Bill Taft: “The effect of the proposed measure would be to promote our officers to the grade of rear-admiral at an average age of 54…”

Now that they can be studied and understood—all the business men who touch the decision in any way will conduct their business hereafter according to the law.

I think it to be greatly in the interest of fair dealing, which ought always to be encouraged by law.

I earnestly recommend the establishment of a Bureau of National Parks.

It is hereby ordered that on and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Sitgreaves National Forest, Ariz., proclaimed March 2, 1909, be further modified by excluding therefrom all that part of the White Mountain Apache Indian…