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339. Bureau Refugees Freedmen and A.L. Head Quarters Asst. Commr. D.C. Washington, July 24th 1868. [[underlined]] Adams John. [[/underlined]] Poolsville, Montgomery Co. Md. Dear Sir: You have seen our agent [[underlined]] Butler [[/underlined]] and learned the conditions of assistance from this Bureau. Please state to me in writing, 1st Have your trustees a deed for a school-house forever? 2d Can you provide the heavy lumber, such as sills, cor. posts &c? 3d How shall we send the lumber, and to what place—are you near the canal? 4th Are you prepared to pay for the work, and finish the building by October 1st? 5th, Where is your lot situated? Very Respectfully Yours, C.H. Howard Bvt. Brig. Genl. Asst. Commr. D.C. [[line across page]] 340 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and A.L. Headquarters Asst. Commr D.C. Washington, July 24th 1868 [[underlined]] Mason Samuel [[/underlined]]. Dear Sir: Mr. [[underlined]] Butler[[/underlined]], our agent reports favorably as to your school-house. Please write me the station on the Rail Road to which the lumber is to be sent. 2d State whether your people will furnish the heavy part of the lumber, such as sills, corner-posts &c.. 3d Are they ready to go on with the building and complete it by October 1st 1868? Very Respectfully Yours, C.H. Howard Bvt. Brig. Genl. Asst. Commr. [[line across page]] [[end page]] [[new page]] 341 Bureau Refugees, Freedmen and A.L. Headquarters Asst. Commr D.C. Washington, August 1st 1868. [[underlined]] Eldridge [[/underlined]] Bvt Maj. [[underlined]] Stuart [[/underlined]] A.A.A. Genl. Major: I have the honor to present the following report of the work of Education in this Department for the month of July. This Bureau has paid Salaries of Supt. and Asst. Supts. of Education $395.00; for repairs of School Houses 91.00; " [[ditto for for]] School House at Hagerstown, Md. 37.50; " " " " [[dittos for for School House at]] Sandy Springs " [[ditto for Md.]] 196.69. Total $720.19 Industrial Schools Miss [[underlined]] Eliza Hancock [[/underlined]] of Freedmen's Village, reports ninety-four (94) scholars enrolled; and nine hundred and sixty-seven (967) garments made. this is the only school of this kind reported, and is supposed to be the only one in operation. Educational Schools The whole number of Schools reported this month is sixteen (16), of which fifteen are day and one night; No. of teachers fifteen (15), of whom six are white and nine are colored; No. of scholars, eight hundred and thirty-five (835). There are also in operation three (3) schools not reported; having three teachers and one hundred scholars, making the whole number of schools in this Department nineteen (19); No. of teachers eighteen (18); No. of scholars nine hundred and thirty-five (935). One new school at Oxen Run, Prince George Co. Md. is reported this month. The school taught by Miss [[underlined]] Susan Towle [[underlined]], in Washington Co. D.C. reports an average attendance of 100 per cent. The number of pupils belonging to Temperance Societies is reported to be seventy-nine (79). During the month I have visited Springfield, Romney, Moorfield, New Creek, Grafton, Parkersburg, Point Pleasant, Buffalo, Coalmouth, Charlestown, Malden, Lewisburg, and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. These places are far apart. I was sixteen days in making the trip—Maj. [[underlined]] S.N. Clark [[/underlined]] accompanied as far as Charleston. I held five (5) public meetings, and examined four (4) schools. Five (5) other schools have been in operation but were closed at the time of my visit. At Springfield, Buffalo, and Coalmouth we do not succeed in erecting school-houses, and are credibly informed that the number of children will not
