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[[preprinted]] 282 [[/preprinted]] Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. Feb 16th 1867 Howard Maj Genl O.O. Commissioner Washington D.C. General I have the honor to transmit for your information enclosed copy of a letter I have received from the Cor Sec of the Southern Relief Commission of New York and would respectfully request to be informed whether on the arrival of the supply of corn therein promised I shall be authorized to provide government transportation for it from Wilmington to distant points of the State from which as centers of the prevailing destitution it may be issued to the needy. Such points are New Berne Raleigh Charlotte and others situated upon railroad lines and the County seats of Ansen & Union Counties which have no railroad communication It will be desirable to use the utmost possible expedition in forwarding these supplies to these points at some of which they will afford very timely relief. I am General Very respectfully Your Obdt Servt J.V. Bomford Col 8th US Infty Acting Asst Comr [[line across page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 283 [[/preprinted]] Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. Feb 16th 1867 Moore Lt Col Stephen Supt Eastern District New Berne N.C. Colonel I am directed by the Asst Commissioner to call your attention to paragraphs 7 and 8, Article 5th Officers Manual in relation to subsistance. [[Footnote 1]] The reports called for in those paragraphs have not been received from your Hd Qrs. Please transmit the same at your earliest convenience. I am very respectfully Your Obdt Servt Jacob F. Chur. Bt Col & A.A.A. General [[Footnote 1]] Copies of same sent Col Cogswell, " [[ditto for: Col]] Edie, Lt Rutherford [[line across page]] Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. Feb 16th 1867 Howard Maj Genl O.O. Commissioner Washington D.C. General I have the honor respectfully to request that these Head Quarters be furnished with the following blanks &c 50 Form No 40 Inventory & Inspection Reports 200 " " [[dittos for: Form No]] 62 Receipts for Subsistence 100 " " [[dittos for: Form No]] 63 Abstract Subsistence issued 50 " " [[dittos for: Form No]] 64 Con Return " " [[dittos for: Subsistence issued]] 100 Copies Civil Rights Bill 50 " [[ditto for: Copies]] Act establishing Bureau 50 " " [[dittos for: Copies Act]] Continuing [[ditto for Bureau]] 10 Lists of Asst Commissioners & Stations I have the honor to be Very respectfully Your Obdt Servt J.V. Bomford Col 8th US Infty Act Asst Comr [[line across page]]
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