The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-12-06
GROVER CLEVELAND.


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''i'e = SUMS "iit'h VII 't ~ ''i''''o nae
a 1877 f'ifi'hE an" "ii'!'~'iIs' 'hti' u e Ni'ti-
eve 3 III -.+" CIRCUMSTANCES 81 MAY tcrpILr nee
er.ary Tor our naval .pinmauarr- % interfere
il behalf 81 uuf people 10 foreign pDr'~-
Il" "aT no" il progress between China and
Japan mas rendered 10 necessary or ~ p~dIcnL
t. d!>pItCh 'ight vessels to thnr- waters.
III" report u Ia" secretary of tn" Interior
the situation II the numerous and IN
t'rc-tlhg branches Of the puD..r service rou-
h'"lcu tn MS 4tpa gtnl,ui. ] CONNIE ul this
report and the yaIg..a!" Itc0rAIu. L.sar Il IA, Of
tie secretary - AIe currfu. attention Uf the
eohEI' -.
tn" public LAM disposed - during the year
aH1"Nii'rd 20 !" ~. p1'' acres. including 3
s,6C3 Of Indian Inn. 1t il estimated that the
public donna "A Still remain ~ amounts to
little more than Ctr lrTusH acres. lucIll4ug.
AoEetcr au.,t 80 .Dupu acres in Ail~sa as
well AZ military reservations and railroad and
other selection 81 land a. Yet unaa ludlcated.
The total cash Ico.- pit .4JIu tuc sale II lands
amounted - 81 - % including *9 s3l %
received from indian lands. Tuiriy-Hye thou
sand pIteuts were issued FOR agricultural lands
ana thlrty-one hundred patents were ISSUED to
indians on a!lutiucutS Of their holdings in
scyeraIty. Tlo land not allotted beng inalicn-
able b. the Indians for Il period Of twenty-five
years after patent.
There we're certified and patented on account
u railroad ana wagon grants curing the year
s65 BOT. 45 acree Of land and at the close Of the
year twenty mine acres arc embraced III the
lists = bc4ScitoH- made ny railroad men ana
wage 'To"i companies and waited settlement.
as Indemnify th"rcfrom since the passage "1
the act pfo'iuILF Tor tIie Sae IN i7iJ amt UNI
10 or nearly or quite eighty million acre, OF
when ifty-eIEht million have Detn patented
to states About I@8Oot acres we're patented
during the last year. Nearly o-oooo acres Of
HShooI ana education grants were aPpf' yea
during the year, ana al It's close Lou D" 81
acres remained uhIdJuNted.
1t appears that tAe appropriation for the cur
rent year, on accOl at of special 81 vice for the
protection OF the public lands and the timber
thereon, il much less than those Cor previous
years and Inadequate for an efficient perform
ance OF Inc work. a larger sum OF money than
has been appropriated during number OF
years past on this account has been returned TO
the government as result OF the laD"rH OF
those employed III tie particular service men
TONED aad nope 1t VII not De crippled by an
insufficient appropriation. fluffy endorse the
recommendation OF the secretary that adequate
protection DC provided for our forest reserves
ana that Il comprehensive forestry system be
inauguralad.
At the close of the last fiscal year on the
SOih day OF June ls.4 there were 969. al persons
on our pension rolls. beng net Increase of
3 032 over the plumber reported at the end Of
the previous year.
These pensions may be classified as follows
soldiers and sailors, Survivors Of al wars
1913 81. widows AMI relatives OF deceased sOi-
diers 2I5 1872; army nurses in the war of TIE
rom ;
surviving soldiers OF Indian and other wars
prior to the late civil war and the widows or
relative of such soldiers. The remainder, num-
boring 93i .5'b are receiving pensions on account
of the war Of the rebellion and Of these 46g 34t
are on the rolls under the authority OF the act
Of .ruue u. 1890 VmGtimes called the Deepen
den pension law.
The total amount expended for pensions dur
ing the year was Sl59 oIt .f"I, leaving an uneX-
pended balance from the sum appropriated OF
500, 1l2
The amount necessary to meet pension ex-
peud!tures for the year ending j une 30, 1885, is
estimated at $4,000 900.
The commissioner Of pensions is of the opin-
ion that the year 1872 being the thlrtleth after
the close of the war of the rebellion, must &C
cordiug to all sensible human calculation see
the highest limit OF the pension roll and that
AFTER mat year IL must Dcglh 10 decline
Ihe claims pending IN the bureau have de-
creased more than SOIOo during the year. A
iafge proportion "l Ihc ne" cIalhlS MEG are 1or
increase ol penSloh ny thoSe now Ga me f9a4s
Inc hunipsr OF ceftlhcateS issued was oO2
The names dropped from the rolls for al
causes during the year numbered 5I9ol
Among our pensioners are nine WIDOWS and
three daughters or the revolution and forty
hve survivors Oh tue war OF lol<'
me pdts-ikCeu dHi. eAten9lVe tension IFauus
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tii0t ou w. l4N ''i" lump '''tl' al
mo- Iio' o91"Iy ~ tue Ndle' anu tI0 dCtuSd TO-
mat al eAor' 10 u"IeNt pension liau"s IS ei
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I,nor Tne total Disbursements on a.,ol,t of
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an M, ~ oh, ,,,t -. - ,I,,. -, - $500.
30 or,r,ranana tho 11tb .on-.I,s iii 1,a tno,tr
a1o ,IIE thay vii rontain - 30 -, TOD ,,,oS
TIC assurance is confidently rro.ia that ne ore
tho close Of the IRE IN an ar vnar tn
rnatariaI SIN iurotnpleI- viii me ,r,rticaIi. -
hand and the ,ensus can rertsinIv he rIoee ! u,
tho Al, 1T Marin 1sQ5 Artpr M tha ro,i- TO-,
and nroof reading necessary to bring ont tins
vCJItfnas will still he rr1uirad
M, tov+ 81 tho ,ors,,s ,.,1,,,,os ,oor, IT,
lteu as lsr DIS possloie 10 the analysis OF u
siatIS preseh 81 us me- 'nou WHICH IS IL
ACCORDANCE Win Id" ha7 e"useu more or less
rIstloh anu III SUM tS ''>o 7 Ini' 1"|"t u 81" ?
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Tue CaFlh a'' PHSseu DIT me last SeSelol OF
congress hee4' lLLPol I"nt II II Ia
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wiz hot cnanso fa'es VI uuOy' an sun very
declueuly I'LL Ia'or Vi putting coal anu iron or
tue Tree HS'.
30 lar as tne sugar Schedule Is concerned
"ould DC glaC'' uluet t1isVIhs RESERVATIONS, tc
soc every particle OF ulHerenJlal DUTY IN favor