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[[preprinted]] WAR DEPARTMENT, Bureau Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS. Washington, D. C., ^[[Novr 4th]] 186^[[8]] [[/preprinted]] Revd. S. C. Logan, Pittsburg Pa. Sir:- In reply to your inquiry of 31st. ult. I am directed to inform you that rent will be paid on buildings owned or rented by your Board for freedmens schools amounting to Ten ($10) dollars for each teacher commissioned and employed by the Board. You will please send a memorandum every month to this office, giving the situation of each building, and the rent charged per month, making the whole sufficient to pay Ten ($10) dollars to each teacher employed, when a check for the amount will be forwarded to your address with proper vouchers for your signature. Please also enclose a certificate giving number of teachers of freedmen under commission by your Board and the average number of scholars (over)