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officially should look after, and I regard the Bureau the best agent to direct this effort for speedy and practical results.

Now there are some of the soldiers, who can be placed in training for the work, I think, at once; and Lt. Kirkman can easily secure, say 10 to start at once; during the School vacation, in training for the work; and so soon as they are found ready for the duty, they can be sent to the most dangerous and exposed localities to labor in a School, under the immediate supervision, and direction, of the nearest Bureau agent. 

I think there should be a few teachers of this class, as a test of the experiment, upon which