intentions laid great and grievous charges against all the officers of the Bureau excepting only the two chiefs, Genl Howard & Col Brown, and that they expressly deny his right to use their names for any such purpose. I think Mr Pepper does not represent the colored people fairly- that he is a very unsafe adviser for them- he is too hardheaded & wild in his views and is too apt to urge the people to resist the proper workings of the Bureau- He is accustomed to harangue the people in mass meetings and to publicly assail the officers of the Bureau without the officers having opportunity to reply in many cases thus making the freedmen feel dissatisfied with the officers- Genl Torbert expressed a desire to me recently that I should inform the Asst Commissioner and Gen'l Howard of the course pursued by Mr Pepper and said that he ought to be removed from the District as a dangerous man- (Sgd) A.S. Flagg Capt & A.Q.M. Official James A Bates AAAG Filed Tredway T.T. Farmville Va Dec 21 1865 L.R.T.12. Endorsed Richmond Va Dec 26th 1865 Respectfully referred to Capt Stuart Barnes whose attention is invited to instructions contained in Circular Letter from the Commissioner of date Oct 4th 1865, on this subject. a copy of which was forwarded to you thro' this office. By order of Col O Brown James A Bates AAAG Fowd Dec 26 1865. Chahoon George Hampton Va Dec 21t 1865 L.R.C.26. Endorsed Fort Monroe Va Dec 21st 1865 Respectfully forwarded to Col O Brown Asst Comr with [[strikethrough] with [[/strikethrough]] information called for to date. (Sgd) C.B. Wilder Capt & A.Q.M. Filed Johnson James Maj & Supt Fredericksburg Dec 2th 1865 L.R.J.20. Endorsed Richmond V Dec 26th 1865 Respectfully returned. Alexandria not being under the Asst Com'r for the state of Va. sick freedmen cannot be sent there. By order of Col. O. Brown (over)
