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then Gen. Jeffries came to me and brought some other papers to 

 me and said, "Mr. Elliott, our people are at sword's points over this 

 question of whether they will sustain Dr. Mclntyre or not, and they 

 have agreed to let you settle it." Dr. Mclntyre was their superin- 

 tendent, and he had gotten into difficulty with chief special agent 

 Otis, who was in charge of the islands, about the conduct of the work 

 there. 



Mr. McGuire. Do you remember the nature of their differences ? 



Mr. Elliott. I do not like to recite confidential matters, Mr. 

 McGuire. 



Mr. McGuire. I did not ask you to recite them; I asked you if you 

 remembered the nature of their differences. 



Mr. Elliott. Yes; I remember the substance of them. It was 

 this 



Mr. McGuire (interposing). You need not mind if it is a con- 

 fidential matter. 



Mr. Elliott. Well, it was in one sense of the word. It was not 

 public; it was a private matter. But here it is, since we have got 

 it started: Gen. Otis claimed, as the representative of the Govern- 

 ment, that he had absolute control of every detail of the work on the 

 islands, absolute control 



Mr. McGuire (interposing). Gen. Otis, then, was the Govern- 

 ment's representative ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes. And Dr. Mclntyre claimed that, under the 

 contract, he had exclusive control of certain work on the killing 

 grounds. There is the whole thing in a nutshell. And I took Gen. 

 Otis's part, and said he was the absolute man in control, and that 

 Otis should be sustained by the company: 



Mr. McGuire. You were employed or requested to decide this 

 matte 



Mr. Elliott. I did not call it being ''employed;" I was not hired. 



Mr. McGuire. Well, your services were secured, were they not? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes: they were requested. 



Mr. MoGuirb. And secured ( 



Mr. Elliott. Well, I rendered them. 



Mr. McGuire. You rendered the services at the request of the 

 company's representatives '. 



Mr. Elliott. Yes; the differing factions. 



Mr. McGuire. And how long were you doing that work? 



Mr. Elliott. I do not think it took me over 48 hours. 



Mr. McGuire. You did not go to the islands? 



Mr. Elliott. Oh, no; it was done right over in my room at the 

 Smithsonian Institution. 



Mr. McGl'ire. Did you receive compensation for what you did ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes. sir; I did. 



Mr. McGuire. From the Government, or from the company? 



Mr. Elliott. No, sir; from the company- Why should the Gov- 

 ernment pay me? 



Mr. McGuire. I am asking you now. 



Mr. Elliott. Oh. yes; from the company. 



Mr. McGuire. Now. have you mentioned all the remuneration 

 that you have received for services from this Alaska Commercial Co. ? 



Mr. Elliott. Yes. sir; I have covered the whole field. Those are 

 the only services 1 ever rendered, and I did not render them as an 



