Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-17
Names Bodies
to Allot Lands
President Appoints Commissions for
Rosebud and Pine Ridge
Agencies.
ZION a staff Correspondent.l

NrEom starr correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. 16.-(Specia
Ielegram.)-The president, today announced
the Interior Department has appointed 9
commission to classify and appraise al
lands not allotted in severalty to the In
dams In Millette and Washington counties
(hoseoud Indian agency, South Dakota
A. E. Gull OF Burke. S. D.; John e
schriven Of the Interior Department and
Richard ID. Ellston. an Indian OF the Rose
oud tribe. are the members OF the commits
sion Mr.. schrieven has been designated
to act as chairman.
Inc president also announces the appoint
ment OF the following commission tC
classify and appraise all the unallottec
Ihdlan lands In Bennett county pine Ridge
agency South Dakota; ID. L. McLane
Westover, s. D.; Charles II. Bates, speeia
aHottins agent of the Interior Department
FRANK Conroy, LaCreek, 8. D.; and ar
indian OF the Pine Ridge agency tribe al
representative OF the tribe. Mr.. Bates
mas been appointed chairman OF the COM
mission.
mas been detailed a member OF the board
appointed to meet at Fort Des Molnes, Ia
Tor the purpose Of conducting preliminary
eorps for the army.
Major Chandler P. Robbins, has been de-
tailed a member OF the competitive exam.
ming board at Fort Monroe, Va, vice
Major Frederick p. Reynolds, relieved.
Leave OF absence for five days to take
effect upon the completion OF his duties
IN this city have been granted First Lieu
tenant Herbert w Yeamans
Leave Of absence for seven days has
been granted Second Lieutenant Fenelor
Cannon.
Leave Of absence for two months has
been granted Major Edwin r. Stuart. &c
take effect upon his relief from duty n
the Philippines.
A board Of officers consisting Of Lieu.
tenant Colonel Albert L. Bowsee Porte
Rico, regiment of infantry; Major Bailey
A. Ashford, William M. Morrow, also Cap
Mcfarland, William NJ Morrow, also Cap
tain John M. Field. Porto Rico, regiment
OF infantry record; First Lieutenant Louis
o. Dequesdo, medical reserve corps, Is APP
pointed to meet at San Juan. Porto Rico
November l, to conduct the examination
OF such candidates for appointment to the
grade OF Second Lieutenants In the Porto
Rico regiment OF infantry as may be au-
thorized to appear before It,
First Lieutenant William N. Hughes,
sigral corps. win proceed from San Fran
cisco to Fort Wood for duty.
Major Cornelius d. NJ. Wilcox, coast
artillery on his arrival at San Francisco,
Will proceed to West Point for duty.
Major Edwin r. stuart corps engineer,
who has been relieved from duty at
Manila, September 5, will proceed to Fort
Leavenworth for duty
Major Henry P. Rutherford, medical
corps, upon his arrival at San Francisco
will proceed to Fort Totten for duty.
Captain William A. Burnside, Fourteenth
Infantry viii proceed to Hot Springs, Ark,
for observation and treatment
Captain c. o. Sheriff, corps Of engineers.
is relieved from duty at Fort Leavenworth,
and will then proceed to Mobile for duty.
Captain Edgar w. Miller. medical corps,
will proceed to Fort Mckinley for the pur-
pose of conducting "a preliminary. examine
ton September 6. for applicants for appoint
ment in the medical corps Of the army
board Of officers OF the medical corps
to consist Of Major George ID. Deshon,
Captain Reuben B. Miller, First Lieutenant
Larry b. McAfee, is appointed to meet at
general hospital, Hot Springs, Ark. on
September 8, for the purpose OF conduct
ing preliminary examination of appIi-
cants for appointment to the medical corps
Of the army.
First Lieutenant George B. Foster, jr.,
is detailed as member of the board dur.
ing the examination Of applicants for the
medical corps OF the army, September 8,
only.
Major Ebert 8. Persons, has been detailed
q NkA~ "a
meet at Fort Jay, N. Y, for the purpose OF
conducting preliminary examinations Of
applicants for the medical corps, vice
Major Louis T. Hess, relieved.
Major Chandler P. Robbins has been de-
tailed as a member OF the board appointed
to meet at Fort Monroe, Va, for examine
ton In medical corps army, September 6.
Rural carriers appointed: Iowa-Fort
Dodge, route No. 8, A. j. Lapointe, carrier,
Ellsworth Goldsberry, substitute; Laurens,
route No. /. A. Z. Anderson, carrier, Karl
A Cheysleson, substitute; Nashua, route
No. g. Edgar ID. Hammond, carrier no
substitute; Pilot Mound, route No. g. @. ID.
owen, carrier. John Human, substitute
South Dakota: selby, route No. 2. David
H. Jones, carrier, Martha p. Jones, sub
stitute. Warner, route 1, Clarence A. Con
lee carrier no substitute.
South Dakota postmaSterB appointed:
Argyle, Custer county, Edward b. serry,
vice f. L. Lewis, resigned; Keepvlns, Per
kins county, Alfred r. Bothmann vice r.
L. Fowler, resigned; Monroe, Turner
county, Charles w. Townsend vice B. ].
Ellis, resigned.
The Live Stock National bank OF South
Omaha, and the First National bank OF
Cambridge. today made application to bn
designated as repositories for postal say.
lngs banks funds
The postmasters in the following Ne
braska towns have made application for
permission to open postal savings banks IN
their respective offices; Roealie, Milford
Wisner and Imperial.