Ashdale 1 New York Branch Combahee 1 New York Branch Columbia 10 New York Branch Edgerly 1 New York Branch Greenville 6 New York Branch Gadsden 2 New York Branch Hopkins 1 New York Branch James Island 5 New York Branch Mitchellville 2 New York Branch Lexington 2 New York Branch Pineville 1 New York Branch Perryclear 1 New York Branch Pleasant Retreat 2 New York Branch Red House 1 New York Branch Rhett Place 2 New York Branch River View 1 New York Branch Woodlawn 2 Michigan Branch Camden[53] 2 New England Branch Darlington 2 New England Branch Edisto Island 2 New England Branch Hilton Head 6 New England Branch Jehosse's Island 2 New England Branch Johns Island 1 New England Branch Marion 2 New England Branch Orangeburg 3 New England Branch Summerville 3 New England Branch Port Royal Island 2 Pennsylvania Branch Rockville 2 Pennsylvania Branch St. Helena 5 Pennsylvania Branch Beaufort 9 New York Branch 7 New England Branch 2 Charleston 36 New York Branch 13 New England Branch 23 Georgetown 4 New York Branch 1 New England Branch 3 With some exceptions the schools enumerated here and elsewhere unfortunately had only a short existence for the reason that the societies which supported them gradually became short of funds. The New York Society, for example, in 1868, found itself hardly able to bring its teachers home. The efficiency of other societies likewise began to wane. By January 1, 1870, or within a few months afterwards, the Freedmen's Bureau passed out of existence. Alvord and his whole staff thereby were discharged from duty. The non-sectarian societies ceased to exist because the aid societies of the several northern churches claimed the allegiance of their members. A stronger reason, as given by them, was that the freedmen were now (1868) in a position to help themselves politically through the provision of Negro Suffrage for the new State government, under the Congressional plan of reconstruction. The Freedmen's Bureau was discontinued for similar reasons.