Viewing page 39 of 334

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

[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 [[?]] for the Month of June 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 21st
2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 5 Day? 2 Night? 3 Sabbath?
3. Location of Schools? 3 at [[?]]
1 at Chappell Hill
1 at Washington
4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 4 Colored?
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? as schools are located
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned?
1 School house [[?]] by BR [[?]] Church in bad [[?]]
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 3 Day? [[1? 0?]] Night? 1 Sabbath?
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 0 Where? 0
9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? in many [[parts?]] of Dist
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 400 or 500
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Nothing at present 
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? Can do nothing with good [[?]] or [[?]] Freedmen [[?]]
13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? Many
14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? [[?]]
15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? All [[such much cries?]] from without
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? [[?]] to get an education and only [[?]] many
17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? By Day Teachers
18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? By giving from or to
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freemen and Refugee Schools in your District? Until Freedmen can educate Themselves

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.

Y.R. Wood
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F.,&A.L.

Transcription Notes:
3. LOcation of Schools? appears to be 3 at Braukam?