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It is hereby ordered that all lands within the Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation, N. Mex., embraced in small holdings claims Nos. 484 and 486, T. 13 S., R. 12 E., New Mexico principal meridian, as shown on the records of the General Land…
By a budget system I mean a reference of proposed expenditures and receipts to some one authority or tribunal, which, after determining what the revenues are to be, must also determine what the expenditures can be, and make a budget…
Every one must admit the wisdom of providing for the payment of the canal expenditure by bonds.
The proposed legislation has my hearty approval and I commend it to the careful consideration of the Congress.
That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make practical and exhaustive investigation of the character, extent, and value of the coal deposits in and under the segregated coal lands of the Choctaw and…
Not only is the application of such a principle just and right in the case of an enterprise like the Panama Canal, but it seems to me wise and appropriate to adopt it with reference to other projects which commend themselves to Congress.
The effect of the proposed measure would be to promote our officers to the grade of rear-admiral at an average age of 54 to 55, and to make the average of all the rear-admirals about 58.
Considerations of proper military efficiency, as well as a due sense of national dignity, and self-respect, as befitting this great nation, urge that the existing situation shall cease.
I earnestly urge upon the Congress the passage of suitable personnel legislation.
The effect of the proposed measure would be to promote officers to the grade of captain at an average age of 46 or 47, and to make the average age of all the captains about 50.
The ultimate personnel would reach 3,000 line officers and midshipmen and 60,000 enlisted men; but under the measure as drawn, the full authorized strength of officers and men can not be reached for a number of years to come; nor, in any…
The creating of higher ranking flag officers is a military necessity.
I commend to the Congress with my approval and the request that action should be taken accordingly.
I therefore venture to repeat the remark I have had occasion to make before, that the present customs law is the best customs law that has ever been passed.
The one substantial defect in compliance with the promise of the platform was the failure to reduce woolens.
It was no violation of the promise to increase the revenues by increasing the tax on luxuries, provided there was downward revision on all other articles.
I repeat, therefore, that this was a downward revision.