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Bureau R.F & AL. Hd Qrs. 4" Div 5" Sub Dist Va Johnsontown Va. De 25./1868 Genl. O. Brown Ass't. Comr. Dist Va. Sir Pursuant to Par. VI Cir No. 10. S. 1866 Hd. Qrs. Ass't Comr. Dist Va. I have the honor to report, in the administration of civil affairs no case has come under my notice in which the freedmen have failed to obtain justice in the civil courts. The disposition on the part of the civil authorities seems to be to keep the freedmen away from the courts, thus depriving them of an opportunity to seek redress for their wrongs Very respectfully Your obedient servant DB White Asst Sub. Asst. Comr