Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-30
MILITARY HOLyTYI.ANns


rents Jor aiHtarg ,OtfHiy trina issnea TO goidi.r<
Nho Serred da'i"g The Iete aeGr, ana the qnanfifg
Of EGHa tHcthGed an SHCh 3rUrr1DfS.
DEPARTMENT. OF WAR, Dec IL ,sl7
Sik-ln compliance with heres0iUiIoh OF the House Of
Representatives, directing The Secretary of war to re-
pot he hnihbe Of warrants for military bOuuy iands
ssEcd, 10y virtue OF any passed b5 Congress 10 sol
ders Who served during lie against g. Britain
The quantity 81 land included ~ those warrants and The
pIopabe quantity Of land winch viii yet be necessary To-
saiziy the claims ir bounty lands nader those laws
have The Honour to report =
That the warrants issued up the IN inst to Thirteen
thousand seven hundred ana iriy nine of one hundred
and sixty acres, equal to Observation-Disclosures ll elg
Aud i've hundred ard seventy Tvs @, OF Three hun
bred andt"enty acres each, equal to acts... Is3Qto
AND that 'heie remain, probably 10 Je iS5urda-
boHt' r-....''..'......... 3G,0cO
waTfantsa very soail part OF which viii tee entitled 10
three hanGred aud twtl c4cn ard he residue 10
one hundred asd siNiy acres each.
syehe bonour 10 be, sn. with The greatest respcet.
your oo'i. ser't &c. CALHOUN.
Hon HENRY CRAY,
Speaker Of the II. VI Reps z. S.
The President the w. States, in compliance with re-
solution fihe Senate of tie ith INST. communicated
the following documents
The Secretary Of the Treasury to whom tie President Of
the z. States referred he resolution oi the Sepaic of
the itn Of DcccubeT, iSi5, requesting suCh uiYT-
nation as he mly possess relating the progress
made IN surveying Tie several tracts ofmtary bounty
lands appropriate by Congress tor lie late army Of
the states, ah me lme al which SUCH survey VIII
probably We c0mpltt >, has the hOhoIT 10 report
That The survey Ut iree millions aud half uf acres in
tue inus territory ma. nerh 'orleted, and at She IS
sue Of patents to the soldiers bo have selected that To-
cation commenced ihe first Monday ~ October last:
tue surgc 90 baii niion oi acres m the Missouri Ter
rtoiy, North 0f le river fjhat name will probably
De completed in tree months thatno surveys ofhetvO
millions Of a~res Sluth OF the Missssupi river lave
bscn received bu, hat 1t i5 prot able tcy will be
completed in SIX mo.fhs and That no selection Of
the Two millions Of acres appropriated by the Of de
18th Of April, 1916 has be- made appears by the re-
portof ihc C"m'issoncr OF The General Land Oaice,
hercinto annexed.
Wu u. CRAWFORD.
Treasury department, pc IS. 1917.
Ccl ral Laaa o6ice, Dee ~ 1917.
SIR ienrr the resoiuiioH Of Tic Senate. dated Iii
made IN uryej inc The several tracts OF military bounty
lands appropriated by Congress for the late army o the
g. states aud be timeat whic such snTvef viii proba-
BY he coEpittd" aud INFORM you That me survey If
three aud half millions of ocres the illinois terrific
~ 10 completed and dstthu.iug; that tic surveys
nf half uion Of acres iu the territory ~ Missouri
Noftn OF Missouri riycr will prnrabl5 be completed ir
three months lbc major paft "f them baYng been seu
TO tss Office that no snfyefs ftc two Iisns of acres
~ missouri tcruory, near Tie rivers ST. francis and
Arkansas, have get been received but viii probably he
completed iu sis montls.
lhayethc honour TO sc, very respectfully, Yours.
JOSIAH NLiCS.
Jhc Secrcfa,g Of he Treogrg.
No selection Of fc two ciiious 81 acres appropriated
by the act cf'he 18th hpr, 1916, has yet been made
JOSiiH MElcS.
Ttfrart NJ Icftsr dotea GibroIfar Oei 2ifh. 1917
an Agerue squadron o. Sis sail passed 'htsugi tbc
Straits few days ago.-Ihey have the plague on board
and no DOUBT are cruitngonthc Rock % Lishoa-rhc
cue 30 Nltu We l'i-ni7 WIN itet'iNi Tug tlduaF
Towns Great apprehension are entertained that Ties
will spread plague IN Europe. BY boarding merchant
vessels"
The y. orleans Gazette of November II airsa bio.
graphical skeah ~ Tic life of rov.W C.. &. CLafuOavF
who dted az " orleans Oh e 23d 90 Nov. and destp-
ton Of The funeral, Which aucudcd by great cor
course ol citycns.
The city council OF New Orleans had resolved cuc1r
mourning Tor TIC space Of eight days, aad eject
monument, az Tive expense ~ TIC city, IN tss, % te
respect.