I therefore deem it proper to invite your attention to the importance of early and favorable action upon the estimates heretofore and herewith submitted.
These estimates and the views of the Secretary in regard to this emergency meet with my full concurrence, and I recommend that the appropriations asked for be made at the earliest day practicable.
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, March 3, 1876.
To the House of Representatives:
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st ultimo, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, and accompanying papers,[101] together with a report from the Secretary of the Treasury.
U.S. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, March 6, 1876.
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 7th of January last, requesting a "statement of the number of military arrests made in the Territory of Alaska during the past five years, together with the date of each, the charge on which made in each case, the names of the persons arrested, and the period and character of the imprisonment of each in that Territory before trial or surrender to the civil authorities for trial," I have the honor to submit herewith the report of the Acting Secretary of War.