The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-06-06

AS a part OF the census OF the people to
be taken during the month of June spec
ial provision has been made by congress
for ascertaining the names of surviving
soldiers, sailors and marines who were
into the service of the United
during the wal of the rebellion, and
of the widows of soldiers, sailors, and ma
rines who have died. In connection with
special census of veterans the orgaui-
cation or vessel in which they served, the
term of service in each case, and present
residence will be taken by the census emu.
merators. In the case of widows, infor-
nation regarding the service of their de-
ceased husbands is also required.
The importance of accurate statements
concerning the military record of each
participant in the late war should not be
underestimated. 1t should be the duty.
moreover, of every veteran soldier or sail
OIL to see that the enumeration is placed in
possession of the necessary information
concerning his own service. If he cannot
be at home when the enumerator calls he
! should leave a proper memorandum in the
7 hands of his wife or other member of his
. household, SO that the work of the census
may not be delayed, and also that there
may be no doubt accuracy of the state.
ments concerning his service which may be
, given to the census enumeration. Thai
, there may be no question as TO the points
to be covered by this memorandum it NAV
be well to state that the special inquiries
to be made concerning the veterans of the
civil war include the name, the company
and the regiment or vessel in which they
served, their late rank, the dates of enlist
ment and discharge, the length of service
in years, months and days, and their pres
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sailor re-enlisted or served in more than
one organization or vessel, he should be
very careful to give the term of service in
each instance, and to cover each enlistment.
In giving the organization care should be
taken to distinguish the arm of the service,
as infantry, cavalry, artillery, etc., n if
a person served under an assumed name.
his statement should be made to cover
both the name under which he served and
the true name by which he is now known,
Veterans of the war will generally recog-
nlze n appreciate the value of this spec
lal census to them, and they should aid tile
census enumerators in getting true state
ments in every way possible. Without
their cooperation correct results cannot
be reached. This personal appeal is made
to them, therefor, in the hope that their
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importance of this work and the necessary
information may be promptly supplied to
the census enumeration when he calls some
time during the month of June.
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Hon. H. NJ. Day, of Rapid CITY, who has
lived in Dakota for the last ten years and
has closely observed the course of passing
events was recently interviewed by a Tribune
reporter, in Chicago, on the Indian prob
lem. Mr.. Day is as familisr with the sit
uatlon as any man in Dakota can be who
has not lived right among the reds. Mr..
Day sees no propriety in annual a]ppropri-
atoms of millions of hard cash for the
nominal purpose of making men out of
the Indians, but which ultimately drops
into the Golfers of the Indian agents and
officers of the Indian Rights association.
leaving the objects of the appropriation in
a worse condition than in their aboriginal
state. In discussing this question, Mr.,
Day said: sour western politicians under.
stand the situation thoroughly, but they
are too small in number as yet to crush
these Indian societies, which are doing
more to corrupt the red men than any
other influence. l must give our republi-
can lawmakers credit for their persistent
attempts in this uneven war;" Mr.. Day is
a pronounced democrat, but with this addi-
tlon-he is an honest one. To use a hack
neyed phrase, "his head is level' on the
solution of the Indian problem. Instead
of giving them millions of acres of choice
land, which they will never utilize so long
as the government feeds and clothes them,
he suggests the following methods: There
are $4,000 Indians in the Dakotas, and a
premium is put on lazlness by the govern
ment caring for them like pets. Give
them land in severalty, mix them up with
the white people and let them hustle for
themselves, and the United States will have
so many more citizens instead of an army
of scheming loafers. Just imagine %, 900
white men who do not have to provide
themselves with bread and you will have
an idea of the condition of the Indian. ri
was at one of the Sioux's .powwows not
long ago and made it a point to hear every
speech. No one objected to my presence
as it was not thought I understood the
language. The chiefs recommended that
the Indians ask for more assistance, and
vigorously laid down the law that the In
dian was not made to work. The noble
red man must ride over the p~rairies, the
said, and the white man must
work for the Indian and support him..
Well, you can imagine the effect of such
upon our hard-working western
people. They don't want to be taxed so
a lazy savage can eat. If the Indians
are given farms, made amendable to laws
and subject to punishment for violating
Them, the great question would be settled
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