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to go where there is work in order sustain life.
It may not be amiss to remark in this conexion that the prompt and rigorous action of the freedmen's court can alone keep down the increase of stealing and general rascality that will be the natural result of hunger and idleness in a large [[?]] population.
The worst times are ahead: the many partially or entirely unemployed will give us trouble in the winter.
I am General
With Great Respect
S.C. Armstrong
Supt 5 Dist Va