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

[ED. FORM, Nᴏ. 4.]

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. R. Smith for the month of November 1868, [in accordance with order contained in Circular No. 5, Bureau R., F., & A.L.]

1. Name of your Sub-District? 

2. Whole number of Refugees or Freedmen's Schools in the District? 14 
Day? 6 
Night? 00 
Sabbath? 8

3. Location of Schools? Girard Russell. Co. Ala, Silver Runn Russell. Co. Ala, Limekiln Lee Co, Ala, LayFayett Chambers Co. Ala, Bluffton Chambers Co. Ala, Opelika Lee Co. Ala, 
Sabbath Schools at Shady Grove, Mt. Hickory and  Mt. Jefferson. Chambers Co. Ala, and all the above named places except. Girard

4. Whole number of Teachers? 6 White? 6 Colored? 00. Sabbath School Teachers, White (4) (Col) 27 

5. Names and post office address of Day-School Teachers? W. R. Meadows. LayFayett. Chambers Co. Ala, W.H. Gausline Silver Runn, Russell Co, Ala. J.C.D. Morris Limekiln Lee Co. Ala. Julia H. Jenkins. Bluffton Chambers Co. Ala, M.L. Cady. Girard Russell Co Ala, Ella. Cargill. Opelika Lee Co. Ala.
 
6. Whole number of School-houses for Freedmen in your District? 9 
Their condition, capacity, value and by whom owned? Condition generally bad. Capacity and value not known. None of them are owned by Freedmen.

7. Number of your visits to Schools? Day? 2 Night? - Sabbath? -

8. Number of educational meetings held by you during the month? 3 
Where? Opelika, Salem, and Auburn

9. Number and names of places, now destitute, in which Day-Schools might be organized? ([[?]]) Louisa, Roanoke and Rockdale Randolph Co. Ala. Mill Town. Oakbowery. Mt.  Hickory and Cusseta Chambers Co. Ala. Salem and Loochapoka Lee. Co. Ala, Tuskegee Macon Co. Ala,

10. Number of pupils (estimated) who would attend such schools? Louisa (65) Roanoke (75) Milltown (60) Oak Bowery (50) Mt. Hickory (60) Tuskegee (75) Salem (50) Loachapoka (60) Rockdale (50) Cusseta (60)

11. Amount which would probably be raised by the Freedmen, for Schools purposes, in each destitute neighborhood? Very little. Can not make anything like an exact estimate.

12. What efforts are you making to secure the support of schools by pupils, parents, boards of education, or the State government? Assisting the County. Supts of Education in building and renting School Houses providing Teachers &c, &c,

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

14. Could you organize your Sub-District into School Districts, each with a school Committee pledged to carry on Schools therein? The present school laws of this state provide for this,

15. To what extend would help from without be needed in such cases? 

16. What is the public sentiment as to the education of the Freedmen and Poor Whites? Apparently much more favorable than heretofore reported. The sentiments of the Whites seem to have undergone considerable change in this respect and the Presidential election.  

17. Are Night-Schools for Adults needed in your District? yes,
In what way could they be carried on? Furnish Teachers and assistance to build School Houses

18. What more can this Bureau do for educating the children of Refugees (or Poor Whites)? Assist them in building school Houses and providing competent Teachers;
 
19. How long will Northern charitable aid be needed for Freedmen and Refugee Schools of your District? Till they are furnished with School Houses and Teachers

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.R. Smith
Sub-Asst. Com., Bureau R., F., & A.L.