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Washington. Dec 24th His Excellency, Abraham Lincoln: Dear Sir: My friend Mr. J. W. Alvord has since commence-ment of the war been devoting all his time and energies to the spiritual and physical interests of our soldiers. He has been with them for months together on the Peninsula & elsewhere partaking with them of formations & hardships untold that he might do them good, and especially that he might lead them to the Savior. For the last few weeks he has been at
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home renewing his strength for a continuance of his labors of love. The War Department not knowing him, refuse to give him a pass. I fear they have too little sympathy, at any rate, with the work in which he is engaged. But however this may be, I do hope, Mr. President, that you will put him in a way to return to his work without embarrasment or delay. If God is smiling on his labors as I believe, then He will smile on you for encouraging him therein.
Yours truly, P. W. Gurley