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11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? nothing can at present be raised for school purposes in this county. great scarcity of provisions with no capital or credit in the community, wages low and poor demand,

 12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, board of education, or the State government? I am constantly co-operating with the Board of Trustees at Pine Bluff. The teachers in charge of the school and embrace every opportunity to talk with the parents of the importance of schools 

13. Whole number of additional School-houses for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? This question cannot now be answered. owing to the financial embarrassment of the country of unsettled state of the freedmen

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry schools therein?  Can in a month or two when the freedmen are more permanently located for the year.

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? Cannot tell at present. 

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? not good - There is a quiet submission on the part of the whites who pretend friendship for the cause of education yet are doing nothing to assist - The negroes are becoming indifferent and manifest but little disposition to help in the erection of suitable buildings - The subject is kept constantly before them

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? By having teachers in Pine Bluff, and on the larger plantations organize schools, but the teachers would have to be paid by the Government or by the association that sends them for reasons stated in answer to 13. 

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? there are very few poor whites in my district and they are very much scattered 

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Schools cannot well be self supporting in this county for at least two years. and then much will depend upon the harvests and the powers that be, 

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given are, according to my best knowledge, and belief, correct. 

S. Geisreiter
Agt [[strikethrough]] Sub-Asst. Com., [[/strikethrough]] Bureau R., F., & A.L.   

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