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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 [[??]] for the month of October 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 William Gaston Huntsville Ala
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? none  Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? 

7. Number of your visits to Schools? none Day? none Night? none Sabbath? none

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? none Where? 0

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? Do not know. One.

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

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Do not know.

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? Soliciting contributions to aide in completion of school house in Huntsville.

13. Whole number of additional School-houses, for Freedmen, now wanted in you Sub-District? [[strikethrough]]Do not know[[strikethrough]]. Two.

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? Erect buildings and employ teachers

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? People willnot interest them - [???]] in the subject; but are not hostile to it, I think.

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 or hire buildings+ employ 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.

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