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SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Opelika, Ala, in charge of Lieut John Bannister 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? Opelika

2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  6 Day? 6 Night? 0 Sabbath? 3

3. Location of Schools? Opelika, Mill Town, Lay Fayett, Girard and Bluffton

[[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/Stamp]]

4. Whole number of Teachers? 6 White? 6 Colored? 

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? 
L. L. Dupree Opelika Ala. M. P. Meadows Lay Fayett Ala, Amanda Patterson Mill Town Ala, Julie Jenkins Bluffton Ala Norah Jones Girard Ala
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 6  Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned?  
Condition generally bad Capacity and value unknown

7. Number of your visits to Schools? One 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? 

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

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

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 you Sub-District? 
not known

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a school Committee pledged to carry on Schools therein? 
Judging from present appearances I do not think I can

15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? 
Almost entirely

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 what way could they be carried on?

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?
Very little unless in the way of building School Houses and paying Teachers
 
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.

John Bannister
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.
Lt. 43d U.S. Inf. 

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