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On the recordMay 17, 1888
I am now advised by the Secretary of War, the Chief of Engineers, and the Lieutenant-General of the Army, in quite positive terms, that the resolution under consideration should not, for reasons fully stated by them, become operative.
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Orestes Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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