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Office of Assist. Supt. Bureau of 
Refugees, Freedmen 7 A.L.
Greenville. Ala. 
Sep't 30th 1865.

Colonel C. Cadle. Jr
A.A.G.

Colonel:-
I have the honor to submit the following as my monthly Report for September.
The condition of the Freedmen I find improving. There are two schools for their benefit, established here, which are taught by Freedmen. They umber about 50 pupils. All seem very anxious to learn. The education of the Teachers is very limited, but the moral effect of the school is good.
Several of the Freedmen have purchased Lots in Town, on which they are erecting houses, and being mechanics, are doing very well indeed.  A great many complaints are made by the Freedmen against the Planters, for taking horses, or mules from them, which they got from our Army as they passed through here.  In one, or two cases, where I was satisfied the right of possession rested in the Freedman, and injustice was being done him, I have ordered the property restored.
The condition of the Refugees is very bad and I can see no prospect of improvement this year.  Applicants for the charity of the Government are on the increase, and, this is not to be wondered at, when we take into consideration, that but about one fourth of a crop has been grown this year.  The number of destitute Whites who were objects of charity, before our occupation, I am told by the Judge of Probate, amounted to about "Eight hundred" families, in the County alone.  When rations are issued, I generally require a statement in writing, from the Judge of Probate in regard to their financial circumstances, and character, and require