Freedmen's Bureau Records: Special Requisition Order
of W. Storer How, April 1866
Summary:
This requisition order by How asks for "Service Recruiting" flags and halliards
for display in front of Bureau offices throughout the District to demonstrate
the presence of government authority and to reassure those who support the
government.
Special Requisition For Sixth District, Virginia Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
7 Service Recruiting Flags
7 Service Recruiting
Flag Halliards
I certify that the above requisition is correct and that the articles specified are absolutely requisite for the public service rendered so by the following circumstances: to be displayed at the Office of each Assistant Superintendent in this District, to indicate the presence of United States authority, and to cheer and confirm these people in their disposition "to be and become more and more constant and persevering in their [unclear: renewed] allegiance."
W. Storer How
Brevet Major &
Assistant Quartermaster
Superintendent
Captain, Assistant Quartermaster
United States Army will issue the articles
specified in the above Requisition
Commanding
Received at
________________ the _______ of ________ 1866 of Assistant Quartermaster
United States Army
in full of above
requisition, [signed] W. Storer How
Brevet Major & Assistant Quartermaster
Superintendent
