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NARA0020

(No. 24.)
CONFIDENTIAL.

EXTRACT FROM RECORDS, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, IN THE CASE OF COLORED SOLDIERS,

TO BE PAID BY
Major R.S. LaMotte

DISBURSING OFFICER AT
Nashville, Tenn


WAR DEPARTMENT,
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, D. C., Oct 11, 1872

I CERTIFY that the within is correct.
Thomas M. Vincent
Assistant Adjutant Genera

(SEE NOTE.)

Nashville

NOTE.-This description, or extract from the official records, is to be considered strictly confidential and is furnished to the disbursing officer to enable him to detect frauds.  He should question each claimant fully as to his military history, and in cases of deceased soldiers, the heirs should be questioned as to the military history of husband, father, brother, or son, as the case may be.
Before making payment the disbursing officer should be fully satisfied that the parties claiming the money are the persons they represent themselves to be.  In case of doubt as to the identity of the soldier, payment will be refused and the disbursing officer will reduce to writing the questions and answers, and at once transmit the same to the Adjutant General of the Army with a full report. 

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