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Show 28 , REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. Section 5 of the general allotment act, approved Pebrnary g, 1887, (24 Stat., 390), contains, among other provisions, the following : * - a fiereafter in the employment of Indian polioe or any other employ6ein the pnblic servioe among any of the Indian tribea or bandsaffeoted by thissot, and where Indians osn perform the duties required, thoae Indiana who have availed themselves of the provi8iona of thin sot and became citizeovof the united States ahall be pre-fmed. The Indians who have availed themselves of the provision8 of the allotment aat a'bove referred to are usnally the most energetic; and pro. gressive members of their tribes. To follow the requirements of sec-tion 5 and appoint them to positions where they would he compelled to devote themselvesto the Government service, to the neglect of their families and farms, for the pittance of $8 to $10 per month, could bat' work hardship to such Indians and retard their advancement inagri-cnltuse and other civilized pursuits. On the other hand, those who will not accept allotments in severalty,. and who are willing to serve on the police fomefor the small compensa-tion and the honor connected with the position,are in too many instances ' . nnflt for policemen. This fact was so fully recognized by the Osage Nation that, during the fisca! year 1889, their council voted an appro. priation of $2,800 of their own fnnas to be expended in the employment of seven detectives, at a campensation of $400 per mnum each. In order to comljly with the existing law, to secure the best possible se-mice,. and at the same time to avoid working injurp to Indians who me striving to advance, I earnestly reoommend that the compensation of Indian police for the fiscal year 1891be fixed at she following rates per month: Captains, $25; lieutenants, $20; sergeants, $17, and pri-vates, $13. The number of police now authorized, viz, 70 officers and 700 pri-vates, can not well be reduced without injury to the servioe, and I fnrther recommend that the total number authorized remain unchanged, but that they be apportioned as follows: 30 captains, 40 lieutenants, 60 sergeants, and 640 privates. INTEI1PRETEES FOR INDIANS. Section 2089 of the United' States Revised Statutes is as follows: At the discretion of the Preaideot, dl disbu~semantao f moneps, ~ h e t h e rfo r an-unities or othevwise, to fulfill treaty stipulations with individual Indians or Indian tribes, shall he mede in person by the euperintendenta of Indian affairs, where 6n-perlntendenoiea exist, to 811 Indians or tribes within the limita of their reepective auperintendenoieq in the preseuoe of the looal sgents snd interpreters, who shall wltuess the same, under anoh regulations es the Secretary of the Interior may direct. Under the provisions of this section the Treasury Department prior to 1881 held that a11 payments to Indians must be witnessed by inter-preters, whether snch payments were cash annuities, or were made for transportation. or for supplies furuished, or for services performed, or |
