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11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 0

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? 

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

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

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? Entire

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? Strong opposition on the part of the majority of resident whites for the education of freedmen and but little interest manifested on the part of the poor whites

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes In what way could they be carried on? By the Government or Aid Societies paying all expenses

18. What more can this Bureau do for education 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? Cannot tell

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
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.