"I BEG of Your Excellency to accept my heartiest congratulations on this anniversary of the founding of the German Republic."
"It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in Section 5 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stats. 388), that the trust period on the allotments of Indians on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, South ..."
"Specialists in foreign relations, political, economic and financial, whose proposed compensation is $3,200 or more, and whose training and experience along the lines of their proposed duties meet the ..."
"Such positions of a professional, scientific, technical, or supervisory nature under the Naval Establishment in the Philippine Islands, as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of the Navy and the Civil..."
"Officers to aid in important drafting work is hereby revoked."
"This order is jointly recommended by the Navy Department and the Civil Service Commission."
"By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Act of Congress approved August 1, 1914, making appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, S..."
"As Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, I think I may speak on behalf of the millions of boys in the United States who have received benefits from scouting, and I send my hearty congratula..."
"I hope you will express on my behalf the appreciation the whole of America has for this magnificent contribution to the development of our youth."
"The assembling of fifty thousand young men and boys from seventy different races and nationalities, in good fellowship without competition, and the self discipline which makes this possible are in the..."
"Of course, the increased number of prisoners is due to the general increase in crime, the largest item in our Federal prisoners being the violators of the Narcotics Act."
"Our plans necessitate an expenditure of about $5 million, and will comprise some additions and revisions of the old prisons, and probably a new prison somewhere in the Northeastern States."
"I have had an opportunity for lengthy discussions with the Attorney General, and I have the recommendations of Mr. [Sanford] Bates, who is the new Director of Prisons, and I have accepted their view t..."
"It is proposed also to ask authority of Congress to increase the number of probation officers, as Mr. Bates is convinced he can find a larger number of prisoners who merit probation."
"Atlanta is 120 percent over capacity in inmates at the present time, and Leavenworth 87 percent, all of which is the cause of infinite demoralization and the direct cause of outbreaks and trouble."
"Executive Order No. 1713, dated February 24, 1913, which reserved certain unsurveyed islands in Ts. 36 and 37 N., R. 2 W., W.M., Washington, for public purposes, is hereby revoked and set aside in so ..."
"We spent a great many hours in discussing the details of that study to be undertaken in complete review of the establishment in light of the situation today, with the purpose of studying every possibl..."
"I have placed on the Army itself the first responsibility of this inquiry; and I haven't any doubt that they will cooperate with the Executive in an endeavor to meet the public need of an adequate pre..."
