I am constrained, in deference to popular sentiment and with a realizing sense of my duty to the great masses of our people whose welfare is involved, to urge upon your consideration early action on this agreement.

I transmit herewith the answer of the Secretary of State to the resolution passed by the Senate of the United States on February 27, 1911, relating to the construction and armament in this country of two battleships for the Argentine…

It is hereby ordered that Executive order of June 14, 1879, creating a reservation for use of the 'Pima and Maricopa Indians' be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to make said reservation available for use of the Pima and Maricopa…

I do not hesitate to say that you have been the object of one of the most unscrupulous conspiracies for the defamation of character that history can show.

The department is mobilizing a division at full strength at San Antonio, Texas, for the purpose of field training of officers and men, and for the further purpose of holding manoeuvres Involving possible operations against Galveston.

Every fibre of my nature rebels against such hypocrisy and nerves me to fight such a combination and such methods to the bitter end, lest success in this instance may form a demoralizing precedent.

I accept your resignation with great reluctance.

I hope and pray that success may attend you in your profession and that real happiness will come to you and yours when you return to that community where you live, and whose members know your worth as a man and a citizen, and who will…

As I say farewell to you, let me renew my expressions of affection and sincerest respect for you, and of my profound gratitude for your hard work, your unvarying loyalty, and your effective public service.

There will be assembled at Galveston a force of three regiments for the protection of that place against possible attack by the navy.

The mobilization of these troops will furnish an excellent opportunity for the instruction of a number of senior officers in the elements of higher command.

On the Pacific Coast the mobilization will involve a brigade of infantry In the Los Angeles district for the purpose of defending San Diego and San Pedro against possible attack by the navy.

It will also put to a practical test the preparedness of the staff departments for the mobilization of troops.

to the end that they may consider and determine whether the Congress shall, by the necessary legislation, make operative the agreement

by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby proclaim and declare that an extraordinary occasion requires the convening of both Houses of the Congress of the United States

I recommend the approval of the same by the Congress.

By virtue of the power vested in me by the provisions of Article 7 of the Treaty of October 2, 1863, it is hereby ordered that the provisions of said Article 7 of said treaty shall not hereafter apply to or be of any force or effect…

By virtue of the power vested in me by the provisions of Article 3 of the Treaty of August 21, 1847 (9 Stat. L., 908), it is hereby ordered that the country ceded by the provisions of said treaty shall no longer be held by the United…