National Republican., 1885-10-31
SOME ANNUAL REroRrs.


tiOnal Park.
Gen. VI. G. Mcigs, supervising engineer
and architect of the new pension building,
has reported to the Secretary Of the Interior
the progress made in the construction OF
that building during the last fiscal year. lie
says that the building has been so far fitted
that nearly all the officers and clerks of the
pension Office now occupy its rooms. The
exterior building Is rooted and mostly plas-
tered and completed. There remains S6J2l0
Of the appropriation available for construc-
tion purposes, but 1t is probable that some
further grant of funds will be needed The
building will he entirely closed up, and all
its heating apparatus in action, before the
advent of winter.
The Secretary of the Interior has received
the report of Superintendent Ware of the
Yellowstone National Park upon his con
duct of affairs since taking charge July |,
Superintendent Ware says he at once set
al out making such disposition Of his as
ssstants as would best serve to protect the
game and objects of interest in the park.
The services of trusty mountaincCr Sc
cured arrest and punishment Of some of the
worst "skin hunters" that infested the park,
which Is now full Of game OF all kinds,
including about two hundred herd OF
bison, large numbers OF elk, and several
herds Of antelope. a new building for
the superintendent is regarded us neccs-
sary. The military engineers have con
structcd 10 miles OF splendid road built q
numlcr of bridges and made many repairs
The superintendent says the hotel accom-
mOdatious are not what they should be for
the prices charged, aud he recommends
that some one he authorized TO see that
there is something like an equivalent given
The police affairs also need regulation.
1t is recommended that the force Of as
sistants lie increased from ten to fifteen.
The establishment Of q court with eX-
elusive jurisdiction over the park is recon-
mended; also, that the lines of the park be
surveyed The estimates are for Sl5O,OOO
to meet the expenses Of maintaining the
park during the neat fiscal year.
Adiutant General Drum, of the army, has
presented VOluminous report, In which he
reports $500 Cnllstments during the year
aud S,Si3 discharges, deaths, retirements,
and dcscrtion. lie suggests many impor-
tant changes in relation to Cnlislments and
promotion, sc. lie Is Of opinion that the
Shortening Of enlistment from FIVE years to
three, the adoption Of carefully digestcd
code Of punishment for all military of
fcnsCs, the establishment Mt each post of Il
light prison for the temporary confinement
of minor OilensCs, and the authorization OF
Congress for the purchase of discharge by
men Of good character who, while entering
the service IN good faith, lack all the elc-
mCnts that tend TO make q good soldier are
measures which he believes will reduce the
dcseItion TO minimum. Cen. Drum recon-
mcnds the appointment from enlisted men
OF the army Of one sergeant major, one
chief musician, and four first sergcants at
each Of the three general recruiting depots
In his annual report to the Secretary of
the Interior upon the operations Of the
labor bureau since its establishment Com
missioner Wright begins with statement
OF the organization Of the bureau and re-
view Of the line of policy outlined for the
conduct of the investigations. The investi-
cations outlined related to the questions OF
industrial depression, involving a study Of
their character, their causes, and whether,
| us to duration, severity, and periodicity,
they arc alike in all great producing coun-
tries. Such an Investigation included the
question Of the influence OF depression on
the cost Of living, tile extent to which in
| dustros are involved, the cost OF produc-
ton as influenced by the use of machinery,
ard other kindred questions. Between
| March Il and June 81 twenty special
| agents were appointed, and ut the close Of
| the fiscal year fifteen of these agents were
| actively employed in the United States and
| five in Europe collecting the information
| required. The results of the investigation
| will he embodied In the first annual report
| Of the bureau, which will be submitted
| carly in the coming year, The appropriation
for the expenses Of the bureau for the ycal
ended June so, 1856, were ample for It's ex
| penses, and nearly $1,000 were covered into
| the treasury. In conclusion, the commits
sioner says that the appropriation for thC
| present fiscal year will, in his Judgment
suffice for the first full years work OF til,
| bureau.