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SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Suscumbia Ala., in charge of Capt. Wm H Hilman 15th Infty & 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? Tuscumbia Ala

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

3. Location of Schools? -

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

4. Whole number of Teachers? 0 White? 0 Colored? 0

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers?-
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 0 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? -

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? 
Tuscumbia, Courtland, Moulton, and Florence.

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? 
800

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

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? 
Four

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a school Committee pledged to carry on Schools therein? 
I could not.

15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? 
The erection of School buildings and employment of teachers.

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? 
Favorable as far as I know.

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)?
Erect buildings 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 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.

Wm H Hilman, Capt. 15th Infty Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.