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11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
Difficult to state until the present crop is secured. [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] the Freedmen are very poor

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? 
No efforts at present as soon as the present crop is secured and the Freedmen have the time and means to spare due effort will be made.

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 
When completed the present number of School-Houses will be sufficient for the present need

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School-Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? 
Yes

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? 
Teachers and Books would be needed

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?
Against it so far as the Freedmen are concerned

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? 
Yes  
In what way could they be carried on? 
By having Teachers & Books

18. What more could this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? 
Furnish Teachers and Books

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? 
During the present year at least

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. 

A G Hennisee
1st Lt. 19th U.S. Infy.
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.