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[Eᴅ. Fᴏʀᴍ, Nᴏ. 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 Lieut 15th Infy & S.A.C. for the month of June 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.] 1. Name of your Sub-District? Claiborne-- 2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 1 Day? 1 Night? -- Sabbath? -- 3. Location of Schools? Claiborne-- [[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/Stamp]] 4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 1 Colored? -- 5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? Claiborne Monroe County Ala.-- 6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 1 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Fair - capacity small Value $150.00 Owned by Freedmen-- 7. Number of your visits to Schools? 1 Day? 1 Night? -- 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? Monroeville, Clausville, Pineville, Midway (Monroe Co) Macon & Clarksville, (Clarke Co.), St. Stephens, & Old Washington, (Washington Co.) 10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? About 40 or 50 to each school -- 11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? About $100 per Student per month 12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? None at present 13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? Eight (8)-- 14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a school Committee pledged to carry on Schools therein? No.-- 15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? Nearly all - say 2/3 at least.-- 16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? Prejudicial to some extent.-- 17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? Yes. In what way could they be carried on? With funds & teachers.-- 18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? To furnish money for the teachers and build the necessary school houses.-- 19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? So long as the freedpeople are left to conduct such matters by themselves, and until they are able to support the cost of same.-- 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 Inf'y & Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.
