W I 1 BY V V V ORT or f till nil or of MAII I 1 I 1 11 sa s1 now cw yuri 0 anuial of the v of war received hero liy by R sit ie i i will 1 iti r ca congram it mu I 1 auh lu IQ its in last f that little room is 9 at present 1 ill I L for legislation I 1 ilis be secretary the of prisons in alisee or of alio llio 11 0 preben A of fic army convicts to the state also it a codi coda for army aro are reported to I 1 ciare tare matly fauce off the pl pact year the iry renews the inen inundation dation that tho the extra to each ire rapi F i ment bo a with illi oja w vacancies caes occur and thus save gave per otin lint he adrius raising the intellectual at standard a edard of aa almi paiit wion it at west point al elx the we alo of a largo large number or of now in the be south anderse lod elsewhere and the ho establishment ol of a general ars arsenal onal of construction on OB the atlantic alope and another on cin the pacific these ar with that thai already at allock island in the lissis Tl illey would efficiently meet tho the wants ol of the iho service in time of need progress in in experiments with willi improved navy ordnance and nil with breech naz ran email arms is flow blow ile he considers channel obstructions and nl torpedoes protected by heavy batteries halte riM as valuable vala ablo for har bar her bor defences defenses de fences anil and says tho the experiments nta with torpedoes lave have been successful srul in determining tho kind to be c aci bod the secretary the th storage of torpedoes for dolenc in new york and other harbors A anew now system of I 1 in dislers sLurs di in ini 0 officers amounts counts ao it i in full operation the secretary concludes by regretting that one fifth of the arroy army is still do de lamed in tho the southern states east of thi ila 0 bissi alfi and hopes the improving p Oving socia social ati million condition viall n ill soon r dserve that force for foe frontier service and saya 0 8 military expenditures are on tho the al aca O bending scale ecale