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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 W.C. Kirkman, for the Month of August 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Fifty Eighth.
2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? Night? 1 Sabbath?
3. Location of Schools? near Myrtle Springs, in Bowie Co.
4. Whole numbe of Teachers? White? 1 Colored?
5. Names and post-office address of Day School Teachers? Hooks Forrest, Boston, Texas.
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 1 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? the building is in good condition, will seat about 234 persons. cost about five hundred dollars. owned by colored people.
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 1 Day? -- Night? -- Sabbath? --
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? three Boston. DeKalb. Dolby Springs. I do not know the number in Davis County.
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? I do not know the number.
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? It is h[[strikethrough]]ar[[/strikethrough]]d to I 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 made no efforts.
13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? Three.
14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? I could do so.
15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? I cannot say.
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? There is no general feeling. Known to me. relating to education. I believe schools for colored people could be organized in this county. I do not know about Davis County.
17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? In what way could they be carried on? Schools for adults are needed very much. I believe that they could not be carried on. well. until day schools are started.
18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? When the Officers use their talents & let the powers in the civil Government of the District learn their Responsibilities, when Christian People become enlightened. and the Bureau in this state does all it can. the children will be more enlightened.
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? I do not know.

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.

W.C. Kirkman
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.