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Show REPORT OF THE COMXfBSlOhTZ 03' XTYDIAX bFFAE& CXLI h :waver, mnst of- necessity be clone by the Goiiora1 Governmeut and or ght to be undertaken at once. It shoulcl be carried on nuder the direction of civil engineers m11o s r 3 chosen for tlieir expert iruoxvledge, and should be so prosecuted as tc encoczage the India~ist.o self-help. -Itn eed not involve any large or klay of money, and all the eup~mseisn cident to it can be, if cksirable, rc zdily reiiabnrsed to the Unite~l States either from fun2s ;ew belong-ic :t o the 1udk1.n~o r from the sale of their surplus lands. Rnt even if tl: ;s were not the case the Go\lerrment woula be more than compensated fc . the expenditure required by the decreased cost of ra6ons aud snp-pi ss. It is possible ani? everywhere desirable that this matter should rc *eive eariv attention and be eam+ec: forwanl nntil all theso aeo~le A bc :ome self-inppcrting. Phe dditional farmers who bava heretofore been appointect by the G oernmeu+, to teach the Indians have not accomplished all that cocld 11: h-e been dolie if thev had .keen chosen with more care. had been af-fo ded better faoi1itiss"for doing their work, and had been more intelli-ge ~t,lysu pervised. The fault has not in all e.tses been theirs, because t b ;y hare oftentinies been required to do wlfist from the na.tureof the c:! ;e was impossii~le. In some instances which haw come under my ob rersation the agents haave been at fault either in nominating incam-peent persons, in not ailordin& proper facilities, in failing togive them iu- elligent supervision, or in requiring them zo perform not the work for IT: ich they werepaid bai other work of value to themseives.. Tiuth. Ny observations liavc deepened the convictio~~msh ieh f ex-pi ssecl to yon in my annual report as to the ntkr icadeqoacg of the -visions made by the Goverumerlt for the care of the sick. The phy-sic :ans emglo~~eMdO so few in number ail& :&rep rovided with such in: dequate facilities for doing their work as to mako it a physical im-pc: sibillty for them to reucler proper medieal assistailce to those to wl cm they are sunt. Nnmbers of I~ldiaus (lie for lack of suchhelp an I many others for waut of propernuri;ing, and it is pitifa! to be com- !ed to witness the suffexiag unavoidable. under such circnmstances. If ;he Government preteucls to provide for the sick it should increase th nnmberof physicians, iusist upon a higher standard of professionai a t zinment, ~ abyett er salaries, and aflorc them better facilities for their xir :k. . . :ommon humanity dictates that s o ~ l ~preo vision should be made in t2 - may of hospitals &nd asylums for the care sf the sick and aged, the in: m' and feeble-minded. .lenth. The one great tist whic5 sliotlid e?erymhrx& and alaass be al? 'lied to those who enter this servics in any of its depa~tmentsh ould he that of fitness. The opi~ion is still prevalent that the Indizn se: 7ice attords, in some mysterious ~ a ye,x ceptional opportunities for m: king money, and that thst: \?he enter it can secure better pay for-les ; work therethan elsevhere. 'ri'ere is a misapprehension zs to the d i icult? and importaiice of tits ~ o r kto he (?one, ax! an irnyressio~: tb- t anybody without special quaiitiea.t.iocs succeed in i t The wt :k, however, is .eseeptioually ilif6eult, and calls for men and women of musual qualificatio~sa nd no.otl~crsh ould be employetE. I desire to ay special stress upon the desirability that those who repr*sent the U: ited States in this importa~lmt ork s3cnld themselves be good repre-sG tatives of tile eirilization mhicl~ they areemployed to tezc5. MSIJ-ue ito, chief of tl~eNav;qjoess,p eaking of a former dishone,% ngexit, snic? to ne in council tLnt with all tlie pcop:e of the TJnited States io select 1;-: n i t seem04 k~ll inl it v u ~ hwt be pessibie to find an hozest iuau for |
