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Number of Women employed 86 Number of garments given in payment for sewing 374 Number of garments turned over to Local Supt. 638 Whole number of garments manufactured Dresses 247 Underskirts 96 Chemises 229 Sacques 54 Aprons 34 Coats 55 Pants 99 Shirts 114 Childrens Suites 14 Bedsacks 34 Pillow Ticks 36 Total 1012 Material on hand. Denims Yds. 145 Sheeting Yds. 61 Flannel Yds. 30 Tweeds Yds. 45 Thread Linen lbs 1 Scissors Prs. 4 I would further state that the class of Freedwomen employed in the Industrial School are First, those absolutely destitute and suffering for want of clothing. Second, those who are unemployed — and who from various causes such as numbers of small children and no Husband, Physical disability, and old age, are unable to avail themselves of Homes and remunerative labor in the North. Of the latter class, we have several in the school over seventy, and a few over ninety years old. To assist a greater number, through the benefits of this measure the therm of each Freedwoman is limited by her necessities. Thus while the destitute are partially relieved, an incentive is furnished to industry and thrift, and careful instruction is given them in the art of sewing and fitting together the parts of a garment correctly; besides, the School affords an opportunity for lessons in economy, correct habits, manners, and morals, essential in the family and necessary to good order in society. A marked improvement is already noticeable in these particulars, in most of the women of the school many of whom have been field hands