War Department
		Adjutant Generals Office
			Washington July 22nd, 1865

		Major General George H Thomas
 		Commanding Milty Div of the Tennessee
			Nashville, Tennessee
				Sir:-
					A letter of the
28” ult from J.G. Parkhurst Bvt Brig
General and Provost Marshal General
military division of the Tennessee and
addressed to the President of the
United States has been referred to
this Office,
	The letter renews an application
previously made by the same offices
in a letter of the 9th ult addressed
to the Secretary of War and purporting
to have been forwarded through Head
Quarters Department of the Cumberland,
for which is stated to have been enclosed 
					(over)

to war J.R. Hood for presentation.
The application it appears from a
copy of the letter and endorsement
enclosed, was for authority to employ
six citizen clerks at the Head Quarters
of the Provost Marshall General
Department of the Cumberland.
As there is no appropriation from
which to pay these clerks the appli=
=cation cannot be granted.
You are respectfully requested to call
the attention of this officer to his
violation of paragraph 451 of the
Army Regulations
	I am very Respectfully
		your Obedient Servant
(signed) E. D. Towndsend
	asst. adj. General

Official copy respectfully furnished Bvt Brig [Genl?]
J.G. Parkhurst Pro Mar [Genl?] M. D. J. for his information
			[name illegible]
			Asst Adjt [Genl?]