Everywhere are to be seen the drainage ditches which in removing the water have removed the breeding places of the mosquitoes.
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Message to Congress After Returning from the Canal Zone in Panama
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The American people are to be heartily congratulated on everything of importance that has been done in connection with the building of the Panama Canal.
an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o'clock noon
Every American citizen should feel not merely gratification, but a very keen sense of pride in the statement made by this distinguished body of engineers as to the way in which the work has been done, and in which it is now proceeding.
The interests of the nation are involved in the welfare of this army of children no less than in our great material affairs.





