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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 C.P. Wheeler S. A. C. for the month of Oct 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]
1. Name of your Sub-District? Eufaula
2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 15 Day? 5 Night? 1 Sabbath? 9
3. Location of Schools? Eufaula near Eufaula Union Springs Glenville.
[[Stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/Stamp]]
4. Whole number of Teachers? 33 White? 2 Colored? 31
5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? Alex Williams Eufaula. T. B. Clark near Eufaula J.M. Holt Union Springs T H McHarvey Glenville. Thomas Kennedy Clayton Ala.
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 5 Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? condition poor, capacity {{strikethrough}} about {{strikethrough}} sufficient to accomodate about 75 scholars each--
by whom owned. Unknown- rent paid to teachers.
7. Number of your visits to Schools? 8 Day? 3 Night? 1 Sabbath? 4
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? Troy Fort Border
10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? 150-
11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? sufficient to pay teachers {{?}}
12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government?
13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? 2
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 extent would help from without be needed in such cases? entire in most cases.
16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? In some places unfriendly in others indifferent
17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes In what way could they be carried on? by the day school teachers.
18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? by renting school buildings and procuring teachers for them as for the freedmen.
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? until Alabama is completely reconstructed and is as peaceable ad a Northern State
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.
C. P. Wheeler
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.
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