Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-10-17
First Message OF President Hayes.

port Of the army for the present fiscal wear has
rendered necessary suspension of pavments tn
the officers and men Of the sums due them for
service rendered after the 10th dav M lima Last
The army exists by virtue of statutes which nre-
scribe ts numbers, regulate its organization and
employment and which fix the nav of ts otlcers
and men and declare their right IN ,eceiyo Tho
same at stated periods The statutes. boweva, do
not authorize the payment Of the troons in ,ho
absence of sneoi6c apnronriatiops ,herefor
The Constitution has wisely nrovided thu, mn,
money shall he drawn from tho Treasprv I'm, In
consequence Of lamentations made he lay."
and il has also been declared nv atatu,e ,ba, M
department NJ tho rovern,nor, shoIt ov,ood T.,
anv one 6scal vear snv ann In excoss ~ ,ho a.
propriations made nv Coneross tor ,ho, ssoai
wear !" We have tberefore an arm, In .ar.ioo
an,borizod he lac and on,,,,od ., ha,.i5 H., ~
funds available Tor tba, n,rrosa I, ,ra,, a,s,, Io
said as an additional incentive IN nror,n, oc,,on
by Congress that since tho commencement, - ,ho
| -, -, 80 '@' '''S Vv''''"enNei'e"' VI '"o
- .',,.~,..'.,.. 80 "',"Ou, p"'' i"'
a., ,,,a 1a',a'.'' ~ ~ gu"
w. ~ '"e
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i" my Juusien''
49,. -. - '.'"S''"' ieq"'Iins
sy,,p,, ~ '"'u :" "u'""'e VI '''e ''ine
peo,i'u ,, ny "a" ior your 'nee'ng IN regular
| 49,. - .,N ~ " 'po''' "''io" upon
b., 49,. ~ p'.'' u e " mann
80 'o"''o W suggest 'ie p'op,'es Vi
nor, If ,to arm, tr ,ho ,,,rro,,, ,,a, -. a.,
ent maximum numerical STRENGTH ~ ,yen,v.eya
thousand men. leaving for futnre consideration
all ouestions relano IN an ncrease mr. decrease ~
the number of enlisted men In tho event NJ tho
reduction Of the army nv subseopent legisI.tiop
during the fiscal wear the exeess of the annronria
ton could not he exnended and in ,ba event ~
its enlargement the additional sum reopired for
the paylnent Of the extra force conld he nrovided
| in due time II wonld he uninst In the troons now
in service and whose nav il ALREADY largelv in
arrears II payment to them shonld he further
POSTPONED until after Congress shall hive con.
sidered all the questions likely To arise in the
effort to fix the proper limit to the strength of
the army.
THE ESTIMATES
oil appropriations Tor the support oil the military
establishment Tor tne hscal year ending june 80
100 were trthshlt'eu 10 congress Dy the FORMER
secretary Oh the treasury NJ the opening oil It's
seSs'on III Deoe'"oer ias'' ihese es''hates ihou-
iheu oy 'ne present secretary so as to conform TO
ing 70 'hirty-t"o m'non Iour hundred and thirty
SIX thousand seven hundred ana slxty-iour dol
,''D "'s 80"
-, - ~" "Y.9 " '''' "'' SUI"
"'''''' 'o' ''"' ''''''''''''o"'
THE NAVY
lhere Is also required by the Navy Department
the sum Oh twenty mllon three hundred ana
eiShty-sN thousand one hundred ana twenty
/ fourteen
uhhoh lour hnndred ana sixty-siN thousand eisht
nuhureu ana eighty-ohe dollars ana sixty cents
que 10 o'hcers ana enlisted men Tor the last quar-
ter oil the last hscal year three million one nun
dred and nineteen thousand five hundred and
thir'y-hve dollars que Tor advances by the Fiscal
Agent OF the government In London Tor the sup
port Oh the foreign service htty thousand dollars
st -,
=. ~ ', e.'' 49,, .' y. p'y
,s 49, ,, . A.
'''u l'u my '''''' III '''
support VI ''' ''"''"' 0o'P'
JUDICIAL ENrENsEs'
There Will also be needed an appropriation OF
TWO hundred sixty-two thousand hve hundred and
thirty-hVe dollars and twenty-five cents to deiray
the unsettled expenses "i the u ted states Courts
Tor the fsc''l year ending June oth last, now due
10 attorneys clerks commissioners ana marshais'
ana ior rem, oil court rooms the support oil pris-
oners ana other dehciencies'
THE PATENT OFFICE FIRE.
part of the building of the Interior Depart
ment was destroyed by fire on the oath of last
month. Some immediate repairs and temporary
structures have in consequence become necessary,
estimates for which will be transmitted to Con-
gress Immediately and an appropriation of the re-
.;,of H., /. o., IL.
The Secretary of the Treasury will commun-
cate to Congress in connection with the estimates
for the appropriations for the support of the army
: for the current fiscal year, estimates for such
other DEFICIENCIES in the different branches of the
public service as require immediate action and
= cannot, without inconvenience be postponed until
the regular session.
THE FRENCH EXPOSITION
| take this opportnity. also. TO invite vour Mt.
teption to the propretv Of adoptinp At vonr nres.
ent session the necessary LEGISLATION IN enable tho
people of the United states IN nartcipate in the
J. ADVANTAGES Of the international Exhibtion of ag-
rieultural industry and the fine arts which ia 10
he held at Paris in 1878 and in which this GOV.
e ernmep, has heep invited bv ,be oovernmont 81
II France IN take mart This invitation was commu.
II nicated tn this povernment in NAV 1915 nv tho
Minister of France at this captaI and a copv
u thereof was submitted IN the nroner conr,i,,eos
of Compress at ts last session lint M action ,a.
Is taken mon the subiec, Tho Denar,mant .,
6 State has receivad NAM, le,tars from, yor;,,.
e narts of the country exp,essn, desire IN nart;c
l. nate in tbe r. bihitior and rrporous o,,ico,
u of n similar nature have aIso heer nada a, Tho
e Irnitod s,otos tooa,;o, -, por;.
e The Denartment -, s,o,o hoe a,s, raoo,,oa
9 official advice of tho s,ro, dosr., ~, ,ho ,ar. =,
the French governmon, ,ba, tho In;,ad s,a,o,
e shonld nartcinata In this en,ornr;sa .na s,,aar
IS has bitbaro haan and aim Ia asaryad T.; ,ha a. 81
70 h;,ion hpiidi,,s Tor tho ,,so -, oxh;t;,, E.. a.,
h rr,;,oa s,a,as 70 ,ho o,.o,.;o, =, ~
Q u,bo hovo hoo, ar,,,oan,, ,ho.o,,.
e In ordor tho, ON ;na,s,r;os ma. la r...o.,..
Is renrasertad M tho axhui,on an on,,ra,,r;a ,t,
viii he neeaed for tha navmen, ~ saIaras ana ax
y narses Of commiss;orars tor Tho
d a. ,oods. and tor o,har n,r,osos In ,a,,nao,;.,
10 with tho oh;oet In ;av ard a. No, ,av. /. a..
1t Tina 6xed for tho orerino ., tho exhih;,ior 4,
our citizens ara IN share tho ADVANTAGES ~ ,bio
international connection for the trade Of other ma
n tons the necessity Of immediate action ia appar.
d ant tn enahle the limited statas IN co-o,ara,a
in the international Exhibition which was beld a,
Vienna. in 1873 Congress then passed n ioint res.