The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-12-14
continued from frs. pase)
THE STATE OF COLORADO.

.onts of the Territory or COLORADO 10 IOrm
State Government, with the name OF the
Soto Of Colorado, and therein provided for
.Lo admission of said State, when formed,
;ntothe Union upon an equal footing with the
-;c,;r.l States. A Constitution having
Ieen adopted and ratified by the people of
hot State. and the acting Governor hav-
;n@ NO certified to me the facts as provided by
said act, together with copy of such Con
stitution and ordinances, as provided for in
tbe said act and the provisions of the said
act Of Congress having been duly complied
uitb issued proclamation upon the lst
Of August, 1876, copy of which is hereto
annexed.
THE ARMY AND ITS OCCUPATION IN THE
PAST YEAR.
The report Of the Secretary of War
elbows that the Army has been actively
omnIoved during the year in subduiug, at
tLo rcouest of the Indian Bureau, certain
,rid hands of the Sioux Indian nation, and
in preserving the peace at the South dur
;nt the election. The commission con-
s,ituted under the act of July "a, 1876, to
consider and report on the whole subject
ofreform and reorganization of the whole
Irmv met in August last, and has collected
large mass of statistics and opinions bear
inc upon the subject before it. These are
now under consideration, and their report
:. increasing. | am advised through the
President of the commission that it will be
impracticable to comply with the clause of
tbe act requiring the report to be presented
through me to Congress on the first day
Of this session, as there has not yet been
time for that mature deliberation which the
;uportance of the subject demands. There
fore. | ask that the time of making the re-
mort be extended to the 10Th day of JAN
uary, 1877. In accordance with the resou-
ton Of Aug -, 1876, the Army Rcgula-
tions prepared under the act of March l,
; 1873. have not been promo gated, but are
held until after the report of the above
m,ntioned commission shall have been
received and acted on. BY the act Of Aug.
X. 1876, the cavalry force of the Army
was increased by $500 men, with the
,royiso that they should be discharged on
the expiration of the hostilities. Under
thi, authority the cavalry regiments have
been strengthened, and ii portion of them
are now in the field pursuing the remnants
Of the indians with whom they have been
engaged during the Summer. The csti-
mates of the War Department are made up
on the basis Of the number Of men authoriz-
cl by law, and their requirements, as shown
hy wears Of experience, and also with the
purpose on the part of the bureau officers
tn provide for all contingencies that may
arise during the time for which the esti-
mates are made exclusive engineer estimates
presented in accordance with acts of Con-
grcss, calling for surveys and estimates for
improvements at various localities. The
estimates now presented are about six
y !. millions in excess of the appropriations for
n the years 1919 and 1875 The in
crease il asked in order to provide for the
increased cavalry force, should their services
be necessary; to prosecute economically
work upon important public buildings ; to
provide for armament of fortifcations and
manufacture of small arms, and to replenish
the working stock in the supply depart
ments. The appropriations for these last
ulmcd have for the past few years been so
limited that the accumulations in store will
be entirely exhausted during the present
i year, and it will be necessary to at once
BEGIN to rcpenish them.
DENOMINATIONS BY THE SECRETARY
OF WAR.
i | invoke your special attention to the
following recommendations of the Secretary
Of War
i Frst-That the claims under the act of
July +, 1864, for supplies taken by the
Army during the war, be removed from
the Offices Of the Quartermaster and Com
miSsary Generals, aud transferred to the
Southern Claims Commission. These claims
are Of a precisely similar nature to those
4Esaow before the Southern Claims Commits
son, and the War Department bureaus
nave not the clerical force for their ex-
animation, nor proper machinery for iuvesti-
eating the loyalty Of the claimants.
Il Hecond-That Congress sanction the
scheme Of an annuity fund for the benefit
4 VI the families Of deceased officers, and that
also provide for the permanent organiza-
oOn OF the signal service, both of which |
were recommended in my last Message.
4A'fd-That the manufacturing opera
uOn OF the Ordnance Department be con-
'eu'rated at three arsenals and an armory, |
ana tnat the remaining arsenas be sold and |
r 0, 0s proceeds applied to this object by the
ordnance Department.
-OFhNDITURE OF THE RIVERS AND HAIR
BORIS APPROPRIATIONS
II Inc appropriations for river and harbor
e.dents eg.Proyements for the current year were
SoglS'OOO With my approval, the Secre-
a.! s1! oI War directed that of this amount
,-pOV'oOO should be expended, and no
e@ work should be begun and none pro-
'.uVo which were not of national impor-
u.s Subsequently this amount was
creased to S2,237 800 and the works are
~" progressing on this basis The i'm
S.y.ement Of the South Pass of the Mis-
5%@pPl River under James B. Fades and
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