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11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
None at all.

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education or the State government? 
None that will admit of brief description

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-Division? 
Four.

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? 
Could not.

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? 
Could not expect to keep the organization of schools. All outside help would be required.

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? 
Education is tolerated by public sentiment, but no material aid offered.

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? 
No 
In what way could they be carried on? 
Not at all.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? 
Build school houses and support teachers

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your district? 
Until the State provides for their education by establishing a common school system and levying a school tax to support it

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. 
C C. Gilbert
Bvt Col. USA. 
Sub-ASst. Com., Bureau R.F., & A.L.
Comd'g Post of Washington Arkansas

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