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Show 4 P.EPORT OF THE COXMISSIONER 03 INDIAN AFF*F q u i r i n g hospital service, thus obviating the necessity for the hos-oltallzation of Indians in instit~ltionso ff the reservation and at an in- L ~- creased expense, hesidw fumishigg. this accomm~ationto a large number who could never have. bareached otherwise. . . : On the Fort. Peck. Resemati~n at Poplar,, Mont., a hospital is nearing. completion which will;, have .a-,cppaclty of. .+, beds. This hospital will be open to all 1ndiaus.of the, juri&ctlon. In; the past there has been m. way ,of hospihllzmg the older Indians of the reservation except to admit them.:.to the small hospital at the hoarding school. The new building will furnish fa.cilitles for care o f the slck at the school and among the reservatio. n. Indians. R E ~ R G A ~ Z A T I O NOF . METGODS'F OR .ADMIN~ST~ATIVE .. . DIRECTION,. . he plan of reorghnizition of the medical service 'of the:burea'u has been explained. in the text. which precedes under the hea&ng "Health." . , . . Reorganization has aiso been effected witli regard to. the direction md supervision of all educational, agricultural, and industrial ac-tivities and the personnel relating thereto. In pursuance of. this Ian there has been appointed a general snperjntendent under wK ose charge the territory in which Indian activities are conducted has been divided into nine districts, as follows : histrict No. l(he&dquartas; Lawrence, Kans.) : Kansas, ~ebraska, Missis-sigpi, North Carolina, eastern Oklahoma. . . . . District No. 2 (headauarters. Mimea.w Us., Minn.) : Michigan; Wisconsin, BJinpesota, Iowa. District No. 3 (headqna~'tersP,i erre, El. DSk.) : South Dako&. "District No. 4 (headquarters, Browning, Mont:) : North Dakota,' Montana, Wyoming. .. , .. . , . .. I District No. 5 (headquarters,, Fort Lapwai, Idaho) : Idaho; Washington, -'h.=a*"m". -. District No. 6 (headquarters, Rivmide, Calif.) : California, Nevada. nisrrict No. 7 (headquarters, Flagstaff, Arie.) : Arizuna ' Disrrirt No. 8 (headquarters, Albuquerque, N. Mex.) : Kew Mexico, Coloradn. Utah. District No. 9 (headquarters, Anadarko, OBla.) : Western Oklahoma. The field units of each district are'under immediate supervision of a district superintendent whose station lihs peen so designated that the several units within his district may be reasonably accessible for personal cornmi&catiofi. h additionto direct supervision of the activities mentionetl, the duties of these officials will embrap, assistance in the preparation of budgets, respBnSibility f o t~lie in-' terpretation and execution of the policies of the tommissioner, in-spection of school and agency activities, mipe$vjsion.of school and agency organization and of c1assroo.m and, 'vocation+ instruction, examination of the condition and needs of materialplants and of personnel, conference with St,ate and county oficials, and Conduct of s ecial investigations when directed. They,. w. ill report concerning t%ese matters as occasion may requirk. 'It is '6xpected that many. matters df dht'ail and managemerit no$ hvolving questions of policy will be adjdsted by the district sii;'er-. Ptendents, thereby lessening the volume of correspondence with .@e officea nd expediting and simplifyiag t h e.. fi. eld w, ork. , ' : " .' . . ~. . '.,. . . |