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[[preprinted]] 128 [[preprinted]] 290 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N.C. May 24" 1866. Rutherford Bvt. Col. Allan Supt. So. Dist. Bu. R.F. & A.L. 285/293 Colonel; Your attention is called to the fact that the Semi Monthly Report due at these Hd. Qrs. has not yet been received for the first half of the present month. Very Respectfully Your Obt. Svt. 1." Lieut. and Adjt. 7" Regt. V.R.C. and Act. Asst. Adjt. Genl. for Bu. R.F. and A.L. [[line across page]] 291 Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N.C. May 25" 1866. Almy Capt. Geo. C. Com. of Sub. and Asst. Supt. Sub. Dist. Raleigh 247/ Captain, The Asst. Comssr. directs me to call your attention to a paragraph in a recent issue of the Raleigh Standard (newspaper) in which it is asserted that certain colored or freedmen had been sentenced to be "whipped" for "vituperation or abuse." You are instructed to make full investigation as to the truth of these statements, reporting action to these Hd. Qrs. Very Respectfully Your Obdt. Srvt. 1." Lieut. and Adjt. 7." Regt. Vet. Res. Corps. and Act. Asst. Adjt. Genl. [[line across page]] 292 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N.C. May 26" 1866. Brady A.G. Col. Supt. Dist. East. N.C. 285/295 Col. You are respectfully requested to forward at once to these Hd. Qrs. all copies (duplicates) of Indentures of Apprenticeship on file at your office. By Command of Bvt. Maj. Genl. Ruger Clinton A. Cilley Bvt. Col. and A.A.G. [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 129 [[preprinted]] 293 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N.C. May 26" 1866. Rutherford Col. Allan Supt. So. Dist. N.C. 290/294 Col. In reply to your letter of the 23" regarding requisitions for rations, under the late Act of Congress, and which you have ordered your assistants to send in - I am instructed to say that while sending in these requisitions now can do no harm - that it can do no good, as it is altogether uncertain what amount of supplies will be furnished for the States, or for your District. I am, Col. Very Respectfully Your Obedient Srvt. Clinton A. Cilley Bvt. Col. and A.A.G. [[line across page]] 294 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N.C. May 26" 1866. Rutherford Col. Allan Supt. So. Dist. N.C. 293/295 Col. You are respectfully requested to forward at once to this office all duplicates of Indentures of apprenticeship now on file at your office. By Command of Bvt. Maj. Genl. Ruger: Clinton A. Cilley Bvt. Col. and A.A.G. [[line across page]] 295 Bureau Refugees Freedmen &c. Hd. Qrs. Asst. Commissioner Raleigh, N.C. May 28" 1866. Rutherford Allan - Bvt. Col. Supt. So. Dist. N.C. 294/300 Sir By direction of the Asst. Comssr. I have the honor to inquire whether the freedpeople hereinafter named, many of them, reside within the limits of your District, and if so, at what place - [[Footnote 1]] Jo Cooper, (owned by Frederick Smith a merchant) Ann Cooper, Joanna Cooper, Judith Cooper, Mary Cooper, Margaret Cooper, Catharine Cooper, Louisa Cooper and Martha Cooper. I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Obt. Svt. Clinton A. Cilley Bvt. Col. and A.A.G. [[Footnote 1]] Copy of the same sent to each Superintendent