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55 897. A.G.O. General E. D. Townsend, Adjutant General, U.S.A. Washington, D. C.

General:

                   I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of the Q. M. General to the Adjutant General of the Army, dated Aug. 20, 1872, in reference to Capt. N. D. A. Sawyer, Mil. Storekeeper, and which was referred to me for report.
         At the time, Capt. Sawyer made his application to be relieved from the Department, there was nothing but suspicion, [underline] that his administration at the Victoria Depot, was irregular and possibly corrupt; and the question of his integrity did not in the least influence my endorsement, approving his application.  I approved for reasons, I will now give.