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citizen employees of this post are stealing, or as they elegantly express it, on the make.
I made up my mind to this after two days, but there has unfortunately been half a dozen Qr. Mrs. or C. S. in as many months, & then clerks have got to run the whole machine. I hoped that Brunuite would be able to regulate affairs, but he fell at once with the hand of the "ring" messing & associating with them on equal terms. I believe it is for the interests of the service to discharge every citizen clerk at the post, [illegible] procured from the Companies to do the duties without affecting injuriously the efficiency of this Command. I am opposed to taking Soldiers for teamsters & such like duties, but one of the Comsy Q. M. Supts could be selected as Post Q. Mr Supt another as Comy Supt. & while two or three good