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I inclose herewith a report by the Secretary of State forwarding the correspondence and papers called for by the Senate resolution of December 8, 1903, in regard to the claims against Colombia known as the Colon 'fire claims.'

Courtesy, moderation, and self-restraint should mark international, no less than private, intercourse.

By virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress aforesaid, do hereby withdraw from sale, entry or other disposition, the lands embraced within the former Fort Marcy Military reservation.

All officials of the Government, civil, military, and naval, are hereby directed not only to observe the President's proclamation of neutrality in the pending war between Russia and Japan, but also to abstain from either action or speech…

The Government of the United States represents the people of the United States, not only in the sincerity with which it is endeavoring to keep the scales of neutrality exact and even, but in the sincerity with which it deplores the…

If it should be found to be possible, I would regard this as desirable, and invite the attention of the Congress to the matter.

The subject is one of such great importance and great intricacy that it is impossible for the Commission to report in full thereon at this time.

I call special attention to the condition of affairs in the Indian Territory as there set forth.

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Cave Hills Forest Reserve.

The public lands in the State of South Dakota, within the limits hereinafter described, are in part covered with timber, and it appears that the public good would be promoted by setting apart and reserving said lands as a public reservation

The reservation hereby established shall be known as The Slim Buttes Forest Reserve

Mr. Merrit O. Chance may be transferred from clerk to the Secretary of War to superintendent of post-office supplies in the Post-Office Department without taking a noncompetitive examination.

To the Senate:In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant (the House of Representatives concurring), I return herewith Senate bill No. 2323, entitled \An act relating to ceded lands on the Fort Hall Indian…

To the Senate:I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of State furnishing the information concerning the Red Cross Society in foreign countries requested by the Senate resolution of January 19, 1904.

All positions in the civil service of the War Department in the Philippines, except those filled by persons employed merely as skilled or unskilled laborers, and by persons appointed by the President, will be treated as classified under…

Mrs. Marie L. Baldwin, whose name appears upon the Minnesota clerk register, may be certified for appointment as clerk at $900 in the Office of Indian Affairs without regard to the provisions of Civil-Service Rule VII.

Mr. Francis Walker, of Massachusetts, may be appointed a special agent in the Bureau of Corporations, at $2,000 per annum, without examination under the Civil-Service rules.