, 1881-12-03

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sa;.oG each for Interest on tho $i,0ooUo retained
have aecorringly boon nadc to Mr. Eaas. Tho
tntal expenditures Of tbs Government up TO
~ 1s ~ so see 81 ,S e, tsose hss "a
substantial maintenance Of tho prescribed chan.
IT, of ny tfo fur ays an hst TIC ths reasks ia
my prcdeccssor's report concerning ths perr1,a-
nenoy OF thia work aro coni.msn to q , !arxa OK
year Of suceesaful operation OF this fotnarkabo
Improvement.
GEN. snEnstAN's DEsrnEs.
10 thk irtattr7, Assoetatsd f'rtss.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Dec. 2.-Tho annual
report OF the Secretary Of War is chiefly dc
voted to the consideration Of tic important
recommendations contained III tho annual
report Of tho army chiefs. Gen. Sfer1nan's
Recommendation tllat tho nrmy DO increased
to $4,000 men receives Secretary Ltncoln's
earnest Endorsement The attention Of Con-
gress Ii called to The need Of Legislation IL
prevent all intrusion upon
INDIAN LANDS,
especially from kanaas into the 1nflinn Ter
ritory. Secretary Lincoln invites special at
tentton 10 that part of tie report OF Gen.
Wright, Chfef OF Engineers, Which refers to
QUIZ HEAcOAsr DEFENsEg,
nnb m fhfa s,t1,pct aayEt
Tho Chfcf OF Engineers shows that dofansc oy
fortiiicntlpEs and torpetlUeB 1s tho only ono
which IL ut all practicable for coast ns extend.
cd ay nurs. comprising 60 toRny rich maritime
cities, extensive navy yards, and doi1ote of sup-
ply that any attempt at any other 1nhdo 1f de-
rst asq coss n aad d uaintenaaca. and It is tho oily
mode adopted by marlttno nations. ,Experlenc.
shows modern wars enino ou snadel,Iy ', n,, thae
nations tho relations Of which nrn apparently
mnst unlikely 70 be otnerwlso than frlendlg. and
| a condition of readiness for dufonse and III
altitude of bel4ereney aro sonst!mus tho bcit
| prerrntayts Of MrtMni war. We know that tho
1eceseary now works and tho p.oper mobilize. a :.
fmntter Of con,1non prudence that wo c,mtncncc
Without dsiay ma under literal GpEsngrtar II
wEsr POINT,
| referring to the subject Of the standard Of
requirements necessary for admission to the
| Military Academy at West Point, the Secre-
| tary says:
"l concur iu the vtnws Of my predecessor.
that It would mt ta well to raae tho standard Ut
IN which 10 out of lla culfd,untes wcrc REJECTED,
shows the standard Is high ns to prevent the all
| tnason of:fnany who would undoubtedly. II they
| hul beeu M situated Ms to recelyG the proper
preliminary training, pr0ro vA!u9hle pilcers. !.
bus recently hDen recommended to nio ~ the
Academic Hoard 10 permit the disCouttnuanet
O! certain prescribed stntlles IN tho course for
tho purpose OF giving ttd.g Tor 0therA tho tnpoF.
| lance Of which was apparent. consideration
| Of the n4bject BuuYcatei by thls recommends
ton leads the 10 believe 1t wut1ld be hest to ex-
tend the cotrse 90 ns to cover live sears. 1t Il
| beloved that bv so doing not ouly would tue
benefits Of tho academy be more Widely OK
tended, but that tho graduates would be pra
pared to render botter service TO tho country.
THE ACTUAL ExrESplTuNEs.
under tile War Department for tic flsca
year ending June 20, 1881. were So. ~, ,a:ol
The appropriations for 1s83 were 81, ,8SD, c.5
and the estimates for 1889 call for 81, al ,o70
The estimates presented to the Secretary 10
revision Included, for the armament Of fortt
ilcatlons, 1900; Notifications ard othe
works Of defense, S4,1s9.5o lmproyln,
rivers and harbors, $40, ,10l,3u1; improving
the Mississippi River by the Commission
s4.2s, QUO; public buildings and grounds IL
and near Washington, S7Ao,00o; survey
taken, $4,000; total, s39,0@.8oo "Th'
amount has been reduced OIL my revision u
MI aggregate Of sl0,6so. 900. which sum,
tudiciously allotted by Congress, will be. Ii
my judgment, reasonable allowance fd
this class of expunso during the next tlsca
year"