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[ED. FORMS, 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 R.T. Smith for the month of May 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Opelika

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 8 Day? -  Night? 10 Sabbath? 
 
3. Location of Schools? 2 Girard, Opelika, Mill Town, Lay Fayette, Bluffton, Russell Co, Youngsboro
[[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/Stamp]]

4. Whole number of Teachers? 8 White?   Colored?  

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers? L.L. Dupree Opelika Ala. Amanda Patterson Mill Town Ala. Charles White Ucher Ala. M.P. Meadows. Lay Fayett Ala, Sally Clay. Girard Ala, U. H Gauslin Girard Ala. W.H. Edmonson Bluffton Ala.

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 10  Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned?
 
 7. Number of your visits to Schools? 1 Day?   Night? 1 Sabbath? 
  
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? 10 Roanoke Ala, Lanina, Casseta, Freedanis, Oak Bowery, Auburn, Loachopoka, Salem, Tuskegee, Society Hill

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? 700 

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Very little at present

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education or the State government? 
All within my power

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in your Sub-District? 8 

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a School Committee pledged to carry on Schools therein? Not at present

15. To what extent would help from without be needed in such cases? Very great

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? generally opposed to it 

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In which way could they be carried on? By paying suitable 

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

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? twelve months at least

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.

R.T Smith 
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.

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