The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-17

- participate IN some 81 the larger stats
encampmentS. The department hes en-
deayored 20 cooperate more especially
With thoss states which have manifested
The most interest IN the matter By their
own liberal appropriations and earnest
efforts. The results have bsen very satis-
factory. Any money which the national
eovsrnment expends for ouf citizen soldiery
goes 70 help those Who help themselves,
and 10 bound to give prop0rtionately lasge
returns. Under the present law there sts
annually appropriated for the benefit Of
The militia 800. 600. while the individual
state, appropriate in the aggregate, 50 far
- known, over 5000. 900, and in many
states the militia receive also c0nsidera-
bic support from local and private sources.
The secretary recommends that the act
Of congress framed TO secure better coop
GRAFTON between the war department and
the agricultural colleges be amended so %
70 allow detail Of seventy five officers
from the army. or at least ono for every
million Of inhabitants ct the last preceding
census. This would allow for future In
crease if necessary.
Congress, by joint resolution of April Is.
1890, appropriated SIX, 900. to be expended
by ana under the direction Of the secretary
Of war for the purchase and distribution Of
subsistence stores to such destitute persons
as might require assistance in the district
overfowed by the Mississippi and its tribu-
taries. The amount of the appropriation
used in the purchase of supplies and their
distribution amounted to sos, 200, leaving
$4l,6O0 of the appropriation unused, which
balance Vas afterward re-appropriated By
congress TO the territory Of Oklahoma.
No action has been taken towards pro-
curing the pedestals for the statues Of GEN.
erals Sheridan and Logan under the act Of
March 2, 1883, for the reason that the char
actsr and size Of the statues have not been
liked upon by the respective committees of
the army associations having the matter in
charge. There IL no provision for Q statue
for General Hancock; and the secretary
suggests that the Law appropriating $l0,-
600 for the pedestal be amended 20 that any
balance not required for the pedestal may
b applied toward the purchase OF the
statue. A suitable PEDESTAL can probably
Do procured for about $25. 600 The monu-
ment to General Lafayette and his COM
patriots, authorized by the act Of March 3,
1885. has been received from the sculptors,
but. on account OF the joint resolution Of
September 30, 1880, was not put in place.
The commission has now fixed upon . To-
cation at the southeast corner OF Lafayette
Square, and work will soon be commenced
on the foundations.
The area of Alaska IL estimated at nearly
10000 square miles. 1t is therefore abous
one-fifth the size Of the United States. or
nearly equal to the combined areas Of the
New England, Middle, and Southern states
east of the Mississippi river. OF the inter-
Tor OF this vast area We are practically igno-
rant, and In order 10 obtain exact and
trustworthy information concerning this
territory the department has approved Z
proposition to organise = thoroughly
equipped expedition to make systematic
exploration and survey Of Alaska. recom-
mend that sufficient appropriation be
made by congress for carrying the plan
into effect
The expenditures Of appropriations un-
der the direction Of the secretary Of var
for the fiscal year ended June so, 1890,
were q follows:
Salaries and contingent expenses e 1910. 100 u
Military establishments: support of
the Army and Military Academy. q, 961 800 IS
Public works, including river and
harbor improvement t.. ............ 1850, rs. IS
miscellaneous objects ............... 607z960 II
1otal...... ,S57, 756 -
The appropriations for the present fiscal
year. ending June 80. 1891. are IS follows:
Salaries and contingent expenses. e Ii. 7S2 50
Military establishments: Support of
the Army and Military Academy. M6k3,596 -
Public works, including river and
hasbor Improvements. ........... 8o,S74, 1856 90
MISCELLANEOUS objects. 6.zl4. 1912
.$62. 7ss ,695. IS
The estimates OF this department for the
next fiscal year. ending june 80, 1892, are
Is follows:
Salaries and contingent expenses. ~ 207l, 90
Military establishments: Support of
the Army and Military Academy. Is, i60, DOL n
fuouC w0rkA 10709, Z68 90
MISCELLANEOUS object6 ............... 48O5, sou
Total ................-......... s4s,7ls, ss607