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within six months I am informed there have been at least six Comdr. to Compy B., within the same time there have been about as many A A Gnl.'s of this post. Consequently the strikers in Qr. Mrs Dept have come to regard themselves as entirely There are rumors of stealing [underline] but I can't yet ferret it out. A

    named English, who was employed as Subot. has been discharged, & I have had to         very summarily         some of the citizen employees.
              No one can take a post in utterly bad condition an make it         good in a few days or weeks, but I flatter myself, I begin to see improvements everywhere.
   I would recommend that steps be taken toward moving the post over the river.  A site might be selected, & the reservation adjoined to it.  In June the River becomes almost if not quite impassable.
    I have today written an official letter in reference to S. O. 59.  I have three Cos & only four Offs. & this is a Depot so important that the AAQM can better be disposed with             on for          else.  I make