120 INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC REINDEER INTO ALASKA. 



dotonnim^ upon ii satisfactoiy method for o]>viating' any difficulties 

 that may arise in the paj'ment of these checks. 



I also hand you herewith a letter addressed to Captain Walker, advis- 

 intr liiin of your appointment as special agent and of his designation 

 as a disbursing officer, with full particulars in connection therewith; 

 also check hook, pay rolls, and vouchers for use in the disbursement to 

 Captain Walker. 



\^'ry respectfully, G. D. Meiklejohn, 



AfiShstr/nt Secretary of War. 

 Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



Barenu of Education^ ^Va.'^h.imihm^ D. C. 



War Department, 



AYmldngton, April 21, 1S99. 

 Sir: You are advised that for the purpose of closing the accounts 

 of the Lapps for salar\' due under their contract with the War Depart- 

 ment for services in connection with the Alaska relief expedition, 

 the sum of $15,000 from the appropriation '* relief of people in min- 

 ing regions of Alaska" (act of December 18, 1897) has been placed to 

 3"our credit in the First Kational Bank of Portland, Oreg. 



You Avill disburse the same upon proper vouchers being furnished, 

 duly certified by Sheldon Jackson, who has been designated as special 

 agent of the War Department in this matter. 



As soon as this service has been completed by you, you Avill turn 

 into the Treasury any unexpended balance from the allotment of the 

 815,000, and submit a special i-eport direct to this office of 3'our dis- 

 bursements in this matter. 



Very respectfully, G. D. Meiklejohn, 



Assistant Secretary of A]ar. 

 Capt. Edgar S. Walker, 



Eiylith ZT. S. Infantry, Acting Assls-ta/zt Qnartennaxter. 

 Fort St. Jflc/taJ, Alashf. 



RITSSIAX ambassador WRITES LETTER OF INTRODUCTIOX AND COM- 

 :\IEXDATION FOR DR. SHELDON JACKSON TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES 

 iX SIBERIA. 



[Tninslatcfl from Kiis-sian by Rev. V. Alexandrof, Seattle, Wa.sh., V. S. A.] 



Department of the Foreign Affairs, 



The Russian Imperial Embassy, 

 Was/rhujton, U. S. A., April 10' 22, 1899, ^\ 105. 

 Nicola Ivanovich: 



Dear Sir: The late ambassador of the United States to St. Peters- 

 burg — who is at present the Minister of the Interior — Hon. Ethan 

 Hitchcock, has applied to me through the Minister of the Foreign 



