i just started this article additions and further editing highly appreciated the information is mostly based on the first article cited as an external link as it was the best i could find but some of it is based off other things i've read sources do no agree on the number of samurai selected to study english under macdonald my japanese texbook has an article that claims and i have a tendency to believe that but i've found more online sources proclaiming so that is the number i used in the article i also saw mentioned somewhere apr utc