The San Francisco call., 1898-10-10
C|V|Ll|NG THE
 AMERICAN INDIAN What Is Accomplished
 by Education. SCHOOLS LARGELY ATTENDED sAvAGEs TRANSFORMER INTO
 GOOD CITIZENS. Commissioner Jones Reports the Progress Made in the Regen-
 eration of the Nations
 Wards.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-The annual report of Commissioner of Indian At- fairs William A. Jones shows gen. eraI advancement in the condition or the nations wards" Education, the greatest factor in solving the status or the Indians, is being pushed forward In the service, and now there are l4I well-equipped boarding schools and an equal number of day schools engaged in the education of 23, 975 pupils. The average attendance and enrolment has steadily increased for the past twenty one years. Vigorous inquiries show that 89 per cent of these pupils who have gone through the schools and returned to their homes are reported to be in good physical condition, contrary to the frequent suggestions that the change might break naturally strong and viz orous constitutions.
 Of the pupils attending school 3 per cent are reported as excellent or first class; 73 per cent as good and medium, while only 24 per cent are considered bad or worthless, showing in the com- missioner's judgment the value of system which can in a generation de- velop from savages 76 per cent of good average men and women.
 Under the present regime the large net decrease in enrolment and attend ance of last year has been changed in- to a net increase of 1040 and 995, enroll- ment and average attendance, respect ively, for the present year. The res erVatiOn schools show the largest gam. Agents are now being urged to greater exertions to fill the schools to the limit of their capacity and future develop ments, NIT. Jones predicts, will un- al size T6RulaIlOn enforcing compulsory attendance upon the schools must be enacted. The piac- ing of Indian children In the public schools of the country for the purpose of co-education of the races does not appear to meet with much success, but a fuller test of it's value and practtca~ bility is to be made this year.
 The school plants in the service are valued at over $3,000 900, and larger funds for keeping them in repair are port fund the Indian Office contem- plates the expenditure of a sufficient sum to radically increase scholastic fa~ cilities for the great tribes of the South~ west, and to that end adequate addi- tions will be made to the schools now established for the Pimas, Papamos, Navajos Moquis and Apaches; at Sac- ton Fort Defiance, KeamS Canyon, San Carlos and Fort Apache.
 Discussing the work of the commis~ sion to make allotmentS on the Un% compaghre Reservation, Utah, the com% missioner says it is believed many al~ Iotments were made to Indians not oc- cupying the lands allotted and willing to remove to the Uintah Reservation, and that authority for such alIotments Is questioned as well as whether even the Indians in possession of the lands can be allotted. Congress is asked to legalize the alIotments on the Uncom@ pahgre Reservation made after April 1. 1898, to remove all doubt.
 Referring to the torturing and burn4 ing of Seminoles in Oklahoma last Jan@ uary, the report says it Is thought ina demnity will soon be paid by the Gov- ernment to all members of the Seminole nation injured by the mob of lawless whites in that occurrence and the whites guilty of the outrages are now being prosecuted.