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288 & Supt 7th Dist Va with information that the within transportation will not be required, since the first application the man Whitesel has declined so rapidly that it would be impossible to move him. Sg'd Geo. T. Cook 1st Lieut V.R.C. & Asst Supt Cook Geo T Lt & Asst Supt Bureau R F & A L H'd Qrs Asst Com'r Dept Va Richmond Va July 21st/66 Respectfully returned to Maj Genl O. O. Howard Commissioner &c inviting attention to endorsement of Lt G. T. Cook Asst Supt. Sg'd Alfred. H. Terry Maj Genl & Asst Com'r Official James A Bates A.A.A. Gen'l L.R.S.116. 3d.V.66. War Dept Bureau &c 257/ Rec'd Back July 21st/66 H'd Qrs Supt 8th Dist Va Wytheville Va July 19th/66 Respectfully returned to Bvt Brig Genl O. Brown A.A.A. Genl. with statement that on enquiry the party named in the within papers can not be found. Sg'd Geo. P. Sherwood Capt V.R.C. & Supt 8th Dist Bureau R F & A L H'd Qrs Asst Com'r Dept Va Richmond Va July 21st/66 Respectfully returned to Maj Genl O. O. Howard Commissioner &c. Transportation orders Nos 490 491. 492. & 493. Sg'd Alfred. H. Terry Maj Genl & Asst Com'r Official James A Bates A.A.A. Gen'l L.R.L.181. 3d.V.66. Lacy R. S. Capt & Supt Menefee Thos K. Bureau R F & A L H'd Qrs Asst Com'r Dept Va Richmond Va July 21st/66 Respectfully returned to Capt R. S. Lacy Supt 7th Dist who will cause the arrest of Thomas. K. Menefee and forward him with charges to these H'd Qrs. By Command of Maj Genl A. H. Terry Asst Com'r (over) 289 Sg'd O. Brown Bvt Brig Genl & A A A G Official James A Bates A.A.A. Gen'l L.R.W.576. 3d.V.66. War Dept Bureau &c 276 Rec'd back July 21st/66 Bureau R F & A L H'd Qrs Supt 7th Dist Va Lynchburg Va July 19th/66 Respectfully returned to the Asst Com'r. Mr Bachus's informant is strangely in error. The Baptist teachers closed their school without exhibition and attended as spectators the exhibition of the Camp Davis schools. The Baptist Church (colored) used by the Baptist teachers as school house was burned along with some private houses by catching fire from a large wooden tobacco factory which burned to the ground. The only charge of incendiarianism heard of here was against the factory it having a large insurance on it. The colored people had time to remove pews &c from the church before it was destroyed. Hundreds of them were present before the church caught fire. The whites are contributing freely for the erection of a new church on the old site The trustees had their subscription papers written by this office and assured it that the new building would be a much finer structure than the old, and would be energetically pushed forward to completion. None of them made any charge of incendiarianism other than above. The Asst Com'r may rest assured that had not the fire been purely accidental the matter would have been promptly reported to him by this office at the time. Sg'd R S Lacy Capt & Supt 7th Dist Va Bureau R F & A L H'd Qrs Asst Comr Dept Va Richmond Va July 21st/66 Lacy R. S. Capt & Supt Respectfully returned to Maj Genl O. O. Howard Commissioner &c inviting attention to endorsement of Capt R S Lacy Supt 7th Dist Va Sg'd Alfred H Terry Maj Genl & Asst Comr Official James A Bates A.A.A. Genl
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