Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-28
HUSrLlNG VOLUNTEERS HOME
War Department Hopes 10 Have Them
All Ont of Cuba by
May 4.

WASHINGTON, March 27--(Special Tele
gram )-Under the plans of the War depart
ment practically all the volunteer troops
will be withdrawn from Cuba by the first of
May, which are as follows, with stations:
Second United States volunteer engineers
at Havana Third at Cienfuegos, Matanzas
and Pinar del Rio; Second, Fifth and Ninth
United States volunteer infantry at Santiago;
Fourth at Manzanilla; Second, Fourth and
Ninth Illinois volunteer infantry, One Hun
dred and SiSty-hrst Indiana, Forty ninth
Iowa, Second Louisiana, Sixth Missouri,
Third Nebraska, First North Carolina, Sec
ond South Carolina, First Texas and Fourth
Virginia. all at Havana; Third Kentucky and
Eighth Massachusetts at Matanzas; Thirty
first Michigan Sixth Ohio and Fourth Ten
nessee at Cienfuegos.
In addition to the above 1t is proposed to
bring home as soon as possible eight COM
panies of the volunteer signal corps sta
toned at various points on the island. All
volunteer organizations will be mustered out
soon after their arrival in the United
States. Vigorous efforts are being made TO
bring home as many of the troops as possible
before April t. which marks the beginning
of the usual summer quarantine established
by the marine hospital service and the local
health authorities in all the principal south
ern cities against West Indian, Central
American and South American ports The
discharge of this large force, aggregating
about %, 900 men, is in anticipation Of the
issuance of the proclamation of peace.
C. p Matthewson, agent of the Omahas
and Winnebagoes, who has been in the city
for fortnight leaves for his Nebraska
home tomorrow. In an interview the agent
said the new school for the Winnebago
agency would be constructed early in the
Eo11 hot not ton ahn fI
agency would not be commenced on ac-
| count of lack of funds. He stated that he
| had recommended now system of water
| works for the agency, out doubted whether
| the same would be recommended this year
| by the Indian Office. He also recommended
! 81 900 fer repairs on the agency buildings
which are greatly in need OF the same, ana
hoped Tor lavolable consideration, UDoh
| the question CT a1lounents ne said:
1.-The Indians want the residue of unal-
| lotted lands allotted to their children and in
| this they are supported by Inspector Tinker,
| whose report has just been received by
| Commissioner Jones' There is some Diff
fcuty in the way of this proposition, some
of the lands having been patented. My
impression is that this question will have
| to go to the courts for settlement, a test
case being necessary to clear up the clouds
hanging about this much discussed ques-
|
' ton"
, E. w. Woodruff of Sutton, Clay county,
| Nebraska was before examiners of the
Treasury department today, looking to TAX
| ing a place under the auditor for the Treas
ury department, w. Z. Andrews Three
additional clerkships were provided under
! the sundry civil bill to help out the auditors
Office in catching up on unsettled accounts,
! there being larger number of accounts un-
! der the war loan of 1898 than under all
! other existing loans At the end OF the
/ last fiscal year June 30, 1898, there were
! tWenty-siX unsettled accounts; on March /,
! 1899, there were $50 unsettled accounts, ag,
! gregating $40, ,000, 900, and to bring these up
! three additional clerks were deemed essen
| tial. which will be probably given to Ne
! braska, Illinois and Indiana.
! The United States National bank Of
Omaha was today approved as reserve agent
| for the First National bank OF Sutton, Neb. ;
the Corn Exchange National bank of Chi
cago for the Omaha National bank; the
! Third National bank of ST. Louis for the
Merchants National bank of Burlington, Ia.
| An order was issued today making the
| postoiiice at Arlington, S. d., an interna~
tional money order office, to take effect
| May 7.
An order issued today removing the
postoffce at Millbank, s. D., TO a building
owned by the postmaster at a rental OF
| $3.50 q year.