Letters/Correspondence

Major W. A. Mercer forwards engineer Harry F. Weber's application for a 10-day annual leave of absence. 

William A. Mercer recommends Lou French for the position recently vacated by Juliette Smith in Wittenberg, Wisconsin.

William A. Mercer clarifies his previous letter requesting to pay for the treatment of Edith Bartlett by noting that there are funds available to pay for the operation.

Major W. A. Mercer forwards C. M. Stauffer's application for a 6-day leave of absence. Stauffer works as a bandleader. 

William A. Mercer responds to the Office of Indian Affairs of why he did not provide a statement of available funds for the return of Alaskan students.

Major W. A. Mercer forwards assistant disciplinarian Stacy Matlack's application for an 11-day leave of absence. 

William A. Mercer responds to the request of the parents of Willis Peconga for his return.

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding his omission of available funds to pay for the return of runaway students.

William A. Mercer requests the Office of Indian Affairs appoint suitable person from the list of eligibles for the vacant assistant matron position at the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer responds to a request of the Ute Chiefs for Robert Ouray to serve as an interpreter for their upcoming trip to Washington by recommending another student Fred Mart.

Stacy Matlock submits his resignation as an assistant disciplinarian at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and notes that he has separately employed Wallace Denny has his successor.

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Lou French has accepted the position of baker at the Hayward School in Wisconsin.

Michael J. Gumbriell resigns his position as assistant carpenter at the Carlisle Indian School. William A. Mercer forwards the resignation and requests the position be filled through the civil service list.

William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter by noting that the assistant clerk position should be retained at $420 per year due to the work of the temporary employee.

A note indicates that the Office has little hope of filling the position through the Civil Service list at the current salary.

William A. Mercer provides a list of former Carlisle Indian School graduates who could fill seamstress or assistant matron positions in the Indian Service.

William A. Mercer requests authority to employ an assistant farmer to work on one of the school farms in order to more effectively produce crops for the school.

William A. Mercer requests the transfer of Bertha D. Canfield as seamstress and the promotion of Beckie L. Goodyear and Elizabeth Searight.

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Anna C. Grove was appointed assistant matron and that Cathrine Morette resigned as hospital cook shortly after her appointment.

William A. Mercer informs the Office of Indian Affairs that Fred Mart and Robert Ouray are set to report to Captain Johnson at Washington barracks.

William A. Mercer forwards a letter he sent to Sheldon Jackson where he recommends modifying legislation to allow for returning an unlimited number of Alaskan students to their homes.

William A. Mercer reiterates his request for an assistant matron for the dining room. Mercer ends by noting that "an Indian will not do for the place."

William A. Mercer reports the dismissal of Wallace Tyndall and requests approval of his action.

William A. Mercer requests authority to have Kate S. Bowersox and W. G. Thompson travel to the Hampton Institute and the Tuskegee Institute to learn from their teaching methods.

William A. Mercer requests authority to purchase extra material for graduation dresses' for the Senior Class.

William A. Mercer forwards affidavit listing the names of students who ran away from the Carlisle Indian School and whose funds were paid out to them or transferred to the Emergency Fund from October 1, 1907 to December 31, 1907.