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[ED. FORM, 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 Brvt. Maj James Curtis, U.S.A. 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? Selma, Ala

2. Whole number of Refugee or Freedmen's Schools in the District?  13 Day? 7 Night? - Sabbath? 6

3. Location of Schools?  Selma, Marion, Cahaba, Pleasant Hill
[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

4. Whole number of Teachers? 9 White? 8 Colored? 1

5. Names and post-office address of Day-School Teachers?  Prof. J.H. Sears, Supt & Teacher, Miss E.C. Stowe (Assist). Miss C.E. Smith, Rev. J.A. Walker, Selma, Ala. - William Bayley, Pleasant Hill,- Alden Emmons, T.A. Lattamore (Assist),  W. Shetler, Cahaba, Ala, Mrs. H.F. Tradewell, Marion, Ala.

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 7  Their condition, capacity, value, and by whom owned?  Condition good:, Capacity Selma (300), Marion (250) Cahaba (150), Pleasant Hill (75). - Value: Marion $2000, appropriated by Bureau $2500. - One Small building at Selma, ($100) .-  The others are rented.

7. Number of your visits to Schools?  0 Day? 0 Night? 0 Sabbath? 0

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 0 Where? 0

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized?  Athens, Summerfield, Burnsville, Marion Junction, in Dallas Co. - Camden in Wilcox Co. - Uniontown in Perry Co. - 

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such Schools? Athens, 150; Summerfield 40; Burnsville 75; Marion Junction, 50; Camden 100; Uniontown 100.-

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for school purposes in each destitute neighborhood? Nothing can be depended upon beyond the erection of temporary schoolhouses.

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? No help is to be expected from the State Government or Board of Education at present. The Am. Miss. Asso. pay salaries to four teachers in this District, and have donated the land for the schoolhouse to be built at Selma, and declare that they can do no more. Parents and pupils are counselled to support competent teachers to the utmost of their ability.

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? Seven: Athens, Summerfield, Burnsville, Marion- Junction, Camden, Uniontown & Selma (one each)

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? Support of teachers

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? 
In large places among the better class of citizens, it may be considered favorable. In general, the lower class of Whites are opposed to the Education of freedmen. Schools for poor Whites would receive more general support.

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? by Teachers of Day schools

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? appropriate money for salaries to teachers

19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? One year 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 by best knowledge and belief, correct.

James Curtis
Capt. 15 Inf. Brvt Maj. U. S. A.
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R.,F.,& A.L.

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