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Office S.a.C. B.R. &c
Tyler. May 31, 1868

Lt. Chas. A. Vernon
A.A.A.G.

Some whites are in favor of educating the freedpeople, and some opposed: In places where there is no Govt. Officer it would be dangerous to establish schools : at this town the freedpeople are doing well, and the school is progressing finely, but in other parts of this Sub. Dist. they are doing nothing for the want of protection, which I am unable to furnish them without troops

They can be greatly assisted in the matter of education by the Bureau furnishing them teachers and paying them sufficient salaries to allow the indigent to attend free of charge, and also by sending a sufficient military force to protect the Schools.

Very Resp &c
(Signed) Gregory Barrett Jr.
S.a.C.