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received as to their disposition. I don't know what your views may be but I'd like to retain at least two, making this fort three companies strong. The army will reducing the Inf. Regt to twenty five has i believe become a low. We who are Coln. are beginning to under what is to be done with us. The loss requires the Secretary to consolidate but I don't know of any ? by which two colonels can be