The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-23
INTERESTS THE PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Commissioners of Immigration Inter
ested in Laws to Govern Newly
ACQUIRED Territory.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 22.-United States
Commissioner of immigration North of
San Francisco arrived in Washington af-
ter having made a tour Of immigration
stations in the East Commissioner North
will stay IN Washington till Commissioner
Of immigration Rice at Victoria arrives
East The two Commissioners from the
Pacific Coast will then have a talk
with Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury Spaulding regarding laws which
will be needed on account Of the
new possessions of the United States in
the Pacific Ocean. In Commissioner
North's visit to Eastern immigration sta
lions he was struck with the lower char
acter of the immigrants as compared with
those that land at San Francisco, who,
aside from Asiatics, are almost uniformly
well to do people.
Pensions have been granted as follows
California: Original-Charles Ehren-
field, Pasadena, SC; John s. Graham, Big
Pine. S.; Louis Bertsch, Tulare. Sc; Hugh
B. Comfort, Pirn, Sc; Joseph Neil, NaCa-
VILE, IS; Peter A Joice, Inglewood, S..
Oregon: Increase-Dexter Sargent. Bay
City. IS to IS.
Lockhart. Spokane, IS; Robert Allen,
kelsO, SIS
BY direction Of the Secretary of War
the board of officers convened at the Pre-
sidio of San Francisco for examination
of officers to determine their fitness for
promotion is hereby dissolved, and all or
ders, circulars. textbooks and examina-
ton papers remaining in the possession
Of the board will be returned to the War
Department.
Private Willard J. Thomas, Battery I,
Third Artillery. Angel Island, Cal, ana
Private Charles E. Mcpherson, Troop B.
Fourth United States Cavalry, Preside
of San Francisco, will be discharged from
the service of the United States by their
respective commanding officers.
The sick leave of absence granted First
Lieutenant f. L. Conkling, First North
Dakota Volunteer Infantry, Department
Of the Pacific, is extended three months
on account of sickness.
Private Orson A. Pattee, Troop NJ,
Fourth United States Cavalry, now at
the Preside of San Francisco, is trans
ferred to Company NJ. Twenty-third In
fantry, at that station.
Private Charles L. Cutler, Battery I,
Third United States Artillery, now at the
Preside. is transferred to the Hospital
Corps as a private.
Sergeant Arthur f. Winter. Company
NJ First New York Volunteer Infantry.
now at Honolulu, will be discharged the
service of the United States by the COM
handing officer of his station.
Second class private Elvius Q. Addel-
man, ordnance detachment, Benicia Bar;
racks, Cal. Will be sent to the Army and
Navy General Hospital, Hot Springs,
Ark, reporting upon his arrival to the
commanding officer for treatment IN the
hospital
Charles o. Lappeus has been appointed
an inspector IN the Custom-nouse at FoII-
land, Oregon, at g 80 per day.
The Secretary of the Interior has Is
sued an order patenting 597 acres of land
in The Dalles land district, Oregon, to
The Dalles Mile Railroad.
The United States Civil Service Com
mission will hold an examination at Ia
coma, Wash, on December for the po-
sitions Of Waterman and fireman.
Bids were to-day opened at the War
Department for the extension of the wa
ter system at Puget Sound Naval Sta
ton at Brem,erton3 Wash There were
attic, s3987, and the Pacific Heat and
Power Company, Seattle, 1861 50. The
contract will be given to the latter firm
as II was the lowest bidder The amount
appropriated by Congress for this work
was $4O07.