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[Ed. Form, No. 4.]

[[stamp]] The National Archives of the United States [[/stamp]]

Sub-Assistant Commissioner's (or Agent's) Monthly Report on Education of Freedmen, and Refugees in Sub=District, State of  Alabama in charge of 2nd. Lt. A. C. Taylor S.A.C. 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?  Sub Dist. of Greenville
2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  2
Day?  1
Night?  1
Sabbath?  2
3.  Location of Schools?  Greenville Ala
4.  Whole number of Teachers?  1
White?  1
Colored?
5.  Names and post-office address of Day=School Teachers?  Greenville Ala.
6.  Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District?  2
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?  Good; accommodate 175 scholars; by the Government
7.  Number of your visits to Schools?
Day?  4
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?  Elba in Coffee Co.  Rutledge in Crenshaw Co.  Andalusia in Covington Co.  Evergreen in Conecuh Co. 
10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  Probably 50 at each place
11.  Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  Very little as they are very destitute
12.  What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?  By every means in my power, by encouraging attendance,
13.  Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?  At least one in each County
14.  Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?  Yes,
15.  To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?  Almost the entire support.
16.  What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?  unfavorable
17.  Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?
In what way could they be carried on?  they are, by Govt support
18.  What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  By procuring teachers
19.  How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  Until the establishing of Schools under State Laws,

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. C Taylor
2" Lieut 15." Infty Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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