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11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
Can not raise any funds. 

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-homes, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 
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? 
To the fullest extent financially.

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

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults need 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)? 
Erect school houses, and procure, and pay 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 establishing of command schooling system, and levies a school tax to support it.

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

C. C. Gilbert
Bt Col. USA Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.F., & A.L.
Comd'g Post of Washington Ark.

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