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[Eᴅ. Fᴏʀᴍ, Nᴏ. 4.] SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT Sub Ass't Comm'r: on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Alabama, in charge of A.S. Bennett 1st Lieut 15" Infy: for the month of July 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 - 4. Whole number of Teachers? 1 White? 1 Colored? - 5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? Claiborne, Monroe Co. Ala. [[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/Stamp]] 6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Condition 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. Clansville. Pineville, Midoray, (Monroe Co) Mason & Clarksville, (Clark 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 $1.00 per students, 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? 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 their 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 freepeople are left to conduct such matters by themselves, & 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 15: Inf'y Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.
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