Representative Thomas J. Soully forwards a letter from James M. Ziegler to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Acting Commissioner Cato Sells forwards Soully's and Ziegler's letters to Carlisle Indian School Superintendent Moses Friedman and explains that Ziegler is looking to be a host for a female student on outing.
Friedman informs Sells that he is unable to send a girl to Ziegler's home for a variety of reasons. Most importantly, going on outing is voluntary, and when several girls were asked if they wanted to work for Ziegler, they all declined. Ziegler also was looking for an experienced servant who could handle "all the work," but all of the students at the school require training and assistance, and the very purpose of the school and the outing system is to provide this training to them. Outing is "an apprenticeship." He also attaches a blank host or patron application form and explains that the outing system is extremely complex, involving placing 700 students in homes and outing department supervisors visiting the homes of more than1,500 applicants.
Sells relays Friedman's information to Soully to tell Ziegler. Sells makes it clear that he supports Friedman's decision.
