REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF TIIE TREASURE' I'OR TRANSPORTATION 

 OF THE AGENTS OF THE BUREAU OF EDUCATION ON THE REVENUE 

 CUTTERS. 



Department of the Interior, 



Bureau of Education, 



Washington, D. C, March 16, 1904. 



Sir: I have the honor respectfully to invite your attention to the 

 fact that for fourteen seasons past, through the permission of the 

 honorable the Secretary of the Treasury and the courtesy of the chief 

 of the Revenue-Cutter Service and of the captains commanding the 

 cutters cruising in Alaskan waters, the agent of the Bureau of Educa- 

 tion has been able to establish and inspect schools and reindeer sta- 

 tions on the shores of Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. 



As many of these schools and stations are remote from civilization 

 and can not be reached by the regular lines of passenger steamers, 

 this Bureau has depended for the continuance of its important work 

 in these distant regions upon the cooperation wliich has been freely 

 given during many years by the Revenue-Cutter Service. 



The assistance of the Revenue-Cutter Service is again desired for 

 the coming season, and I therefore respectfully suggest that, if it 

 meets with your approval, a letter be written to the honorable the 

 Secretary of the Treasury, requesting, if compatible with the rules 

 of his Department, 



First. That he will kindly instruct the commanding officers of the 

 revenue cutters in Alaskan waters to extend to Mr. William Hamil- 

 ton, assistant agent of education for Alaska, such facilities as will 

 assist him in his w^ork of inspection and will not interfere with the 

 duties of the revenue cutters. 



Second. It will be of especial assistance if the commanding officer 

 of the U. S. S. Thetis can be instructed to conve}^ the agent of this 

 Bureau to Gambell, on St. Lawrence Island, either while the vessel 

 is on her w^ay north from Dutch Harbor or by making a trip from 

 Nome at such time as shall be convenient for said commanding officer. 



Third. That the commanding officer of the Thetis be instructed to 

 conve}^ from Nome to Point Barrow and St. Lawrence Island the 

 mail for these remote j)laces. 



Fourth. That the commanding officer of the Thetis be authorized 

 to extend to teachers at places remote from courts of law (where the 



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