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Show ret Activity in uvul I'r -purutionM, Chicago, 17. A Washington special says : Some oi the preparations prepara-tions at the navy yards ot various vessels of war are regarded as very significant. All the available force in tbe department of steam engineering engineer-ing at the Washington navy yard was set to work yesterday to put the machinery ma-chinery of the monitor (JaL-kUl m order, The vessel was hauled into Ihe wharf from her position in Ihe btrearn and will bo remly us quickly as possible for sea, and will proceed from here to Norfolk, where she will be docked lor the purpose of having her hull inspected. The secretary of war will recommend recom-mend lo congress an appropriation of $o0,000 to continue the work of compiling com-piling the official reports and military mili-tary correspondence of the war of the rebellion in the adjutant ger.eral's otfico. |