Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-12-07

lOaly brief reference Is mule tc
the Army and Navy. the presiden
calling attention TO the reports o
the secretaries OF the Army and Ntvy
for fuller information. The Postal
Service IL only briefly touched on
reference being male especially e
the reported eases OF southern post
masters who have been Obliged "a
leave their positions becaus, OF 20.
lltical affiliations. The president
calls attention to the rcporr OF the
Commissioner OF Agriculture IA one
OF great interest.
WAR CLAIMS.
invi'ed yonr special attention a
the following recommendations OF IN,
Secretary ol War: First, that TN .
claims. under the net or rhe All or JI-
~ 1864. for supplies taken by the
army lnring the war. b.. removed
from tn" offices or the. . iarier,naster
AMI COmmiSsarv Generals an rrlns.
frrre'i To the Southern Clnims Com
mission These claims are az a p-~-
ciseiv si'nilir nlture 10 those now h .
for. the Southern Claims Commission
ard war Debt Bureau, AMI have moi
The clerical force for their examina.
iior, nor proper machinery for iuvcs.
'igntng the loyalty II the claimants:
Second. that Congress sanction IN.
scheme OF AN annuity fund for th.
benefit OF the families Of deceased OF.
flcers. anil that II also provide for the
permanent organization OF thu. r.cu
lar organization OF the regular service,
both or which were recommended I'm
my last annual message: third. thai
the manufacturing o .erafions OF the
Ordnance Department b.. concentra-
ted AT three arsenals and an armnry.
aud that the remaining nrSenals he
so'd AMI the proceeds applied tn this
object by the Ordnance Department.
HARBoR AND RIVER IMPROVEMENTS.
The appropriations for river and
n rbor improvements fpr the current
year were Sj.Ol5.000 With my appro-
val. the Secretary Of War directed
that or this amount $4,000. 900 should
he expended. aRd no new work should
be b"Sun. and nons prosecuted which
were not OF national importance
Sub eqnentlv fhi. am ,unt was in.
creased TO Sl,237 800, ami the work :
are now progressing on this b,sis
The improvementoft III. Sout' Pass I
the Mi ssissirpi River. under James Ii.
Eids and his associat.s is progr.s s.
sing favorably.. At the present Tim.
there IL u channel OF 30 3 10 feet il,
ienth between the j-ffirs aud the
mouth az IN" passes eighteen and one
hall (lss) feet az th. head OF the pass.
Neither channel. however. has rli.
width r.'q1irrfl before plym .nis can
BE- made by the United States. 4
commission ~ civil engineers il now
examining these works, and their ~
''or's will be presented Us soon ~ re-
ccived,
TIE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
held LA Philadelphia This ye Z in com-
.iieinoi.siion VI Tie Vuo uunureul.I
s.ii.iis "a ssii y VI American iudc,,eud
cncc has psoyeu a grc.II success, aud
@iii no dvuot Dc oI enduring .ldv.ul-
.iSc ~ lhc country. IL u.ss suoau
| great progress iu Inc arts, sciences,
siiid nicciissulcil skiii made IN a siiyie
century, aud demonstrated that VIC
are but Al little benitid tho older ma
'i,iis In any one branch, While la
some We scarcely have a. rival. 4,
M All g.l.a
PIC dui p.uidcts VI sxIIi auu .aJJl
nom ali parts OF Inc world Together,
Dui la U. insIny together people fro.u
all sectiJns of our own country,
which must Prove a great benefit iii
the lnfor.nation Impaired and pride
o. country enScniciej. 1 has uccu
suggested by scicnti,ts Interested In
AMI coiiucct,si with The Smithsonian
Institute, IN a communication hcie-
Win, that tile government exnibIL Dc
removed To tile capital aud Al suitable
building he erected Or purchased fof
rs accommodation AS IL pcrniLiient
exhibit. L earnestly recommend this,
and believing that Congress. would
second this view, L directed that all
the government exhibits at the Cen
tennlal exhibition should remain
where they are, except such as might
tie injured by remaining in a building
not Intended as u protection In Incle
ment weather, Or such us may DC
wanted by the department furnishing
them, until the question OF prrlna
nent exhibition Is acted on. AlIhous Ia
the moneys appropriated by Congress
To elablv the participation IL the sew
ersil executive departments In the Iu-
ternational exhibition OF 1876 We e
not sufficient TO carry out the under
taking To the iull extent at first con-
te,nplated. it gives me pleasure 10 rs-
fer 10 the very efficient and credita-
BILE manner In which the boards ap-
poi ted from these several depart
ments to provide an exhibition on
the part OF the government have dis
charged their duties with the funds
placed at their command. Without
u precedent to guide them in the
preparation OF such "a display, the
success OF their labors was amply at
test-d by the sustained attention
which the contents OF the govern
ment building attracted during the
exhibition from both foreign and ma
tive people. l am strongly impressed
with the value OF the collection made
by the government fer the purposes
OF the exhibition illustrating as it
does the general resources OF the
country, the statistical and practical
evidences OF our growth az nation,
aud the uses OF the mercantile arts