The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-04
By TeIe,ggylr,a3ph sra
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
40 HAE pALY LNI!ELLIGENOER
lIoI WASHINGTON.
coMMANDAxT OF CADETS.

CoMMAEDANT OF CADETS.
washington, May 3.-Lieut. Col, Up
ton, commandant oicadGts at West Point
lias been relieved, and Lient, Col, Thomas
II. Neill has been ordered to that post
The change Is made In accordance with
the custom Of the War Department tC
change theCpmmandlng officer there every
four years,
INDIAN RATIoNs.
The following report was. received al
the War Department to-day, ..,. "
Headquarters, FORT Sill, !, 7, |
a April IS, 1875. !
10 lie assistant Adjutam General, Head
quarters Department Of Missouri
SR-FreQucnt complaints having been
made by the Indians camped near this
post, that they are suffering from hunger,
| have made an investigation and find the
complaints well founded. The following
il The ration allowed by tho Indian Do
partment: Beef, three pounds, (grOSs OF
hOOf) ono day in fifteen; thrce.quarters oi
u pound Of bacon Is issued in lieu Of beef
llour or bread half pound to the hun
lred ratiOns, four pounds Of coffee, eight
pounds Of sugar, one pound of salt,
one pound soap and half pound Of tObac-
co, The ration was established when
the Indian could partly support himself
by hunting, with no other help Il Is barely
enough to prevent hunger, 1t is not
however all Issued, there's At the agency
no -four and not over one.tllird Ot the
authorized amount has been issued during
the present fiscal year. There Is no sugar
and not over two.thirds Of the regular
issue has been done during the same time.
The beef, lately issued, has been shame
fully bad, ii Is so poor that gross Is alto
gcther out Of proportion to net weight. The
acting Indian Agent, Howard, acknowl-
edges that the beef lately isSned was un-
ft for food, but states II was all he had
ior tho issue. The condition Of affairs
at the Wichita agency Is worse than
here. There has been no -four there for q
long time. The agent is absent and the
Indians are killing and eating their
horses, am, sir, very respectfully
.Af af' .f.a JoiN HATCH,
.. Lieu. Coi. 4h US. Cdualry
EndOrsement,)
Headquarters Department. Mi4og'i, ~ Lar
annie, Kansas, April l7h, 1915.
Respectfully forward TO the Adjutant
General Of the army through the Office OF
Assistant AdjutNnt General Of the mill
lary division Of Missouri. The attention
Of The proper authority is specially in.
yited to the evident maladministratiOn Of
Indian affairs which exists at Fort Sill
and the Wichita agencies. It Is idle to
expect that these Indians will remain
peacefully upon their reservations with
The prospect Of starvation in doing so.
So long Gs this maladministratinn Of NJ
fairs with these Indians exists the mill
tary CUnnot and viii not be held account
able for any outbreak which may occur
on their part. JOHN PORE,
iIrevct Mai. Gen. Commanding.
TREASURY APPOINTMENT
Curtis D, Bnynhum, Of Richmond, Ky.r
has been appointed Assistant Secretary
Of the Treasury, rieeJohn L. llorIIoy, re-
i'sSeS, i'see rr-4sy0ag
GStliaIseS Q In thc canals 40
OTTAWA, .OSr,, May ,3.rilmpOrtnnt
notifications bf The canaf works now in
progress hayc been resolved upon by
the Government with rolerorcCS 10 the
completion Of the work on the Wolland
Canal. nj, stated that the depth In all
The locks of twelve feet will be adhered
10, and that the harbOrs at Port COlbofhe
and Port. DalhOusie will be deepened to
sixteen feet. The gtiard.lOcks at each
end Of the canal will also be deepened e
fourteen feet; also u new a1iednCt will
be built for tho Welland river. Prepara'
tions for iOurtceh-foot system through,
out having been made at both ends and
nj the aulietluCt, the necessary change tC
bemade 1t q fitute5tine can be accom-
plishCd at small expense and without In
convenience to navigation. F .'."
Preparations are being mode tp let oul
1.-THE main works on the Lachlhe Canal
and provisions will be made for nlti
mateIy obtaining fourteen feet Of water By
having gunrd.loCks and other works
made to shut in that depth. ~ Q
The canals between Prescott and Hang
saut are to be enlarged; also the Corn
wall and Beauhnrnois canals. Thest
portions Of the 81. Lawrence worka vii
occupy the attention Of the Government
after The Welland and tIachine canals
have been attended to. Greater difficulty
will be encountered in deepening the bee
nf Inn 81 fnwrenrp river than In tleGp
Cning the locks and enlarging the locks
as ibr many miles the river will have L
be cxcayated 10 obtain the required
depth, especially in Lake st. Louis, be
tween Lachine and BeauharnoiS and be-
tween the latter place and Prescott. .