Senate Committee on Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection - 16th R.S. (1879)

Committee Members
John Salmon Ford, Chair William Blassingame Jewett Davenport Robert Smythe Guy Augustus Weyman Houston	William Dixon Lair Ellsberry Lane William Russell Shannon Leonidas Jefferson Storey
Charges
• Consider the advisability of abolishing and discontinuing the frontier battalion, and report a bill, if necessary, substituting the same by creating a smaller force, whose duty shall be fully defined; said committee to examine fully into the management, expenditures, etc. of said frontier battalion for the last two years, and said committee shall report their action at as early a day as practicable.
Note: Committee named Frontier Protection in original committee appointment (Senate Journal, 16th R.S., p. 10) and Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection in Senate Rules; several references throughout journal and committee reports to Indian Affairs and Frontier Protection. Storey added 2/6/1879 (Senate Journal, 16th R.S., p. 214).

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