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SUB-ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER'S (OR AGENT'S) MONTHLY REPORT on Education of Freedmen and Refugees in Sub-District, State of Alabama, in charge of D.C.Rugg Sub Asst. Comr for the month of Aug. and Sept 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? Huntsville Ala.

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

3. Location of Schools? Huntsville Ala.

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

4. Whole number of Teachers? 2 White? 0 Colored? 2

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers?
Alfred Hunt and Wm Gaston Huntsville Ala - Select Schools -

6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? [[Strikethrough]] One [[/Strikethrough]] Two Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 
Owned by M.E. Church - capacity for 200 scholars - not suitable to teach in, in its present unfinished condition - [[Strikethrough]] three [[/Strikethrough]] One at Decatur Ala.

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, Florence, Decatur, Stevenson and Huntsville

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? 
Do not know.

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? 
Cannot tell. I think 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 at present. I think it useless to try.

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District?
One at Huntsville 

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? 
Renting buildings & hiring teachers.

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? 
I hear nothing said regarding the matter

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District?   In what way could they be carried on?
The might be carried on by charging a small tuition.

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)?
Erecting buildings and employing teachers.
 
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? 
For some time to come.


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.

D.C. Rugg,
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.