Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1890-02-27


the direction of George S. Evans,
is required to detect crime and discover
criminals in Massachusetts,, Maine, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and Vermont Tho Chattanooga
division embraces Georgia, Florida,
South Carolina and Tennessee. and is
under the Immediate direction or
Colonel A. G.. Sharp, formerly Chief
Post-0tiice Inspector under the admins
tration of Chief Inspector Rathbone; the
divisions have all been placed under
the direction OF the experienced inspect
ors who were removed during the last
administration. James Z. Stuart is in
charge of the Chicago division; which
embraces Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Mich
igan, Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota and Wisconsin. Mr. Stuart has
been in the service for number OF
years and is an exceedingly competent
man for the work which is submitted
to his care.
George 5. Seybold, whose headquar-
tersare at San Francisco, has the super
vision of Oregon, Washington, Montana,
Alaska, California, Arizona, Nevada and
Utah. When complaints reach the
bureau under the Chief Post-ofllce In
spector they are referred by him to the
Chief Inspector of the division in which
the crime is likely to have been COM
mitted. Under each one OF these di-
vision inspectors there is a corps OF
special agents, and each case is re-
ferred especially to the man best fitted
to investigate each complaint. The
Chief Clerk in the immediate Office OF
the Chief Post-offlce Inspector at Wash
ington is Mr.. James Maynard, SON OF
Postmaster-General Maynard, of Ten
nessee, and he has occupied that impor-
tant position for the past ten years.
The detectives OF crime against the
postal laws and regulations are very
careful in all of their work. When
ever they receive case they mark the
date Of mailing Of the letter or pack
age, the name Of post-ofilce from which
it is mailed, with the name Of the
county and State, the name of the
writer or the sender Of the registered
letter or package, the number Of letter
or package, the name OF the addressee,
the name of the post-ofiice addressed,
with the county and State, descrip-
ton OF the contents Of the letter or
package and number of registered en-
velope covering tho letter or package,
also the name of the complainant, the
designation of the classification of COM
plant, the name of the inspector to
whom the case was referred for investi-
cation, with the date OF such reference,
and the complainant is then notified of
the receipt of his complaint and in
formed that the same will receive the
attention of the department
During the last fiscal year there were
IS, 600 papers sent to the Office of the
Chief Post-oifice Inspector. These pa
pers did not relate entirely TO the vio-
lations of the postal laws. The Post
Office Inspector, wherever he is, is con-
sidered the representative plenipoten-
tiary of the Postmaster-General, with
autocratic authority over all subordi-
mates. And it frequently happens that
Post-offlce Inspectors are obliged to de-
eide, for example, who would be the
proper person OF various candidates to
receive an appointment as postmaster;
concerning a change Of site or proper
location Of post-ofIices; the responsible
ity Of securities on official bonds Of
postmasters; the amount to be allowed
for salaries, fuel, light. furniture, ETC.;
the Adjustment Of money-order accounts
where they are complicated; the estab-
lishment or discontinuance of post-of-
fees; the establishment OF the free-de-
livery system, or OF the money-order
system; the establishment or discontin-
uance of postal stations in large citios;
to investigate charges against letter
carriers; the destruction or injury Of the |
letter-boxes, or Of mail deposited in let
ter-boxes; TO determine the admissible |
ty or non-admissibility OF matter |
through the mails at second-class rate. |
where question arises as to its claims OF /
admissibility: also investigation con-
cerning the railway mail-serv.ce at diff /
ferent points. and whether or l.at star
route contractors and mail-carriers are
attending TO their duty according to con-
tract
You have no idea how many ground /
less complaints are made against the
postmasters in the smaller towns Ere
ouently letters are sent to the Post
naster-General making all sorts Of
charges against a postmaster, and upon
investigating the Inspector reports that
there is a quarrel in the village between
the complainant and the postmaster,