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188 The Superintendent of the Refugee Home at Camp Nelnu ought & must be for the present an officer with Military rank- I can not as yet find the proper man- Please pursue your inquiries in that direction I would prefer a good captain- Your action onto schools labor &c is approved- I can give no definite answer to Moss- My positive instructions from Washington are "to break up the Refugee [[?]] at Camp Nelnu at the earliest possible day consistent with humanity &c"- This cannot be done immediately- but we must not make any more with a view to permanency there- Yourself and friends ought to carry out your old scheme of a permanent industrial school at your old home- Private enterprise and benevolence must look to the elevation of the race. The Govt will cooperate but can not run a Governmental Institute I can not be at Camp before September at the earliest- I am overwhelmed with my duties