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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]

SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENTS) MONTHLY REPORT
on Education of Freedman and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of T M a Smith Capt 26th Inf for the Month of August- 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 34th

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 2 Day? 2 Night? Sabbath? 8

3. Location of Schools? Marshall Harrison County

4. Whole number of Teachers? 2 White? 0 Colored? 2

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? Marshall

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 2 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Condition poor Capacity 100 pupils each, value $5,00,00 each F. Sang and Caroline Poe T.W.C

7. Number of your visits to Schools? Day? Night? Sabbath? I visit the schools weekly

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? none Where?

9.Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Jefferson marim Co. Gilmer Upshur Co  Henderson Rusk Co Carthage Panola Co

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 100

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government?

13. Whole number of additional School-Houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District. 4

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? No

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? In order to secure competent teacher they must be employed by the Bureau

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites? The mass of the people are willing for the education of the freedmen but are unwilling  to render any assistance. 

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes  In what way could they be carried on?  By employing salaried teachers

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? "Poor whites" would consider any assistance coming from the "Bureau" an indigent 

19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? 

I herby 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.
Frank Smith 
Capt. 26th Inf.
Sub-Asst. Com. Bureau R. F. & A. L.