word from Fort Sill that the President had ordered the officer
in charge to grant permission as requested. An interview was requested
that I might receive the instructions of the War Department. When I went
to Fort Sill the officer in command handed me the following brief, which
constituted my instructions:

LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, Aug. 12th, 1905.
_Geronimo,--Apache Chief--_
S. M. BARRETT, _Supt. Schools_.

Letter to the President stating that above-mentioned desires to
tell his life story that it may be published, and requests
permission to tell it in his own way, and also desires assurance
that what he has to say will in no way work a hardship for the
Apache tribe.

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_1st Endorsement._

WAR DEPARTMENT,
THE MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, August 25th, 1905.

Respectfully referred, by direction of the Acting Chief of Staff,
through headquarters, Department of Texas, to the Officer In
Charge of the Apache prisoners of war at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Territory, for remark and recommendation.

(Signed) E. F. LADD,
Military Secretary.

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_2d Endorsement._

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF TEXAS,
MILITARY SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
SAN ANTONIO, August 29th, 1905.

Respectfully transmitted to 1st Lieut. George A. Purington, 8th
Cavalry, In Charge of Apache prisoners. (Thro' Commanding Officer,
Fort Sill, O. T.)

By Command of Brigadier General Lee.

(Signed) C. D. ROBERTS,
Captain, 7th Infantry,
Acting Military Secretary.

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_3d Endorsement._

FORT SILL, O. T., Aug. 31st, 1905.

Respectfully referred to 1st Lieut. G. A. Purington, 8th Cavalry,
Officer in Charge of Apache prisoners of war, for remark and
recommendation.

By Order of Captain Dade.

(Signed) JAMES LONGSTREET,
1st. Lieut & Sqdn. Adjt., 13th Cavalry. Adjutant.

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_4th Endorsement._

FORT SILL, O. T., Sept. 2d, 1905.

Respectfully returned to the Adjutant, Fort Sill, O. T. I can see
no objection to Geronimo telling the story of his past life,
providing he tells the truth. I would recommend that Mr. S. M.
Barrett be held responsible for what is written and published.

(Signed) GEO. A. PURINGTON,
1st. Lieut. 8th Cavalry,
In Charge of Apache prisoners of war.

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