The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 7, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, with a copy
of a letter from the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting and
a draft of a bill recommending an increase of 500 enlisted men for the
naval service.
The matter is commended to the consideration of Congress.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 8, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior,
dated the 6th instant, with accompanying papers[6] from the Commissioner
of Indian Affairs and draft of a bill to amend section 2135, Revised
Statutes.
The subject is commended to the consideration of Congress.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
[Footnote 6: Relating to the selling and trading of annuity goods by
Lower Brule Indians.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 10, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers, asking, for
reasons stated by him, that Congress may be requested to make a special
appropriation for paving a portion of the roadway of Hanover street and
curbing and paving the sidewalk of that street on the side next the
Government property at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.
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