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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 Alabama in charge of A. S Bennett 1st Lt. 15 Infty for the Month of February 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R, F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District?  Demopolis

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

3. Location of Schools?  Demopolis & Livingston

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

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?
Amelia S. Drake & Mary J. Knight  Demopolis Ala  
Daniel Price & Sarah Bowman  Livingston

[[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/
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6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District?  2
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?
Condition fair = at Demopolis  capacity 225 =  Value $600  Owned by Freedmen
Condition fair = at Livingston  capacity 126 = Value $450  Owned by Freedmen

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?  none
Where?

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized?  Gainesville = Greensboro = Newbern, Shiloh Jefferson. = Linden. = McKinley = Prairieville = Spring Hill. Macon. & probably 20 other places

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  Gainesville 200 = Greensboro 225 = Newbern 120 = Shiloh 150 = Jefferson 75 = Linden 150 = McKinley 125 = Prairieville 100 = Spring Hill 75 = Macon 60 = Mot less than 30000 children in this District

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  Not more than sufficient to board Teachers.

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?  I have a Sub Dist of five counties, and cannot give educational matters the attention requisite  Heretofore there has been an Asst. Supt for this Dist & there should be one now if a thorough work is to be entered upon, previous to the duties being assumed by te State Govt.

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?  Not less than thirty

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?  I think it could be done. with sufficient attention

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?  50 per cent at least

16.  What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?  Entirely favorable but little can be accomplished without means to pay salaries of Teachers.

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?
In what way could they be carried on?  Not a success heretofore at any point where they have been instituted, They cannot be a success without some assistance as Day Schools receive

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  There are but few Refugees in this Sub Dist. not a sufficient number to demand special attention

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  until the State makes suitable provision

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.
A. S. Bennett
1st Lieut 15th Infty
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F.,&A.L.