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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 D. C. Rugg 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 Huntsville Ala
2.  Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  15
Day?  6
Night?  4
Sabbath?  5
3.  Location of Schools?  Huntsville, Stevenson, Athens, Decatur and Florence Alabama
4.  Whole number of Teachers?  14
White?  10
Colored?  4
5.  Names and post-office address of Day=School Teachers?  Miss Matilda Hindman, Miss M. M. Sakim, Mr. A. W. McCullough and Mrs. A. W. McCullough Huntsville Madison County Ala. - James Nichols Stevenson Jackson County Ala - Miss M. F. Wells Athens Limestone County Ala - Mr Oscar M. Waring Florence Lauderdale County Ala
6.  Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District?  6
Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?  One at Huntsville M.E. Church - One at Huntsville M. Bernstein - One at Stevenson Freedmen - One at Decatur M.E. Church - One at Athens Dr. Sulzner - Two at Florence Freedmen. -
7.  Number of your visits to Schools? 2
Day?  2
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?  There should be one at Maysville Ala. 
10.  Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools?  Forty
11.  Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes, in each destitute neighborhood?  Not much
12.  What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?  Not any at present. 
13.  Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District?  One.
14.  Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on schools therein?  I dont think I could.
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?  Among the intelligent portion of the community it is quite favorable.
17.  Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?  No
In what way could they be carried on?
18.  What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?  Erect School Houses and Employ Teachers.
19.  How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District?  Until the Country becomes more settled and 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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