Freedmen's Bureau Records: W. Storer How to George
Rutherford, November 24, 1865
Summary:
How responds to an enquiry from the Quartermaster Department related to his
service before becoming Superintendent of the 6th District.
Bt. Brig.
Gen. Geo. R. Rutherford
Office of the QM Genl of the Army
Washington,
D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Nov 24th 1865
Staunton, Va.
Genl
I am this day in receipt of your letter in relation to Gen orders No. 51 Current Series which order I have not as yet received or read.
On the 30th day of September 1865 I had no Employees serving under me in the QM Dept because I was then, as now on duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, as Superintendent of the Sixth District Va and since the 1st of October 1863, I have neither employed Printers for a compensation nor paid any person for such services.
My Post Office address as previously reported by me to the Quarter Master General is Winchester Va., and the direction of your communication to Staunton is the reason of this delay in replying to it.
I am General &c
W Storer How
Capt &c
