The Leavenworth weekly times., 1877-12-06

cavalry regiments lie recruited 10 on. huud-
red men IN each company for service on the
Mexican and Indian frontiers The neceSs-
ary effect of this legislation Is TO rviuc, the
iIian ~ and artillery arms OF III service
below the number required for efficiency,
and | concur with the Secretary of War in
recommending that authority be given to
RECRUIT ALL COMPANIES
of infantry to at least fifty men, and all !.
batteries of artillery To NJ least sevenIy-fiye /,
men, and power be given, in case OF emer-
geDcy, TO increase the former to be one
hundred and the latter to one hundred and
twenty-five men, each. | invite your spe
cial attention to the following recommends
tions OF the Secretary OF war
First: That provisions he made for sup
plying To the army more abundant and
better supply of reading matter;
Second: That early action be taken BY
Congress, looking to a complete revision and
| publication OF the army regulations.
| Third: That section l25, of the revised
| statutes, limiting the numjvr Of officers on
f, the revised list, be repeated
Fourth That the claims arising under
the act OF July 4th, 1864, for supplies taken
by the army during the war, being taken
from the officers Of the quaartermaster and
commissary general and transferred TO the
Southern Claims Commission or some other
tribunal, having more time and better facil
ities for their prompt investigation and de-
cision than are possessed by these officers,
and that Congress provide for an annuity
for the families of deceased soldiers as re-
commended by the Paymaster General Of
the army.
| SECRETARY OF THE NAyYs REPORT.
The report of the Secretary OF the Navy
shows that We have six squadrons now
engaged in the protection Of our foreign
commerce and other duties pertaining TO
the naval service. The total expenditures
Of the Department for the fiscal year end
ing June 10th, 1877, were Sl6,O11 91i.54.
There are unpaid claims against the De-
partment, chargeable TO last year, and
which are presented TO the consideration OF
Congress by the report of the Secretary.
The estimatesfor the fiscal year commenc-
ing July LIST, 1878, are 81 ,623, ,023, i40, ex-
elusive of the sum of S2,3l4 ,53, submitted
for new buildings, repairs and improvement
at the several navy yards. The appropria-
tiOns for the
| PRESENT FISCAL YEAR,
commencing July lst, 1877, are SIS 592, ,932,
4
from July LIST, to November 1st, 1877, is
S5534 ,403, 74O, of which there is estimated to
be vet available S1O,295, 2S3, showing the
amount of actual expenditures du ing the
first four months of the present fiscal year
to have been S43l 1885,, $40.
| THE TOTAL EXPENDITURES
during the.fiscal year amounted 10 S33, 1885,
80 A leaving an excess of the total re-
ceipts over the total expenditures over the
ordinary receipts of S595, ,473,7lS, deduct
ing from the otal receipts the sum of So,
326, lS5, received from international money
orders OF the proceeding fiscal year, and de-
Quoting from the total expenditures the
sum of 1881 $50 paid on liabilities in
CURED in the previous fiscal year.
| POsTMAsTER-GENERALs REPORT.
The report Of the Postmaster-General
contain, in full the condition of the Post
office Department. The ordinary revenues
of the Department for the fiscal year ending
June 10Th, 1877, including the receipts for
the money order bureaus from official
stamps and stamped envelopes, amounted
TO the sum of S27 ,35l .5S526. The addi,
tional sum of s. 0l3,0O0 was realized from
appropriations from the general treasury
for various purposes, making the receipts
from all sources eS4, 81, ,SS5.26.
EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS
appertaining to the business of the last
fiscal year were as follows: Expenditures,
S322 BIB 5Oi24; receipts ordinary from
money order business and from official
postage stamps, 81. .46S ,35223.42 excess of
expenditures S4,S54 lS0.i2. The ordinary
revenue OF the pO-t-Oiice department for
the yer ending June 30. 1877, are estima-
ted al an increase OF three per cent. over
those of 1877, making 290i9 09S.7S, and
tie expenditures for the same year, estima-
ted, SD, ,i27 al, leaving an estimated de-
ficiency for 1879 of - ,393, 1872 or.
| THE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION
recommended by the Postmaster General
/ for the improvement Of the mail service
and TO protect the postal revenues from the
abuses practiced under existing laws, is
respectfully commended to the careful con-
| slderation OF Congress.
| ArTORNEY-GENERAL's REPORT.
| The report OF the Attorney-General con-
! tains several suggestions a. To the admins
tratron OF justice, to which | invite your
attention. The pressure Of business in the
Supreme Court and certain Circuit Courts Of
the United States. is now such that
serious delays, to the great injury and even
oppression Of suitors, occur, and a remedy
should he sought for this condition of al
fairs Whether it will be found in the plain,
briefly sketched in the report OF the in
creaslng numbers OF judges Of circuit courts,
and by means Of this addition to the judicial
force creating an intermediate court OF en-
rors and appeals, or whether some other
mode can be devised for obviating the diff
Guilty which now exists, | leave to your
mature consideration.
THE INDIANS.
The present condition Of the Indian
| tribes in the territory of the United States,
and our relation with them, are fully set
forth in the reports of the Secretary OF the
Interior and the Commissioner OF Indian
Affairs. After a series of most deplOrable
conflicts. the successful termination OF which,
while rejecting honor upon the brave sol
diers who accomplished it, cannot lessen our
regret at the occurrence. We are now at
peace with all the Indian tribes on our bon
ders. To preserve that peace by
AUST AND HUMANE POLICY,
will be the object of my earnest endeavors.
Whatever may be said Of their characters
and savage propensities; Of the difficulties
of introducing among them the habits Of
civilized life and the obstacles they have
offered to the progress of settling in certain
parts of the country, the Indians are GER
tainly entitled to our sympathy and to a
conscientious respect on our part Tor their
claims upon our sense OF justice. They
were the aboriginal occupants OF the land
we now possess. They have been
| DRIVEN FROM PLACE To PLACE.
The purchase OF what they call their own
has still left them poor, and, in many in
stances when they had settled down upon
land assigned them by compact and began
to support themselves by labor, they
we're rudely jostled off and thrust into the
wilderness again, and most of our Indian
wars have had their origin in
BROKEN PROMISES AND ACTS OF MUS
upon our part, and the advance of the In
dians in civilization has been slow because
the treatment they have received would
not permit faster and more general. We
cannot expect them to improve and to fol-
low our guidance unless We keep faith with
them, respecting the rights they possess and,
unless, instead Of depriving them of oppor-
tunities, We lend them helping hand. |
cordially approve the policy regarding the
management Of Indian affairs outlined in
the reports Of the Secretary Of the Interior
and II the Commissioner OF Indian Affairs,
the faithful performance OF our promise in