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32 228- 0/55 June 14, 9 C.S. Schaeffer Dear Sir: Your favor of the 11th is at hand. All papers relating to the claims of soldiers or their families shall be forwarded to Capt. E.M. Webber at this office. I am glad to learn that you are engaged in aiding the freedmen - particularly as regards their schools, and shall look for valuable assistance from you in furthering the ends I seek to accomplish. Whenever you find a proper location for the establishment of a new school, and at the same time see clearly how the school is to be sustained, I shall be glad either to rent a school room, or aid the people in erecting a school house at an expense to the Bureau of from $50. to $200 or in extreme cases $250. Assessing the number of people to be accommodated, the ability of the people to aid, the expense of materials &c. Of course in all cases, old or new, where private buildings or rooms are used for schools, and a rental is required by the owner, the Bureau expects to pay it. As regards direct aid in the support of the teacher, you are aware that the Bureau cannot