The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-10

50 successful as TO enable him to report for the
| last year lower percentage OF desertion than
| mas been before reached in the history of the
army; The resulting money saved is consider
apie, olit the Improvement in the morale of the
enlsleo men Is The most valuable Incident OF the
| 1eiorms which have brought about this result.
| the WORK or securing sites for shore batteries
a ap deienses and the manufacture OF guns,
ete :, OF nigh power to equip them, have made
good progress during the year. The preliminary
wo,h OF SITS aud plans. which so long delayed
start Is now out OF the way. Some guns have
peen completed and with an enlarged shop and
n,oie complete equipment at Watervleit, the
army aa,ny VIII soon be abreast OF the navy In gun
Sonali uction. Whatever unavoidable causes Of
ueias may arise, there should be none from de-
i LAY or lnsufheieDt appropriations. We shall
anu use OF naval vessels. until ADEQUATE shore
ueienses are provided Tor our harbors
New Organizations Favored.
Concur In the recommendation of the Score.
aaty, lhat the three battalion organization be
ADOPTED Tor the infantry. The adoption of
sihoheIess powder ana modern rife equal III
ranse precision and rapidity OF fire TO the best
Kho"n IN Use, VIII, | hope, NOT be longer de-
iaytd. The ioject OF enlisting indians aud or
CANNING them into separate companie supOn the
same pasis as other soldiers was made the sub
received my approval. Seven companies have
peeh completely organized and seven more are
III process OF organization. The results OF six
months Training have more than realized the
hlGheSt anticipation. 1he men are readily
piouGnt under discipline, acquire the drlll with
faculty, ana show eat pride in the right dis
charge OF their duties, and perfect loyalty 10
their officers who declare thai they would take
mem INTO action with confluence. The discl-
pine oroer aud cleanliness OF the military posts
WIZ nave wholesome and eevating influence
upon .ile men enlisted, and through them. upon
tipes Whlle more friendly feeling Tor the
whites ana greater respect for The Government
Will certainly be promoted.
Other Important Work Done.
Inc great work done in he Record and Pen.
sion Division OF the War Department by Major
Ainsworlh and The medical corps and the clerks
undtr MN Is entitled 10 honorable IN ntion.
taxing up The work with nearly Al 900 cases
behind, he closed the last fiscal year with not a
single case left over though The new cases had
Increased 90 per cent in number over The prey-
Gus year by reason of the pension legislation of
tue Iast congress. concur IN The recommended
toh VI the Attorney General that the right in
ieiOn cases TO Il review by the Supreme Court be
i,ni ,,1e II would seem that personal liberty
WouId nave sale guaranty If the hight OF review
III cases involving only fine aud Imprisonment
were limited to the Circuit Court of Appeals. UNI
TESS unconstitutional question should in some way
be involved. The Judges OF the Court OF Private
Land Claims, provided for by the act CT March
o, jo9i' nave been appointed and The court Or
s"hIZed. IL Is now possible 10 give early relief
10 communities long deprived III their develop
meht by unsettled land title, and 10 establish
me possession and right OF a settler whose lands
nave Deen rendered yalueless by adverse and
uhlounded claims. The act of July 8, 1888.
PROVIDED foG the incorporation and management
OF lti0fM school for girls in the DtstIict Of
Columbia, but II has remained imperative, for
lhe reason thai no appropriation has been made
l9i lls CONSTRUCTION or maintenance. The need
Vi sucD al Institution Is very urgent. Many girls
could be saved from depraved lives by tile
wholesome Influences and restraints of such a
scAOu!. recommend that the necessary appro-
plialioh De made Tor site and for construction.
Exclusion of Chinese.
The enforcement by the Treasury Department
OF Inc law prohibiting The coming Of The Chinese
10 me United States has been effective as 10 such
as seek 10 land from vessels entering our ports.
The result has been made TO divert the travel to
vessels entering the PORTS of British Columbia.
where passage into The United States al obscure
points along The Dominion boundary is easy. A
very considerable number OF Chinese iaboTerS
nave during the past year entered the United
States from Canada and Mexico. The officers OF
The treasury DepaItme and OF The Department
oil Justice have used every means al their COM
mand 10 intercept this immigration, but the i'm.
Possibility OF personally perfectly guarding our
extended tIopilers Is apparent 1he Dominion
Cover nm nj collects head tax OF 500 from
every Chlnaman entering Canada, ana thus de-
rises considerable revenue from those WHO
only use its ports 10 reach position of advan-
tage 10 evade our exclusion laws. There seems
10 be satisfactory evidence that the business of
passing Cinnamon through Canada TO the United
States IS organized ana quietly done. Justice
has on>trued The laws TO require the return of
any Chinese found to be uulawfuy in this
country to China as the country from which they
came, notwithstanding The fact that they came
Dy way oil Canada, but several Judges In the Dis
tiict Courts have, III cases brought before Them,
oVefiuied his view of the law, and decided that
such persons must be returned To Canada. This
construction robs the law OF all eifec iyeness If
the DEGREES could be executed, for the men re-
turned can the next day recross our borders.
them back 10 CHINA and The Canadian officials
refuse 10 allow them TO re-enter Canada without
the payment Of he $50 per head tax. l recon-
mend such legislation Will remedy these de-
fects In The laws
Criminal Laws Needed.
In previous messages l have called the atten-
ton OF Congress 10 the necessity of so extending
Tie jurisdiction II lie United States courts as TO
make trabe therein any felony committed
While in the act of violating law of the United
States. These courts cannot have that indie
neDdpuCp and effectiveness which The 81
lion conlempiatcs 50 long as the felonious killing
OF nigh court officers, jurors and witnesses in the
discharge OF their duties, OF by reason OF their
acts as such, is only recognizable In the State
courts. The work done by The Attorney Gem
eral and Tie officers Of his department, even I'M
der the present Inadequate legislation. has pro
duced some notable results in lie interest of law
aud order. The Attorney-Geue al and also the
commissioner OF the District OF Columbia call at
tenIlon to The effectiveness and nadeQuacy of
tie laws relating To crimes against chastity in
the District OF Columbia. A stringent code ,Ipon
Ibis subject has been provided by Congress for
Utah, and 1t is matter of surprise that the
needs OF This district should lave be en- SO long
overlooked.
The Postal Service.
In the report of the Postmaster eneral some
veiy gratifying results arc exhibited and many
bet erments OF the service suggested. A perusal
OF the report civ abundant evidence that the
supervision aud direction of The postal system
have been characterized by an intelligent and
conscientious desire TO improve Inc service.
The revenues OF the department show an tp-
crease OF 500, coo. 600 while The estimate for
The year 1898 shows = surplus of receipts over
expenditures. Ocean mail postoifices have been
established upon The steamers of the Moth Ger
man Lloyd and Hamburg lines, saving by the
distribution on ship-buard from two TO fourteen
hours time In the delivery OF mail at the port OF
entry, and oiIen mnch more than this IN the de-
livery a interior places. So thoroughly has this
system, Initiated by Germany and tile United
States, evidenced its usefulness that IL cannot he
long before II Installed upon the great ocean
mattcariyiug steam hips. Eight thousand miles
OF new postal service have been established upon
a Ha n ri hIfr nn IN rintNy
IN the great cities has been increased about IL
pei cent, while the percentage OF errors in dslri
button has during the past yeat been reduced
over one-half. An appropriation was given by
the last Congress for the purpose of making
some experiments in free delivery In The smaller
cities and towns. The results of these eXueri-
ments have been so satisfactory that the Post
naster-General recommends, and | concur in the
recommendation, that the fIee-deliveiy system
be al once extended 10 towns OF 5000 popua-
ton His discussion of the inadequate facilities
extended under our present syste m to rural com
muniteS, and his suggestions with a view 10
give lhese communities fuller participation in
The benefits OF the postal service are worthy your
careful consideration. Ii is not just that the
FARMER who receives his mail al the Deighboring
town should not only be compelled tn send TO the
fostoiiice for II, but 10 pay considerable rent for
a box Ia which To tlace It, or wait his turn at a
general delivery window, while lie city resident
has his mail brought TO Ills door. 1t Is stated
that over $4,000 neighborhoOds are under the
present system RECEIVING mail at Posioflices
where money orders and postal notes are not
lssu d. The extension OF this system to these
communities Is especially desirable, as the pa
irons OF such offices not possessed OF the other
facilities offered III more populous communities
for The transmission of small sums OF money. l
have, In message TO the preceding Congress,
expressed my views as TO a modified use OF The
telegraph Ill connection with the States in Vlew
Ocean Mail Service.
In pursuance with the mail law OF March 81,
1881, and after most careful study OF the Whole
subject aud frequent conferences with ship Of
hcers advertisements were issued by the Post
master-G ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 10 Great Britain and
the Continent, twenty seven TO South America,
three TO China aud Japan, four TO Australia and
the racine Islands. seven TO the West Indies
and two to Mexico 1t was not OF course, ex-
pected that bids for all these lines should be
ceived. or that service upon all would be con-
tracted Tor. II Is intended In furtherance If the
act, TO secure as many new lines as possible.
while Including In the list more or all CT the
foreign lines now occupied by Amerlc an ships.
Ii was hoped that line TO England and perhaps
one to the Continent would be secured, but the
outlay required TO equip such lines wholly with
new SHIPS oil the first class, aud the difficulty In
establishing new lines In competition with those
Qfuhl tIhs h..t