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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]
SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT 
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in 
Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of 
Bv't. Lt. Col. L.B. Pease, U.S.A., Capt. 7th Inf'y., S.A.C. for the Month of February 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? No. 11. Harris &  Montgomery Counties.

2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? ?6 Day? 1 Night? 3 Sabbath?

3. Location of Schools?  5 in City of Houston. 1 in City of Harrisburg. 

4. Whole number of Teachers?  6 White? 2 Colored? 

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?
Houston Texas { 
Jennie R. Foster    
Emma Dayton        
Jennie N. Dunlavy 
Mary E. Wilder 
Lorran P. Wheeler 
M. O'Regan
D. Righton

W. Reynolds, Harrisburg, Texas.

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District, 6 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? 
Three of the schools are in churches (2 hired by the Bureau) the other three are in private rooms hired by the teachers: The 3 churches are in comparative good condition, and can accommodate 300 pupils. Private schools are quite small. 

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 1 Day? - Night? - Sabbath? to each school rented by and under control of Bureau.

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? - Where?  

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? 5 = Lynchburg, Cypress City and Hockley, Harris Co., Montgomery and Danville Montgomery Co.    

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  impossible to form an estimate, my suggestion is simply because these are the largest towns.    

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  Cannot say.  

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?  I have long since ceased to urge upon the civil authorities their duty in this matter  have no time to spare for visiting parents and pupils.

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

14. Could you organize your Sub-Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?  I do not think it practicable.

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?  Teachers would have to be supplied, and school houses furnished.

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?  Perfectly indifferent.

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?  In what way could they be carried on?  Night schools have been attempted, and for a time succeeded; but have been now suspended because of negligence or indifference of freedpeople themselves.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  A school might be established in this City for poor whites, but they will not school with colored children.

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  It is impossible to form an opinion on this matter.

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers are, according to my best knowledge and belief, correct.

W.B. Pease Bv't. Lt. Col. U.S.A., Capt. 7th Inf'y Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

Transcription Notes:
W.B. PEASE - Bvt. Lt. Col. - a Asst. Sub Commissioner at Houston, TX, Freedmen's Bureau.