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    "ocrText": "-14-\nWhether he thought that a smart way to find out if such advertisements\nwere noticed, or whether he thought I needed employment, I am unable to\nstate. He is at the Presidio every discharge day and muster out day.\nHe does nothing but lean up against the Tence and watch the others. So\nthat he has earned the sobriquet of\"The Spy from the other operators.\nHe evidently thinks there is more money in the medical pro-\nfession and less bother than prosecuting pension claims, as he has had\na card printed, bearing the following information:\n\"Dr. William H. Lopp, No. 10 Ellis Street, Room 40.\nGenito urinary & army diseases\nTake elevator, No sign.\nAs Dr. Lopp has been a resident of Washington for many years\nand well known in the Bureau, his character is better known there, than\nto me. He conducts himself without reproach so far as I can see, and\nthe card above referred to bears no mark, sign or indication, that Dr.\nLopp is also a practicing pension attorney, although I believe the\nscheme was originally thought of to cet him in touch with the soldier\npopulation and therefor with prospective pensioners.\nJ. B. Cralle & Co.\nJ.B.Cralle and company were represented here for some time\nby a Mr. Faulkmer, who was a common drunkard and who publically paraded\nhis vice of drunkeness. I do not believe that they employed him for any\nlength of time as I understand he never paid MeGill for the declarations\nhe executed, and then gave his attention to grafting for a clothing\nhouse, in which capacity he now swells the floating population of\nthe Presidio. I cannot learn that Cralle & Co. have any one here at\nthis time looking after their interests. However, they are still send-\na\ning literature to the Presidio. They have printed card intedned for\noutgoing soldiers to fill out and return to their wives, nothers or\nsisters, a copy of which is made an exhibit to this report. An amusing\nthing occurred recently in this connection. A small boy was giving then)"
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