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Show 10 REPORT OF THE CONMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS More liberal upkeep and maintenance funds are and will be needed for,schools to niake,it possible to operate them in a really efficient ininner. _..: . PERSONNEL ~ECLASBI F ICAT~ON. - ~ ~h~aSs ljeen the first year of the operation of adjusted compensation in the field service, as permissible under the 'classification act, andthe results, both as to better feeling among the employees and increased efficiency, have been noticeable. There are still some inequalities in salaries wh~chit is hoped will be eventually \ adjusted, but ,generally speaking our field personnel has been,ma-terially -strengthened by the 'pfesetit classification in that we have i been able d u ~ n tgh e past year to accomplish our work with a con-siderably reduced force. The number of positions has been reduced by'S44, so,that wg'enter the fiscal year 1926 with a field force of 4,932 posdions, which is the lowest number authorized in the history of t h I~nd ian field service since it has assumed its present magnitude. This has been ac.complisbed by means of consolidations and abolish-ment of positions, notwithstanding the fact that during the year 1925'it was necessary to establish positions for four new boarding schools and to provide additional employees for increased ca acity at several others. Itwas also necessary to rovide employees g r in-creased medical activities andfor the new dolidge Dam,,upon which the preliminary work hasbeen'commenced. The ositions author-ized qn July I, ,1925, include several for the new &arles H. Burke SchooI necessary in connection with preliminary organization at that . . place. ' INDIAN LAND INTERESTS I b ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ s . - D uthre ifinscagl ear ended June 30, 1925, a total of 1,909 allotments were made anJapproved to individual Indians embracing lands on various reservations aggregating approximately 595,000 acres as &own in the following table: Number Resarvatlon ' 1 L ........... ; ........................................................................................................... riuian, N W.. ................................... :. .............................. Walker River Nev ...1. ........................................................ ~ o r ~t e r t h o ~Nd ., D& ......................................................... Klamath, Oreg. ................................. a ..... :.. ....................... Umstilla, Om% ....................................... 1 .......................... warm springs, oreg ............................................................ Cheyen"~R iver, 8. Dsk. .....: ; ........................... Lower BNle, 8. Dsk Colville, Wash ...... i .......... .. ............................................. Xdi sp~l l ,W wh. ..... ........................r.,.F..................y............ Qllmaielt, Wssh. ................... '%I ......... 1.i .................. :.. .... 'I. -.-. In addition to the foregoing, 104 allotments were made on the public domain in various States embracing 14,684.57 acres. |