Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-20

A PRoCLAMaTIoN By TIE PsssIpENr.-The
President has issued proclan alton accepting ?,
by authority from Congress, for the beuefl O.
American citizens. the recent law of the o to-
man empire ceding the right of foreigner. to
possess real estate in the Turkish d5miniols.
and placing all foreign nroprietors OF real estas
there on an equality with Ottoman subjects.
The THEFT IN THE RRJEMPTIoN BUREAU
OF THE TREAsURY.-A par sgrsph printed in
New York paper with reference to the loss of a
sum of money sggregatiBg four thous md dolla
in the Redemption bureau OF the Treasury is
calculated TO reflect upon the efficiency of that
bureau, which was successfully organ eel and
now Il efficiently administered by Edward y
Graves, in charge OF the agency. The Washing
ton correspondent Of the New York TrtbstKs
says:
"The Redemption Agency of the Treasury
department has been bsset with ti.ult a.
from the time 1t vas started. The last misfor-
tuue which has 6efallen it is the discovery Of
dishonesty among its employees. Either from
inexpsrience or incapacIty in it, management
There has not been an efficient system OF cheek
and balances. AT the close OF each day the fl
nancial condition OF the agency has no al
says been asctrtained, and now ii is discovered
that the bureau ls short at least ST OO1. Three
clerks have been scharged, and IL l. prob able
that others are to follow, but unless there is
better organization the same thing ~ likely tn
occur again.
Tue facts in the case are simply these: A
clerk was given certain sun Of money 70
count, which was (as is the rule in all such
: =
his custody and upon bIs desk, the sum of four
thousand dollars was missed from II. The loss
WAS At once aScertained. Immediate search
Was made, and ct the thief has not been
discovered. The Tribune statement would look
as If the peculatOn. tn the amount iniic sted
was the Result OF continuous operations, aud not
Oh one transaction. Tnis IL not SO. The CASA Is
balanced every night. Fhe loss OF a single dol
lar HOuld come TO light at the close OF business
hours, the system OF checks being SO perfect
that Traud is almost impossible. The case in
question occurred by no oversight OF the oti GERS
IN charge it being the deliberate act of a III ef,
ana was known within ten minutes after the
robbery. With reference 10 the yOung men dis
charged, IT IL but fair to them to say th it their
dismissal had no connection with this theft the
discOhtinuance OF their services having b5eu
settled upon before the los OF the money.
THE NAVAL AUTHORIZATION BLL-Tie
Marine C0rps DiscuSsed.-The House Appronr-
atoms Committee completed the naval apnro-
priatiOn bill yesterday. The estimates present
ed by the Secretary were for SO oGUO 0. The
appropriation as agreed upon by the committee
IL little over SiG 600 ,0j0 or abouk the sams
amount as Tor the present fiscal year. This Is
only for the navy establishmsnt proper, aui
does not include appropriations for the con
structon or ships. or the Continuance OF work
on the League Island navy ward, or the prn
posed purchase of the Stevens battery. IhtsSa
and similar appropriations asked for the NAVY
departmsn. wiil be included in the misc4ils-
n6Cue bill.
II will be remembered that at the last session
OF Congress an amendment wac offered to ths
naval appropriation bill, and ado pted reducing
the marine corps from Its original stand ard oj
2,5OJ men to loo men. In ths estimates of
appropriations for the next fiscal year, the com
N tfee discovered that the amount asked for the
marine corps was the same as was Appropriated
before the reduction took place. lC i under
stood that this was an oversight on the part OF
Gen Iellin, commandment OF the corps. At au
events, 1t led to an extended and somewhat
animated discussion in the committee upon a
proposition TO abolish the corps entirely, or to
transfer II to the army. The annual appropria-
ton for the marine corps approximate
SlCtO Geo, and IL was claimed by certain mem
bers Of the committee that this amount could
be saved without serious detriment TO the public
service. The frienis OF the cotps on the com
mittee cited the example of Great Britain and
other European nations, which are constantly
adding TO tie number OF their marine corps es-
tablisbElertsi and deyisipg means to increase
their emciency. To this 1T was replied, that
european governments are constantly adding
TO their army and navy establishments, but that
1t has not been the policy OF our government to
follow their example; that, on the contrary, our
army and navy has been steadily redu ced since
the war. 1t was held that the duties now per
formed by the officers OF the marine corps es-
pecislly at naval stations, where they are used
as GUARDS and for police duty, could a. well be
performed by details from the army; while on
shipboard the work of the marine CORDS couid
he performed as well by ordinary seamen. No
feCisive action was taken by the committee
but il is generally understood that should An
amencment be offered in the House to the naval
Appropriation bill, either providing for the total
aboll1on OF tue marine corps, or its incorpora-
ton into the army, no opposition will be m ade
to IL by the membefs of the committee, In
other words, the whole matter il left TO the dis
posai of the House.