| Show MAJOR J M BURKE IN WAS INGTON Picturesque ue Representative of Buffalo Bills Wild West Show MATTERS OF INDIAN OFFICE lie He Ih time air I lulI Illo 11 1 to Jon Correspondence WashIngton Oct IG Johl Id I Burke Burko the Picturesque que representative ot of Buffalo Bills WillI ild West Vest shows has been In III Washington a tor or the tho jenet treek on connected ted with the tho In dma dlan tr Ir Burke caine to Ington to report the return of at the tho Sioux Indians Cram remit o re reservations South Dakota to their homes home Iver Indian tree for or durin during nil lice lIle time that they rere II Ith Colonel Cod through conti Europe not otto ana IndIan wa vai lined and not one teas sent haute whIch Is regarded hy by thee tho Indians IndIan II as the tho that could conic to Ih theta tue tho chieftainship or of Iron Tail time tho Sioux who hio have hen been the lice Ull est how for or the Past laRt eight months month returned to 10 their homes In hut South Dee kotti leaving seen of the tho worM world than Is cent of the whIte lIen They hown through the tho lace factories of Brus Brussels els They saw aw the or of Paris and they ther saw the tho tower Tue Tho catacombs ot of tomo were to them thema II a marvel and belching orth Its lire and smoke gave gac them II a practical Ulal Idea ot oi what their Inferno meant For four years ears Buffalo hue hIlS been nicking making teachers out or at the tho Sioux warriors and ho he has utilized this die appearing race to tehi to their children and to teach their the rear vels vel II which the white while alan has pUshed In the old world and him a 11 preacher ot of pence the length reini breadth of oe our great reat t the In Indians lans leab INDIANS WITH hIM lIm During the four years in III which But talo tab Bill has been In Europe lee he has bee had from C 6 Oto On 73 Indiana with hint all from the reservations In South Dakota Sonic of there theft hive Iava been with him during durIn the tho entire time the Wild WillI West show ho really hud had Its begin flings Itt In Omaha was 11 let Europe ere thee main features of hIs exhibition tion and the they wore taken everywhere and given the very cr heat best opportunity if IC seeIng thee the ti ii which were vII b by Col Coi Cody Colly during his absence lJ from these These Indians were WI taken to John O 0 where they were photographed looking toward the tho sun rl rising aver oer the tho northern ocean ane aneto and to hooking toward the sunset and their home These fhe o indians were thee tho subject o or the artists ot of Europe tM the and the graph Their Theil costumes their cu customs amid their leave have furnished the savants ot of Europe with that nUl hand In iii 11 and nOI now should this be wholly elimInated there thelo would be Je Information obtainable nt not sl only In the great libraries o of Europe but In the scientific branches of Euro European European countrIes telling the tho stor story not nol only ot of the origin of at the Indian but ot of othIs hIs tribal relatIonships So completely hn has he been studied that chat thee the gl gist t need not go o to American books of et reference but he wi will find reliable ma material In the tho books of European un tries regarding the red man As 1 for forthe or ortho the tho Inclan Indian stoic that hI he IC is he comes back with a knowledge of the tho people mentions costumes languages customs that go to make UI up the great white people And the definite I which ho he ha haa received II in his world travel that carried hIm to the borders of nus Russia ll along the Do nube through the Rhine Rhineland Rhineland land lum Brussels Antwerp and historic Ghent where the final farewell forever of 01 the old scout was spoken made a deep and lasting hasting Impression on arc the tho representatives of this primitive people who whose e reservations aro ara still In Intact intact tact In Fouth Dakota OLD ln lurk Burke who ho lies has been with lh Col Co od ody for nearly t 40 years Ial end who teas hus seen the we vest t change train I a wIlder fleas to states tate and cities s to towns 11 I has bas been having the time ot of hl his life na Ca he soya In renewing oh auola Lions from th the presIdent down anti as ashI ashe hI he says h com cornea 1 back I a better r AmlI lean trait than ever WI V arc clone dono wih wIth forever Mid Burke of at Col Cod Cody we eve leave hUIe shon how WC we do thIngs In ha the tho United 1 States nail In nUrn I believe that OUr methods methodY heft lett I a very lr fa ci upon the people Throughout the tho four years In wo we three traIns WI ice transported 5 head of at horses hONes and SOO 00 ant and wo we never missed a date dale J Eser or king Icing of every In Europe hn has been our guest Kuest Ind rend we quit Europe sat Bat 1 that we have been tn in every settee tn o educators along the tho lines o of honor and melcan 8 T Ol OF Thee Tho retiring paymaster general of tim tho ann army I Francis S DOII Dodge I who whose ye 10 cord as 9 1 a soldier and u a paymaster general I Is of 01 tho ho WI very class founds a a noto for tor het helter r pay for tor both or officers c rs Ind and men of at the tho army and ho puts put It into Inlo his annual cu 10 port r ST that every member of Con Cole q neat i thA Im tol f lii In crease eT Thia e PaY t table hlo of r of c has not been hen Inlo iSTO 1810 36 years amid according tl to Oon Gon Dodge there thero II h not a In Inthe Inthe the country In whIch th thin co cost t ot of hiving imas not In that p period rI ct hi the lIx x nil d In 1870 1 or 01 tho thoI I opel support of officers 18 le lie cites Ie IC support hIs contention to for pa R the junior In the tho In antry The Tho beet esl lea Ill Per for tor fora 1 a second lieutenant Is Ito 1400 or 1 a 11 lut lust lIeutenant U I 1110 nn o of me a captain t OO Io For elch each live tho years all 1111 tf Ill to 10 20 years eal 11 1 per cent Is added fer 1 I is knowl 11 tu lon tong jeopardy PaY Front Irom their tt c officers fu t defray ni nil of t 11 hou o of at amI their families Ih fur nl ot of houses purchase of ruel cost 0 of table clothing ot of children lute slid fwd ul cli I N NIn In Incidentals In the o of I a hOI I hold In to ni cell tH these expenses an uniform calls for or heavy expenditure Time of hIl his fancily In hil his or at lt et l is a a Herious tax upon Pie income Amid tU tItan conies again tito question ot of II li In Insurance JI Is no charge Wih With ul all these demands Upon on aim In thu Junior grade grado It 11 is obvious that lie he must practise great frugality to 10 cial and 11 wil with the tho Utmost lire to fow o officers cen hayIng I a family 1111 RII nii tIe e rholly on their pay who are not tore forced at lome some or oilier to torun run tent Into debt to I a greater or 01 less ox SrI Equally with h nl eu the pa pay 0 of the enlisted men ot of the orl cerni Oen DOdge thinks Is smal email compensation tor or their services While the enlisted soldier Is fed clothed ald acid housed by the gOler mont ment our Tommy believes ho should ret get more mora II in thee wa way of pa pay than 13 3 pr per which Is i time the pay Ilay of I a Private Gen Dodge tersely huts It that a discontented army annl Is not nn an efficient otto one and thel tItan raIls to the wry very harge number or of desertIons durIn the pat past year ear It la inn not lG be betrue true that the matter of at por poor pay I Is re cc responsible to any allY consIderable extent for desertions but It is II a 11 avery very ery large actor Indor In the easm cas I able oble as It 11 may seem time tho In hats recognizes very Itle little difference bet betsy en the ice pin pay of a private lal anti I a A corporal gell gets 2 more a 11 month than a Private and a sergeant sergent 5 Dor more Gen Ceo DOdge contends that the army would be very 11 materIally betic bene fitted ot of the pay o of the officers WI was raised to I mm Ali stein which would make malte I It arm an object for or U a Foller to qualify himself tal fot obtaining and re cc taming such position Wih With In an increase In pa pay Jt It Is his belief that time the posItions would he be sought after atter and ona when at attained tamed would not Ice he forfeited as 1 read lb ily once ence a as now b by an and The Sergeant I is a power In the corn com compan pan pany rn In the tho CliP Cap of time the Fore JorG and Al Aft Mr Ir best short story the sergeant of at the com company pony play his part part and In the tho old border bordor days s al as I teeth el as Indian lighting days the tho 8 r geant has held many a pass pall for tor the tho niche mule measly sum ot of 25 5 per month om and n a aniche I |
