The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-12-07


IN the requirements Of the law on this
question aft Is opportunity fo- fraud, ard
The want OF the uniformity in the proceed
i1gs and records OF the various courts, and
In the forms of the certificates OF natuTalizs-
ton issued, afford 5 c0ns:an. source OF diff
cuitv. l suggest 70 additional requirements
10 the acquisition Of citizenship beyond
those now existing, but / invite the earnest
attention OF Congress to the wisdom and ne
cessity OF some provisions regarding uni
fOrmity IN the records and certificates, and
in providing against the frauds which ire
quently take place, and for the vaca,ing OF
the record Of naturalization obtained on
fraud. These provisions are needed in aid
and Tor the protection of the honest citizen
of foreign birth, and for the want OF which
he ismade 20 suffer not unfre9uently. The
United States has insisted upon right OF expa-
tristion, and has obtained, after long strug-
gle, an admission of the principle commended
ior by acGUiescence therein on the part of
many Foreign powers and by the concur
SION OF treaties on that subject. II IL, how
ever, but justice TO the governments TO
which such uaturalized citizens have for
merry. owed allegiance, as well as TO the
United States, that certain fixed and def
hate rules should be adopted for the gov
eminent OF such cases and to provide how
repatriation mar be accomplished. While
emigrants in large numbers become citizens
OF the United States, 1t is also true that
persons, both native born and naturalized,
once citizens Of the United States. either by
formal acts or as the effect OF series of
facts and circumstances, abandon their
citizenship and cease to be entitled TO the
protection of the United S,ates, but CON
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claims 10 protection. In advance OF pro-
visions, and IN this connection, again in
vi;e your attention to the necessity Of legis-
lation concerning marriages of American
citizens contracted abroad, and concerning
the status Of American women who marry
Foreigners, and OF children born Of Aneri-
can parents in a Foreign country. The
delicate and complicated questions continu-
ally occurring with reference to Republican
expatriation and the status Of such persons
as 1 have referred to, induce me to earnest
ly direc: your attention again TO the sub
iect. In like manner | repeat the recon-.
mendation that some means be providing
Tor the hearing and determination OF the
| lust and subsistiDg claims OF aliens upon
| the Government OF the United States with |
in reasonable limitation, and OF such as
may hereafter arise. while by existing Pro-
visions OF law tue Court of Claims may be |
in certain cases appealed 10 by sn alien |
claimant. The absence Ct any general
provisions governing all such cases, and the |
want OF tribunal skilled in the DISPOSE |
ton Of such cases, upon a recognized, fixed, |
and settled principle, either provides no
remedy in many deserving cases, or COM |
pels consideration OF such claims by Con- |
gress or the Executive Department Of the |
Government. Il is believed that other |
governments are in advance of us upon this |
question, and that the practice now adopt |
ed is entirely unsatisfactory.
COLORADO.
Congress, by act approved the Sd OF |
! March, 1875, authorized the inhabitants of |
the Territory of Colorado to 10. State |
| Government with the name OF State OF Col |
orado, and therein provided for the adinis-
sion OF said State when formed, into the |
Union upon an equal footing with the
original States. \ custom having been adj
opted and ratified by the people Of the
State and the acting Governor having Ger
tilted to me the facts as provided By said
act, together with copy Of such constitu-
ton and ordinances as were provided for in
the said act, and the provisions Of said act
OF Congress having been duly complied
with, l Issued my proclamation on the
lst of August, 1876, q copy Of which is
hereto annexed.
THE ARMY.
The report OF the Secretary Of War
shows that the army has been actively en-
ployed during the year in subduing, at the
request OF the Indian Bureau, certain wild
bands OF the Sioux Indian nation, and pre-
serving peace at the South during the elec-
ton. The commissioners constituted I'M
der the act oi July 2I;h, 1876, 10 consider
anu report oG the whole subject OF reform
and reorganization of she whole ARMY, met
in August last, ard has collected a large
mass OF statistics o. points bearing on the
subject before them. These are now under
consideration and their report is progress
ing. | am advised, though, by the rresi-
dent Of the Commissioner, that il will be
impracticable to comply with the clause OF
the act requiring their report to he pre-
sentsd through Inc to Congress on the first
day Of its session, as it does not give them
time for that mature deliberaiion which
the importance of the subject demands,
therefore / ask that the time for making
the report be extended to the s9.h day
OF January, 1877, in accordance with the ,
resolution OF August 18th, 1876. The ,
army regulations prepared under act Of ,
March 1st, 1915, have net been promulga- ,
ted, but are held until after the report of ,
the above mentioned Commissioners shall ,
have been received and acted upon BY ,
act CT Angus; 18th, 1876, the cavalry force ,
of the army was increased by $500 men,
with the proviso that they should be dis
charged on the expiration Of hostilities I
Under this authority the cavalry regiments I
have been strengthened, and portion
Of them are now in the field, pursuing the
remnants OF the Indians with whom they
have been engaged during the summer
The estimates of the War Department are 2
authorized by law, and their requirements :
as shown by years of experience, and also '
with the purpose on the part of the bureau
Of officers to provide for all contingencies
that may arise during the time for which
the estimates are made. The estimates I
OF the engineers are made in ac- I
cordance with acts OF Congress; es;i- a
mates for surveys and estimates for i'm
provements in various localities now pre-
sented, are about $4,000, 600 in excess of C
appropriations for the years 1874, '15 and il
&c. This Increase is asked in order to pro- n
vide Tor the increased cavalry force, should q
their services be necessary, to prosecute Il
the work upon important pub g,
lie buildings, to provide for the armament b
Of furtifinatiops, and for the manufacture a
Of small arms and to replenish the working G
stock in supply departments. The appro- p
priations for these last named have for the Is
past few years been so limited that the ac- il
in store will be entirely ex- c,
hausted during the present year, and 1t
will be necessary at once TO begin TO re-
plenish them. l invite your especial atten- O,
ion to the following recommendation OF i
he Secretary of War: e
Fiet: That the claims under that of =.
July, 4ih 1874 for supplies taken by the =,
,rmy during the war, be removed from the =,
Affairs Of the quar;ermaster and commits -
AIRY generals, ard transferred to the South r.
IN claims commission. These claims are -
II precisely similar nature of those now -
,efore the Southern claims commission, and -
he War Department Bureaus have not the :. -
clerical force for their examination, nor the y,
proper machinery for investigating the 10y =,
,lty of the CLAIMANTS. -
Second: That Congress sanction the -
cheme of an annuity fund for the benefit TX TX
4 the families of deceased officers, and that -
also provides for the permanent organi- .,
alton of the regular service, both of which +.
Eere recommended in my last annual mes -
age. ~
Third: That the manufacturing opera =;
ions of the ordnance department be con- 8;
entrated at three arsenals and an armory, \.
nd the three remainp arspnals be sold and ~