The Dolores star., 1908-05-15
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL

Thomas ]. Sullivan, director OF the
bureau Of engraving and printing, died
at Washington on the 4th inst.
A general arbitration treaty between
the United States and Japan has been
signed by Secretary Root and Ambas.
sador Takahira.
The house committee on fisheries
reported favorably on Representative
Bonynge's bill appropriating 1000 to
establish fish hatchery in Estes
Park, Colorado.
A strong recommendation for the
appointment of an officer to be known
as "chief OF cavalry" has been made by
committee of cavalry officers At
tached to the army staff college.
Senator Guggenheim gave notice
that when the sundry civil bill reaches
the Senate he will press an amendment
carrying an appropriation OF $4,000
to pay express charges upon silver dol.
lars ordered by bankers from various
sub-treasuries.
The sundry civil appropriation bill.
as reported, carries $55, 900 for double
cavalry barracks at Fort Logan; &c..
900 for the Leadville fish hatchery;
$500 for the protection OF the Mesa
Verde National park, and $4,000 for
cavalry barracks and officers quarters
at Fort Russell.
That soldiers will not be deprived Of
the solace Of biscuits, hot rolls. niuf.
fins and cornbread, is the assurance
given the army men by the secretary
of war in decision just published. It
is only the making of bakery bread at
the post bakery for issue to troops that
is forbidden.
The officers and enlisted men Of the
army won their fight for increased pay
when the House of Representatives
agreed to the conference report on the
army appropriation bill. An appropria-
tion of $7,0OO,0O0 was made for the pur-
pose, $5,000,000 of which will go to the
enlisted men. Nine hundred officers
on the retired list also will beneft by
| the increase.
Senator Depew in reply to Mr.. Hey
burns attack on the forestry policy
of the administration, commended the
action of President Cleveland in in.
inaugurating the system Of forest re-
serves by setting aside 20.000,000 acres.
which was increased to 40,000,O 900 un.
der President Mckinley, and is now
| 150,000,000 acres. In the last two
years, he said, France has spent $780,
| 900 900 for reforestation, in view of the
| enormous damage to property and the
homes Of the people by floods.
Senator Depew said in his forestry
speech that only the other day New
| York state received 100000 trees
| from Germany for use in reforesting
said the work of New York state in
reforestation was the kind he approved.
He objected to having the general gov
ernment go into that business. 1t was
for the states to do such work within
their borders. He objected to the vot-
ing of lump sum Of $500,OO0 for the
forestry division.
| President and Mrs. Roosevelt and
their guest. John Burroughs, were at
North Garden, Virginia, on the 7th
inst. The President seemed greatly
pleased at the hearty manner in which
he was greeted by University Of Vir-
| ginia students. After his brief talk
the students gave the college yell
| with Teddy" attached.
Three of the star graduates of last
| years class at the United States Mill.
tary academy, who were assigned to
the corps of engineers, have been or.
| dered to proceed to the Isthmus of
Panama for duty in connection with the
Panama canal and Panama railroad.