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Show XVIII REPOItT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. ing and education at school, !>laces then1 beyond all reasonable doubt upon a fool;ing of self-support. Under this syetem 290 Carlisle pupils hare spe~imt ore or less time in private families dnring the past year. In this connection I desire to call attention to the following para-graphs from the Washington :L1ost and Philadelphia Press in regard to Carlisle students : [Fmm the Washington Post1 One of the striking featores of the induatrialpara,le in Philadelphia last week was the appearance of the Inrlian boys from the sohoo1,at. Carlisle, with their books and other school paraphernalia. There is a vast interval which no lapse of time can measure between the Indian boy of the beginning of this centnry, or indeed any Indian boy in savage life, and an Indian boy civilized and eednoated. The group of Indian boys was certainly a most interesting exhibit. I [Fmm the Phiiadelphia Press.] The Iadiau, who owes to the Federal Constitntion his first and'finalreoognition rsa a , . man smeoshle to law aud open to civilization, made yesterday the most interesting ;qnd the most iustrnctive portion of the display. The Carlisle Sohaol csdeta were one long moving argument in favor of ednoetion sod oivilization for the Indian. The total enrollment of pupils for the past Sear iu schools more or less dependent on the Governmeut has already been stated as 14,333, a number larger than can properly be accommodated in the buildings pro-vided. In its eftorts to increase school accommodationg the offiee is seri-ously hampered and often times thwarted by the restriction of law in the appropriation act which limits the amount to be paid for erectingandfur-nishingaboarcling- school buildingto $10,000, andforerectinga day.schoo1 building to $600. In many localities, remote from the labor supply, and where materials must be hauled a long distance, it is impossible to erect and furnish for 'his sum a bnilclinglarge enough to aceornmodate even 60 pupils. On four reservations children will be kept oat of school t h i y~e ar because, after wide advertisement, the oEce hasf~iledto secure bidson the proposed and nlnchneeded buildings; that is, bids within the $10,000 limit. The plans were for buildings of the plainest sortand of coustruc. tion as cheap as was consistent with strength and safety, and for a smaller number of childreruthan were ready to attend. It vould be in the interest of Indian education and of ultimate economy if Congress would remove this restriction, so that the office might be aMc to pro-vide at an early da,y buildings, plain but substantial, and large enough to accommodate in % proper way the children who in ten Fears will have passed the time of pupilage, and under new conditions will be called upon to compete for a livelihood with the educated race. For a state-ment of the expenditures made from the appropriation of last year for buildings and repairs see page 313. I have already referred incidentally to theindispensable work done in tlre way of Indian education by the various religions organiza?.ious of the country. Althoughit discredit,athe Governmeut, it is but just to saythat for some years past these societies 11nve put moro money into Indinri school buildings thau the Govkrnmerlt llns expencled for t.llat purpose, |