William McKinley: “For the command of this expedition I have designated Major-General Wesley Merritt.”

It is hereby ordered that the tracts hereinafter described and situated in township fifty-eight (58) north, range eighty-nine (89) west, within the limits of the Big Horn Forest reserve, in the State of Wyoming, be restored to the public…

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to enlist in the Insular Forte United States Navy, which is hereby established, not to exceed five hundred (500) Filipinos in the following ratings at the rates of pay indicated.

Counsular officers will hereafter collect any fees for bills of health and supplemental bills of health issued foreign war vessels.

These tracts having been found better adapted to agricultural than forest purposes