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                                                                                                   I am, very respectfully
                                                                                                   Your obdt. servant
                                                                                           (Sgd)  C. C. Augur

2130.D.T.'72. Brigadier General

                                                                                                      Commanding

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 717. GRIERSON, [left margin] July 16. 1872. Colonel B. H. Grierson, Commanding District of Indian Territory Fort Gibson, I. T. Colonel:

                    I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th. inst., and in reply thereto, the Commanding General instructs me to say, that he is not aware of any correspondence of the nature and character, referred to in your letter.  So far as he knows, but one private letter has been received by any of his Staff from Officers at Fort Sill, although it is quite probable, many others may have been received without his knowledge, and it is not his habit or intention to inquire into the private correspondence of his Officers.
                                                                                          I am Sir, very respectfully
                                                                                                  Your obdt. servant

2134.D.T.'72. (Sgd) J. A. Augur

                                                                                                       Actg. Asst. Adjutant General

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 718. GRIERSON, July 16, 1872. Colonel B. H. Grierson, Commanding Distr. of the Indian Territory, Fort Gibson, I. T. Colonel:

                     Your letter of July 3. has been received.
                               The object of sending you Infantry, was to enable you to keep all your Cavalry in the field. The Infantry can keep the Post, and in case there is a necessity for it, they are better for guard to Railroad-Station than Cavalry.
                               I wish you, to have a map made for me, giving the line of the Railroad, and noting thereon all the stations and points, occupied by any of your troops, and the number of troops.
                              Give the present terminus of the Railroad, and report the changes thereof, as they occur.
                                                                                                Very respectfully