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[ED. FORM, No. 4.]
SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENTS) MONTHLY REPORT
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Texas in charge of H.R. Wood for the Month of October 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandon Lands.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? No 21.
2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 6 Day? 2 Night? 3 Sabbath?
3. Location of Schools? Brigham (3) Union Hill (1) Weskempten (1), [[strikethrough]] Jud [[/strikethrough]] Chappell Hill (1)
4. Whole number of Teachers? 3 White? 3. Colored? 
5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? At places above given
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 2 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Not good Capacity moderate 1 owned by Methodists. 1 private property
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 6 Day? 1 Night? 3 Sabbath?
8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 0 Where? -
9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Day schools might be established at many places in County
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 500 or more
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? They can raise but little
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or State government? Only persuading Freedpeople to go to school
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? In some parts of the County
15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? To full extent yet
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and poor Whites? In favor of educating freed & Indian 
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 furnishing Teachers and funds
19. How long will northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Until a general system of education is established

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