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War Department, 
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, D.C., April 23rd, 1873.

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 payments 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. 

[[Thomas M Vincent]]
Assistant Adjutant General.

601817
No. 24. 

CONFIDENTIAL.

Henry Gaiter
Late [[Put]] Co., [[G.]] 108 Regt. U.S.C. [[Ds]]
Extract from records of A.G.O., furnished for the information of 
disbursing officer, 
to assist him in the "discovery, identification, and payment" of claimants, under act of March 29, 1867.