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[[preprinted]] 386 [[/preprinted]] Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. May 7th 1867 Cogswell Col M Comdg Post of Fayetteville Fayetteville N.C. Colonel I am directed by the Asst Commissioner to invite your attention to case of Ronok vs. Thornton and to request [[strikethrough]] that [[/strikethrough]] as prompt action as possible in the case. It was referred to Vt Lt Col Frank commanding Post of Wilmington a day or two before your Post was established. As the case was referred by Dist Hd Qrs to Comdg Officer Post of Fayetteville I presume Col Frank has transmitted the same to you. I am Colonel Very respectfully Your Obdt Servt Jacob F. Chur Bt Lt Col A.A.A.G. [[line across page]] Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. May 7th 1867 Compton Maj C.E. Sub Asst Comr Goldsboro N.C. Major I am directed by the Asst Commissioner in reply to your communication of 6th inst to say that you can designate and send an Officer to such localities as you see proper to expedite the selection of suitable persons to act as Registers and Inspectors of Election. I am Major very respectfully Your Obdt Servt Jacob F. Chur. Bt Lt Col A.A.A.G. [[line across page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 387 [[/preprinted]] Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. May 7th 1867 Clows Capt J.W. A.A.A.G. Hd Qrs 2nd Mil Dist Charleston S.C. Captain I have the honor to report for the information of the Maj Genl Comdg that prompt measures have been taken to carry out is instructions relative to the selection of suitable persons to act as Registers and Inspectors of elections. The lists are now coming in and I hope to be able to forward at an early date complete rolls of nominations of men of undoubted loyalty to fill the positions named. Owing to the almost inaccessable position of many of the Counties in this State, a delay longer than I had anticipated will necessarily occur, but even with this obstacle trust that the task will be speedily and satisfactorily accomplished. I am Captain Very respectfully Your Obdt Servt Col & Bt Maj Genl USA Asst Commissioner [[line across page]] Bureau of Refugees Freedmen &c Hd Qrs Asst Commissioner Raleigh N.C. May 7th 1867 Howard Maj Genl O.O. Commissioner Washington D.C. General I have the honor to report that I have given orders for the breaking up of the Roanoke Island settlement and the disposition of the Medical and other Bureau Stores. I therefore respectfully request that I may be authorized to dispose by sale of the buildings now in use and belonging to the Bureau. [[Footnote 1]] [[Footnote 2]] I am General with great respect Your Obdt Servt Col & Bt Maj Genl USA Asst Commissioner [[Footnote 1]] Returned May 14th/67 and filed in this office [[Footnote 2]] See E.B. p 234 [[line across page]]