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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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