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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 C. C. Rugg. 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?  Huntsville Ala
2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  16
Day?  8
Night?  3
Sabbath?  5
3.  Location of Schools?  Three at Athens Ala. Four at Stevenson  Two at Florence and seven Huntsville., Day night and sabbath schools included
4.  Whole number of Teachers?  11
White?  9
Colored?  2
5.  Names and post-office address of Day=School Teachers?  A. W. McCullough, Huntsville. Matilda Hindeman Huntsville, James Nicholas Stevenson, Miss M. F. wells, Athens., Oscar M. Warring Florence.
6.  Whole number of School=houses for Freedmen in your District?  5
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?  M.E. Church, Huntsville - One,  M Bernstein Huntsville, One  Dr Sulzner Athens, One. -
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?  I know positively of but one at present
10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  40.
11.  Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  have no means of ascertaining
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
13.  Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?  will ascertain and report here after
14.  Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?  It is doubtful - County too poor and sparcely settled.
15.  To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases?  The salaries of teachers
16.  What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites?  Generally favourable.
17.  Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?  No.
In what way could they be carried on?  There is too much work to be done this time of year
18.  What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  Erect School houses
19.  How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  Until the County becomes more prosperous.

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.

D C Rugg
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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