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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]
Sub-Assistant Commissioner (or Agent's) monthly report
on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District Ashley Bradley & Drew Co.s., State of Arkansas in charge of Brvt Lt. Co G F Towle 1st Lt. 28 U.S.I. 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? Ashley Bradley and Drew Co.s

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 0 Day? 0 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0

3. Location of Schools? _______

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

5. Name and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? ____

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 0 Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned? _____

7. Number of your visits to Schools? 0 Day? 0 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0 

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? unknown as yet

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

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes in each destitute neighborhood? unknown probably nothing can be raised until a better crop is secured

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? None as yet for the state of affairs since I have been here, while the freedmen have been changing their homes and election excitement going on would have rendered such efforts of no avail.

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

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein? Probably it could be done after the political excitements have subsided, but untill then such attempts are useless

15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? unknown

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

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes In what way could they be carried on? will have to consult the planters to answer this question

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? A length of time so indefinite that no precise date can be given

I hereby certify, on honor, that I have given personal attention to the matters herein named, and that the answers given
Geo F. Towle

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