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111 Halters
jl'iesliotllaliilmtitilll
' 1110 Reform. National lie-
seas 1.11.111... and
llnal Parcel Post.
Show: Economy in Trouury, Pontoffic‘o
and/ Other Departments-«National
Credit Highest In the Worldwf'nvon
Romitting Panama Canal Tolls on
American Ships—Advent” Continu-
ing Two Battleships For Year and
Adding Two Colliers.
To the Senate and House of Represent
‘ ‘atives: A
The financial condition of the gov-
ernment as shown at the close of the
3 last fiscal year.‘ June 30, 1011. was
“ very satisfactory. The ordinary re-
ceipts into the general fund. excluding
pbst'al revenues. amounted to $701,372.-
374139. and the disbursements ~from
the general fund for current expeusen
and capital outlays. excluding postal
and Panama canal disbursements. 1n-
clndlu‘g the interest on the public debt.
amounted to $054,137.007.80. leaving
a surplus‘of 841.234.377.10.
The postal r'cvcnue receipts aruount~'
ed to $237.870.823.t10, while the pay-
ments made for the postal service from
the postal revenues amounted to $231..
000. 705.48. 'whlch left a surplus of
postal receipts over disbursem'eatr of
3210.11821. the Airs: time in twent3-
30181,) years 111 which a surplus oc-
curred.
'l‘bc interest bearing debt of the
United States June 30. 1011. amounted
to $015,358.100: The debt on which 111
terest had ceased amounted to $1.8 870.-
830. 20. and the debt bearing no 111'th-
'est. including urcenbaclts. national
banknotes to be redeemed and true
tional currency. amounted to $380.-
751. 017. 43. or a total of interest and
oonlntcrest bearing debt amounting to
$1,.‘il1..' .1181 1137.61)
The actual disbursements. exclusive
of those for the 'I‘anntna burial and for
1 3 theopostul service for hire your endini.r
, June 80. 1011. were 80.51.137.00189.
The actual disbursements for tho york
eadingduae 3031010. exclusive of the
Panama canal and the postal service
disbursements. were 80.511.705.301118.
making a decrease of 35.567.303.10 in
”...-1y expenditures in the year :11?“
under that of 1010. For the year and
lag June 30. 1012. the estimated re-
ceipts. exclusive ,of the postal reve-
3 ones. are 8000000000. while the total
estimates. exclusive of those for the
Panama canal and the postal expendi-
,. turcs payable from the postal reve-
3 noes amount to 3015.284 ...70034 This
.45 a decrease in the 1012 estimates
from that of the 1911 estimates of $1.-
034 $107.22.
For the year ending June 30 1018.
the estimated receipts. exclusive of
, the postal revenues. are $007...000000
while the total estimated appropria-
tions. excluslre of the i‘umunu canal
and postal disbursements payable from
postal revenues. will amount to $037:
920,803.35. This is r: decrease in the
‘.1913 estimates from that of the 1012
estimates of $7.021.0115.09. ,
As to the pasta! revenues. the ex-
pansion of the business in that de-
partment. the normal increase in the
postomce and the extension of the
service will, increase the outlay to the
sum «$200,038,403. but as the depart
meal; was self sustaining this year the
poatmaster general is assured that
next your the receipts will at least
equal the expenditures and probably
exceed them by more than the surplus
of this year.
Tali Credit of the United sum;
The credit of this government was
3 shown to be better than that of, any
other government by the sale of the
Panama canal 8 per cent bonds. These
bonds did not give their owners the
privilege of using them as a basis for
banknote circulation. nor was there any
other privilege extended to them which
would affect their general market vai-
1 _ue. 33Thelr sale. therefore. measured
the credit of the government. The pre-
, mm”... which was realized Upon the
3 bonds made the actual interest rate of
3 " the transaction 2.000 per cent.
In the treasury department the of
'dcieucy and economy work has been
kept steadily up.“ Provision is made
for the elimination of 18-1 positions
during the coming year. Two hundred
and sixty seven Statutory positions
Were eliminated during the last year"
in the office of the 1130:1801? 11: Wash-
ington and 141 positions in the year
1010.1nalring an elimination of M2
statutou position's‘since March 4; 1000.
.and this has been mono without the
disr'hmne or a113body. because, the
normal resignations and deaths have
been equal to the elimination of the
places. a system of transfers ‘hi't'Viiig
taken care of the persons whose posh.
lions “ere dropped out. in the field
, service of the department. too. 1.250
positions l:.-1v‘"o palpated down fol
the present tithe an 111: a total net
reduction of all 501w positions to
the numbir o
. “milency of the
ment has lubricated
1.11.111... and currency problems so long
confrontl thunder: and to fin-at,
the facts and data necessary to enable3
melanoma!“ to this. action.
in order to, do its work with thaw
oughness 111111 precision this comm-1.
aim: has m some time to rush tin
k.
“116mm cotton eiwww’h any other' member "or tlie general ma
hoping 1311313., agfbro abdomen 4:01:18 mater permanency of other
port as the ca vealenonpfthp than he now her.
,. up pephlt, The 10.1.1.1an AWA ' in making the consolidations be re-
gross imp ectioub and “1.111111111311181“ should be made' in the W1
agony of" 111- banking and a new number of officer: of the array. of
system even in our 11108th 1101111. whom there are now too few to per-
periods hr of long standlnm'. 11"_ later",
there has matured to...
the fact that our outfield”:
for the extraordinary domination.
waste and business paralysis of our‘
recurring periods of panic. Though
the members of the monetary coin‘rulsL
3101: ha re for a considerable time been
working in lire open and while lama
numbers of the people have been open-
1y working with them and while the
press has largely noted and discussed
A
details of the report are ’s’tlll halal;
considered 1 can not therefore do
much more at this time than command
the immense importance of monetary
reform. urge prompt consideration and
action when.the commission‘s report is
received and express my satisfaction
that the plan to be proposed promises
to embrace main features that. havi
met the approval of. a great prepon-
derance of the practical and prefer
eloaal'opiuion of the country. are like-
ly to meet equal approval in congress..
it is exceedingly fortunate that the
wise and undisputed policy—of maim
training unchanged the main features
of ourbauklng system rendered it at
once impossible to introduce a central
bank, for a central bank would cer~
tainly have been resisted. and a plan
into which it could have been intro
duced would probably have been de
feated. But as a central bank could
not be a part; of the dilly plan discuas-
ed or considered that troublesome
question is eliminated. And. iamniouI
and 110ch as the proposed national re-
some association appears. it simply in
a logical ouigr'onth of what is best in
our present s3sicn1 and in. in fact. the
fulfillment of that 1.13 atom.
Exactly how the management of that
association should be organized in a
question still open. it seems to be do.
slrnble that the maiso- which would
own the association should in the main
manage it. It will be an adencj oi’ the
banks to act for them. and they can
be trusted bettcr'than anybody else
chiefly to c’onduct it. it is mainly
luuikcrs' work. But there must be
some form of government supervision
and ultimate control. and l favor a
reasonable representation of the gov-
ernmeat 1a the management.) 1 ,euter’;
tal~n 110 1201‘ oft the introduction u
politics or of any utideslritblo influ
ences from a properly measured gov-
ernment representation.
i trust that all banks of the catnip-3
possessing the requisite standards will
be placed upon a footing of perfect
equality of opportunity. Both the na-
tlonal system am] the state system
should be fairly recognised. leaving
them eventually to micece if that
shall prove to be their tendency. But
such evolution cannot develop imparo
tially, if the banks of one system are
given or permitted any advantages of
opportunity over those of the other
system. And 1 trust also that the new
legislation will carefully and com
pletely protect and assure the individ
uallty and the independence of each
bank to the end that any tendency
there may ever be toward a consollda
tion of the lunacy or banking power of
the nation shall be defeated.
it will always be possible. of course.
to correct any features of the new
law which may in practice prove to be
unwise. so that. \v bile this law is sure
to be enacted under conditions of un-
usual knnwledge and anthoriiy..it‘also
will include. it is well to remember.
the possibility of future amendment,
With the present prospects of this
long awaited reform encouraging us.
it would be singularly unfortunate if
this monetary question should by any
chance become a party issue. And I
sincerely hope '11: will not. The ex-
ceeding amount of consideration it
has received from the people of the
nation has been wholly nonpartisan.
and the congress set its nonpartisan
seal upon it when the monetary eou1~
mission was appointed. in command-
lag the question to the favorable cou-
slderatlon of congress I speak for and
in the spirit of the meat umber of
my fellow citizens who m‘it out any
thought of party oipa‘rtisansbip feel
with remarkable earnestness that this
reform is necessary to the interests
of all the people.
The War Department.
There is. now before congress a bill‘
the purpose of which is to increase
the etiiclency 3 and=decrcasé ythe .ox‘»
pense of the army. it contains four
principal foatures~flrsb n consolida-
tion of the general staff with the ad-
intent. itineral‘ s and the inspeCto‘r gene
er'al‘s departments; second. a oonrioliy
datioa of the Quartermaster'e depart
viucetl that the establishment of anal:
meat with the subsistence and the
pay departments; third. the creation
,of an my service corps. and. fourth.
on extension ,of- the 1.13.1113...“
mm thmeto five years. ‘3 ‘ ‘
With the'ea'tebhshmeflt of an army
service corps.- as p s'ed in the bill. "
i am thoroughly in a ’
a
My mum
' lino: provided in the bill under con
‘ have in the past recommended on a-
,‘ crease in the number of otiicers by
in order to provide outlicieat omen
this work as it has proceeded so that curly ”W3“ '11 {groper (9 in” 331: it.
the report of the cornmisslorb ripe loot ' Another ea 1.1111..- ill rich 1
to represent a national m’o'von but. the believe to 1113311 111111111113 is the propoagd
delegate the ”power to one who “can
'1 Add? fruiit "itl'x
lderoiiloiv an”
1 an: opposed to any plan the result
.11th would be to brutal: world
Warfare with the essential principles of
the detail system in the lie! corps os-
tablished by the act of Feb. 2. 11101.
and i an: opposed to any plan the a.
unit of which mold be to give to the
5.111ch selected as chief of stuff or to
form the duties imposed by lair. l
to perform all clause: of Itafl duly and
to reduce the number of line oiiicera
detached from their commands. Con-
gress at the last session increased the
total number of officers by 1100. but this
in not enough. Promotion in tit line
of the army in too slow. 03, e do
not attain command .rank at a 111%
increase in the term of enlistment froir'i
three to five years. I believe it would
be better to enlist men for six years.
release them at the end of three years
from active service and put them in re-
serve for the remaining three years.
Rccnlistments should be largely coa-
.iiaed to the noncotnmissioaed odicera
and other enlisted men in the skilled
Miles.
The army of the United States is in
good condition. it showed nut: ebb
to meet an emergency in the success-
ful mobilization of an army division of
from 115.000 to 20.000 men. which took
place 1:10:11: the border of Mexico dur
,ing the recent disturbances in that
country. The marvelous freedom from
the ordinary camp dluoaueo of typhoid
fever and measles is referred to in
the report of the secretary of war-and
shows such an effectiveness in the
sanitary regulations and treatment of
the medical corps and in the discipline
of the army itself an to invoke the
highest. commendation. . . 9,3,3.
1 be: to renew my recommendation
of 1m year that the enemas appro-
priate for a memorial amphitheater at
Arlington. Va... the mode melted to
corintruct it upon the piano already ap-
proved. ,
The Poaanu Canal.
The very satisfactory progress made
on the Panama canal that year 1111-
continued. and there is tavern-mason
to believe that the canal will be new
pleted as early as the 1st of July 1013.
unless something unforeseen , occurs
This in about eighteen months before
the time promised by the engineers.
We are now near enough the con:
pcntively ancestor! that legislation
should be one to, n; 1118.11111th 3
attach the an chili be main
and controlled and the me reversal
The fact is that today there in no
statutory law by authority of which
the president is maintaining the gov-
dramant of the zone. Such authority
was given in an amendment by the
Bpooner act. which expired by the
terms of in: own limitation coma years
ago 0 O O
1 fully concur with tire secretary (d
war that the problemis simply the
management of a great. public work
and not the government of a local 1-13-
public; that every provision must be
directed toward the successful main-
tenance of the canal as an avenue of
commerce and that all provislouI for
the government of those who live
within the zone should be subordinate
to'the main purpose.
'i‘he' none is forty miles long and ten
miles wide Now it has a population
.of 50.000 or soon. but as soon as the
wall: of construction is completed the
town: which paste up this population
will be deserted and only comparative-
ly few natives will continue their real.
deuce there. The control of then:
ought to approximate a military 301’-
ernment. One judge and two justices
of the peace will be suiticient to attend
to all the judicial and litigated busl
been there is.
rural-1.1... 80311111“ and Repairs.
In my last annual message 1 discuss-
ed at length the reasons for the gov4
erunreut's assuming: the task of fun
nishiaa'to nil'ships that ruse the canal.
whetheriour nun naval vessels or oth-
era. the supplies of -coal and oil and
other necessities with which they must
fie replenished either before or after
arising through the canal together
with the dock facilities and repairs of
every character.. Thin it to thought
wise to do through the government. be
cause the fivernr’neat must establish
for licelf for its own naval vessels
large depots and dry docks and ”were-
houses. and these may 98,110? on on»
larged so as to secure to}the world
public union the canal mercantile
prices and a certainty that there will
be no discrimination between those
who wish to avail themselves of such
facilities. '
I A' Tolls. , ’ ' A
I renew my recommendation with-
respect to the toll: of- the canal that:
within limits whichyshall acorn wise
to congress the power of fining'tolio
be given to the president. in ordeete
arrive at a proper conclusion there
roast be some experimenting. and this
'ennnot he done if congress does not
act eitpedltionnly. -.
shipping that: congress dam wire.
We; oval the canal. it was our money
we‘ have the debt to}
barge 101111.101- its use These tolls,
‘ am begin; the to every one. but" )
eating with our. on
, that with the transcontinental rail
One‘ of the chief 11111111.: for
g the canal will to let up this
ition and to brlnl the two
chora- closer Mother u a practical.
about vowel": ll ‘00
tolls. an equivalent 33
cannot be held to be e
in the use of the canal.
in the 8m canal unions,
The Hawaiian: hit,
the nutrient Humid
110 street as burden of“
wise" trade footwear: t‘
the let. cine-com 00111
mvhntfa‘x an unfair:
bull
trade problem.
‘ 1'11. Philippine Inlande.
M
amt-m *9 pairs: to
neural that a would! soon to. the 3m
W
W111... need m who will:
“rixht '3 Wt Itriage to appoint bl-
m him.
menace I recommended
it authoring the any
unwell w Journalist: of
in the matterlof
lotion canon.
1i
toll:
, ‘1 Aim" 'Llnhlllty. l
" The limitation of the liability of the
mentor to his servant for personal 13!!-
311131qu Inch AI m occasioned by
41181111111 has beaaabandoaadiu most
at countries and provision made
‘ whereby the employee injured in the
course of his employment is camper!
Time 3
0111111011 to pay they
111-, mpevt to the Plaunulm. 1
urgently join “in the recommendation
of the secretary of war that the not
of Feb. 0. 1905.1knltinx the indebted-
uses that may be incurred by the
Philippine govarnmcnt for the con
Itructloa of public works. be increased
Wild for his ions of workin‘ ability
irrespective of, negligence. The prir'r-
eiple upon winch such provision pro
00008.18 that'accldeutaljiaiurlcs to
workmen in modern industry. with its
vast complexity rind inherent dangers
"18an from complicated machinery
plotter: of the cm! to make it Am“
1 am vary confident'that the bohemian-ow out 1‘
4 States has thenpowor to relieve front. pa, , 3 3 3"
the payments: suntan: Mit- of our "
Ii, 811.000.0011.
3 3 of that
0 ll
tended the expenditure of the $5.000.
peaditures for like purposes.
1 also join in the recommendation
thisnaturallnatiou of li‘illpinoI and oth-
u aliens. no as to enable them to be-
come citizens of the Philippine islands
friaro' Marlena-rotary nickiiiilbn di-
rected that the friurs' lands should
not be sold in excess of the brain: 11:-
ed for ”the public lands until congress
should pass upon the subject or should
order 111111 been an obstruction to the
disposition of the lands. and ,1 expect
to root the secretary of war to re
turn. to the practice under the opinion
of the attorney general when will: e11-
able as to dispose of the lands much
more promptly and to prepare I slain
in; fund with which to meet the 87.-
010000 or bond- 1am for the pur-
chaos of the lentil." it;
Rivers and Harbors. ' _ 3
The eetlmufcn on thin river- and but
her improvements reach 832..” 000 for
the coming year i wish to am
whedever a project has been 11th
by congress ampere be completed the
ram money which can be economical
1y expended in its construction in each
year the greater the ultimate mommy.
Thin has especial application to the in:
provom fimwfl river and
itqlargei nchfi‘fl 1 mm“ ho me that
increase in the amount of money
being annually expended in the
improvement of the Ohio mar which
has been formally adopted by congress
would be in the interest of the {labile
A similar chance ought to be bmade
'1”. j. .‘v
during the present co the
"1"" .3"
court“ .: wheouyi
the improvement of the a-
relic! 0river from K1111“: City to an.
[ionic in order to mourn six feet and
permanent channel will reach 820.000.
000. There bavgsheenfit least three
recommendations-fruit: the chief of en.
pincer: that if the improvement be
adopted 82.000000 should be expended
upon it annually 1 urgently recom-
mend that the appropriation for this
improvement be increased from 0000.-
000. as recommended novein moon.
pletion of a contract. to 182.000.0111 an-
nually no that the work ma3 be. done
in ten years.
Waterway From the 1.11... to the 'Gulf.
The project for a navigable water-
way from Lake Michigan to the month
.0410”: illinois river and them: via the
Mississippi to the gulf of Mexico in
one of national importance. in view
of. the work already accomplished by
the unitary district of Chicago. an
agency of the state of Illinois. which
has constructed the most difficult and
costly stretch of this waterway and
anode it an met at, the, nation. and in
valw of the mil an: theme of nu.
.ndis have nutboriml the expenditure
of WW4“): teammAhls WWW”.
nixty-two miles farther to titled. 1 hot
that it' Id 01111:: that this wart 81100111
be supplemented: by the government
and that the expenditures recommend
ed by the special board of engineers
on the waterway“ from Utter: to the
mouth of the minors river be made
upon lines which. while providing a
waterway for thenatlon.‘ should other
wise benefit methane to tho_~fuilest‘
critcat." =1 recommend‘thlt the term or
service of said speculaboard of en»
(incurs "be continued and that it be
empowered to reopen the question of
the treatment of the lower illinolI 1::
er.
The Department of Juntl«5“‘A ,3
‘ The report of the attorney “an...
shows that he be: subjected“ to clone
uh urination the accurate bit the clot-1111'
of tia- fedoval corms. that he has founth
n stood many which disclose irregulari-
ties or dishonesty. but; that, who: has
had considerable difficulty in securing
an effectual: precaution or removal of
the clerks u
“ but a... frtct is 111.1111.»
11.816.000.000. The
vernment are in ex-
tconditlon The maximum sum
cationed is quite low as compared
ith the amount of inddbtednene of
other governments with similar re~
mum... and the success which has at-
000 in the useful improvements of the
harbors and other plan» in the islands
instinct: and requires additional or:-
that the legislature of the Philippine
Islands be authorized to provide for
on: who by the present law are treated
Pending an investifiation by congress
at its last session through one of its
committees into the disposition of the
have concluded its' investigation This
. peace of establishing a parcel post 0,311
necrotic-t. . 1 run «an...
by, not unet'itx prejudiced attains the
. antennas of a part-611.008: in the city
delivery cert-.33“...
and tho use of the great forces of
Ileana and olecfllcity. should be re-
garded as risks of: the ladmltry and
the ion borne in more equitable pro
portion by those ratio for their own
prom engage therein. In recognition
or thinltho last congress authorized
the appointment of a commission to
investigate the subject of employers’
liability and warmer: compensation
and to report the result of its in-
vestigations throngb the president. in
congress. This commission was rip-
pointed and has been at work holding
hearings. gathering data and consider-
ing the subject and it is expected will
be able to report by the first of the
year in accordance with the provisions'
of the law. ‘ .
In 11001118000 01' the movement for
the prevention of delay and enact-ea
sary coat 111.110.111.01. 1 am glad to
say that“ the supreme court has taken
steps to reform- tbe preeeut equity
ruled of the'federul courts and thht
we may in the neanfnture expect a row
vision of then: which will be a loin:
step in the right direcflon. 3
Portables. 3'"
M the beginning of the present ad-
ministration h: 1000 the postal service
my team to the extent or $11.
119.110.17.111... “very much the
largest deficit on meant, in the brief
apnea of two years this has been torn-
. cd into a surplus of 8220.000. which
has been accomplished without our.
(ailment of the 11011th facilities. as
may he" nee‘t'i by the fact thAit there
have been established 8.744 new post
offices delivery by carrier has been
added battle" nor-vice in 1811 cities. 2.510
new rural routes have been establish-
lid; conningt (11.000 1nilcs.tbe force" of
postal employ
in these two years by more than 8.000.
and their overture annual salary has
had a Inhotaniiai increase. .
On Jan. 3. 1011. postal savings do
mitotic: were established experimen-
rally in forty-eight states a .
den. After; three monthu'n "gm
operation the 1,5111: was 3'11th 11"
rapidly a feasible “to the 1.500 of-
tires of the first. second and thirdc m
on constituting the presidential grade.
the ca actically all
tfi‘3lli hfifie (frignated and
match: tended to all
fourth "class. postomces doing a money
order moon.
in selectlnlr bestowed for up}...
torlcs consideration was given to the
cuicicncy ef'tho metthters. and only
those lattices where the ratings were
satisfactory to the department have
been designated. Withholding desig-
iuutlon from postmaster: with unsatis-
factory ratingd has bed a salutary ef-
fect on the service.
The deposits have kept pace with
the'extension of the system. Amount-
11m month‘s operation in the experi-
mental emcee. they increased to $1179.:
810 by July and now after- eleven
months of operation havereaehed n to
tal of 811000.000. This can: is die
tributed among 2,710 banks andspm-
touted under the law by bonds depos-
tied with the treasurer of the United
States
The depositors thus far number ap«
proximately 150.000. They include for
ty nationalities. ,natlve Americans
*lergely predominating and £111ch and
“31111111: 1201111031111: at. 3
The first conversion of deposits into
Bolted Buttonwood: bearing intercity:
at theme 012% Per cent occurred on
July 1.1911‘i'b‘e amount of deposits
exchanfled being é$41.000. or a little
more than 0 r cent of the total out-
standing cert antes of deposit on June
‘30. Of this irons bonds to the v'alue.
of 86.120 were 1:: coupon form and
$35.7K11n registered form.
:1qu eat. '
Step! 11.1.1121 no" 1111811 immediately,
for the establishment" of a rural parcel,
post. in the estimates of appropria-
tidal needed for the maintenance of
«the postal service for the ensuing tie-
cal year an item of 8150.000 has been
inserted to cover the preliminary en.
rural mail routes. as well as ,to cover
an investigation having for its object
the final establishment of a general
parcel post on all railway and steam,
boat transportation routes; The de'
pertinent believes that after the initial
expander: of. es‘tabllshlpa the system
are defrrgyed and the parcel past Is in,
tail (therapist: on “the rural routes it.
am not only ulna 111‘ stimulant 3,101...
shoe to meet 1114. cost. but also 11 our;
plan that can be utilised in paving the.
it is hoped that rung-mus will in»
for. “311111 de‘ltu‘rv ,
has but: 111W
ing to only 800.0312 at the end of the ,
‘ be removed and the president and the
lho‘rizc‘ the immediate establishment "
of a limited part-cl pm: on “such rural '
‘jraatmna r1113. be evicted 111.111.11.15.
think the, cheap 1‘11
business for til!
1.11.1; about win; to W210! dailies
Wt film"
“ The Navy Department.
011 the Id of ,hlovomher last 1 re-
'viewed the 11.011118 fleet of battleships
and other mods "rambled in New
York harbor. consisting of twenty four
battleships. two armored can 0
.cr‘uiserI'. twenty-taro destroys.
torpedo boats. eiaht aubmm‘iuesw and
other attendant "heels. making nine-
ty~eight vessels of all classes of a ton-
nage of 510.034 tans. Those who saw
the fleet woreatrnck with its prepared-
ness and with its high military cili
ciency. All Americans should be proud
of its personnel.
The fleet was deficient in the burn.
her of torpedo destroyers. in cruisers
and in colliers as well as in large but-
tleship cruisers.
The building plan for this year cou-
templates two battleships and two coi-
liers. This is because thc'other and
Imaller vessels can he built mat-h
more rapidly in case of emergency
than the battleships. and we certainly
ought to continue the policy of two
battleships a year until after the
Panama canal is finished and until in
our first line and in our reserve line
we can nu'mber forty available vessul .1
of proper armament and sine. 3
The reorganisation of the navy and
the appointment of four aids to ti."
Iecretary have continued to demon-
AItrate their usefulness.
it is certain that the navy with its
present siuvshould have admirals in
active command higher than rem- ad
mirals. Our great battleship fleet is
commanded by a rear admiral. with
four other roar admirals under his or-
dare. This is not no it should he. and
when questioned precedence 1: lie be-
[twcen our mind some and 1 rise or
European navlns the American rear
admiral. though in command of ten
times the force of a foreign vice ad-
mlral. must yield recedeuce to the
letter. final“ 1111 witty ought- not
prevail. 11114111. can be avoided by a.
mention of two or three positions (f
fang rank above that of mr admiral
I attended the opening of the new
training school at berth, Chicago. 111..
and am glad to note the opportunity
which this gives for drawing upon
young men of the country from the in
terlor. from farms. stores. shops and
pillars. which insure: a hm: average
of intelligence and character among
their: and which. they about!!! in the
Ivory wonderful improvement in distal
.ip'line Ind drill which only a few short
had made.
1 am upon common the necessity
for an immediate lahrenao of 2.000
en in no. enlisted mm at the'
fin. rimvided’ for-1n the estimates.
or thousand more are now needed
fife man all the avpilable vessels-
. There an in themiae today .51...
47.750 enlisted men of all ratings
Careful computation shows that in
April, 1012. 40.100 men will be sequir
ed for vessels in ,Ouiimhnion. and
18.000 apprentice seamen should be
kept under training at all times. _ ,
, The secretary of the navy has 1w-
hmmended the abolition of certain of
the smaller and unnecessary navy
yards and in order to furnish a com-
plate and comprehensive report has
referred the question-of all navy yards
to the joint board of the army and
navy This board will short I make
its report. and the secretary of the
navy advises. me that his recommenda-
an... on the subject will be presented
early in the coming year. '3 f ,'
For the consideration of matters
which are pending or have been dis-
posed of in the agricultural department
and in the department of commel'tc
and labor, 1 refer, to the very staunch:
partrnents.
[The president momises later mes-
sages oh conservli‘tlon in Alaska. sec
and class mail rates and economy and
enicieacy‘ it: the. garments He also
,approvon 11911316115 or rented govern
torrent employees. but think: the can;
moaned Wm3 should contrilmt'rr
i.to the paneled furobj
plllminnto' 1.61.“: Olin,» Fro'rn Point».
1 wish to renew again my recom.
mandatiou that all the local emcee
throughout the country. including col-
lectors of internal revenue. collectors
of custom. master- 1111f all four-w
classes. immigration commissioners
and marshals. should he by law. cov
ered thin the 61188111110 service. the ne-
cesidty for confirmation by the senate
other: v'rbone dine in now taken up to
distributing this patronage under the
custom. their has prevailedaince'the be
cloning of the punishment. innocence"
senators and congressmen of the our
Jorlty party; should be relieved from
this border: ‘1 an: confident that such
11 1111.... would many reduce the cost.
of administering the government and
that it would add greatly, to its ef-
ticlency it Would take away the pow- '
or to use "the. patronage oi“ the gov--
eminent for political purposes. When.
one... 11311113, recommended by senators
and congressmen non political mo
lives and fan political services render
ed it is irnpousibie to expect that while
'11: oihce the appointees will not regard
upon continued poll
radiation in the cost of living it will A
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woekn' presence at the naval station,
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