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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 Georgia in charge of 2nd Lt. O.H. Howard 5th Art. S.A. Com'r. for the month of March 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Sub-District of Albany.

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 17 Day? 8 Night? 5. Sabbath? 4.

3. Location of Schools? 2 day's, 2 night's, 2 Sabbath Schools at Albany, [[strikethrough]] Dougherty County [[/strikethrough]] 1 Sabbath School at Bell Place Dougherty Co - 1 day school at Andersonville 1 day school Ellaville Schley Co. 1 day & 1 night school at Americus - 1 day school at Hugernoy's Plantation - 1 day & 1 night school at Newton, Ga - 1 day school at Cuthbert, Randolph Co.

4. Whole number of Teachers? 21 White? 19 Colored? 2

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? S.W. Stansbury, Cuthbert, Ga. Lucinda Hamilton, H. Girtie Foote Newton, Ga. Helene M Leonard, Mrs E.A. Christina, Sallie Banks Americus, Ga. Miss Marie R Vanleer, Mrs Carter Ellaville, Schley Co. Miss Mary E. Day, Miss Mary S. Batty, Miss Marie L. Root, Andersonville, Ga. Mary Mann & Charly Brown (col'd), Americus, [[strikethrough]] Miss [[/strikethrough]] Miss C.S. Dickson, Miss L.E. Case Albany Ga. Miss Abbie E. Home Albany, Care Albany Georgia Land & Cotton Co.

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 7 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned?

One at Newton Baker Co, owned by Am. M. Association, good, valued at $900 00/100
One at Lumpkin, Stewart Co, owned by Freedmen as Church, fair condition worth about $500.00/100.
One at Cuthbert, Randolph Co, rented by Am. Miss Association, of small capacity & poor condition.
One at Andersonville, Sumter Co, owned by U.S. Government, good condition, value unknown. 
One at Americus Sumter Co, first rate Condition, value about $2000 00/100. 
Two in Sumter Co, owned by freedmen & planters, nothing known at this office of their value or capacity.
Tow at Albany Dougherty Co, owned by freedmen as Churches, one 36 x 60 feet, walls 14 feet, value $2000 00/100, both in excellent Condition, well ventilated, capacity three hundred pupils.
One at [[strikethrough]] Bells [[/strikethrough]] Bryon Plantation in Dougherty Co, value $500 00/100, capacity [[strikethrough]] $ [[/strikethrough]] one hundred pupils in good condition, owned by Ga. L & Cotton Comp.
One at Bell place in Dougherty Co, owned by Ga. Land & Cotton Company, condition new capacity eighty pupils

7. Number of your visits to Schools? Day? Night? Sabbath?

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?

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

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 the State government?

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

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?

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

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

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? It could build school houses, furnish teachers, pay them, feed them, furnish the children with books, and require them to attend School, and it would be a good work.

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? For a long time - years!

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.

O.H. Howard
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.
2nd Lieut. 5th U.S. Artillery