Show UNCLE SAWS ARMY its needs SO set forth by seca secretary alger I 1 REPORTS OF THE WAR OFFICE to properly care cam for the various matters in charge ot of the bureau an appropriation of is asked for tho the fiscal year ending juno june 30 1808 an increase over last year of almost twenty four million dollars greatest increase tor for rivers and harbors Hair bors washington nov hov 21 tb report of russell A alger secretary lary ot of war lust just issued Ind endorses indorses Indor orges ses the recommends clans of gen miles lilies that two additional regiments ot at artillery tor for the manning or of the great seacoast batteries be authorized thor zed Izod on the subject of 0 alaska he pays nays within the past year av as Is ot of course well ivell known the great territory or 0 alaska has opened up a new problem it Is probable able that another nother it acar J car a very large number at 0 people may be gathered fathered there estimated by many men as high as 1000 00 and I 1 urgently suggest that some adequate measurer mean ures bo be adopted by which a military force can call bo be sent cent to that territory it if need be to guard persona anc and L property properly in a remote country w where hero there fire are no laws laus unit and I 1 the he territory very extensive there la Is great danger that there may be much lawlessness and need of a force and I 1 therefore lit hop that largo large powers may be granted th executive to provide as far AS I for any emergency that bat may arle on tho the day of september I 1 col of 0 the eighth infantry with fill two officers and men accompanied d by a surgeon and three assistants were sent to st michael to establish a post and for or tile the purpose of guarding property properly end and preserving tho the peace the corrinia command md arrived on oil the hillh ultimo A in military reservation alth ith headquarters on the island of st bl michael ichael was nag created calou cr under orders ot of tire ultimo ili no the creating of further military reservations in command com majid of prudent officers given some discretion may best solve the problem A boat beat for bI tran transportation por tation and patrol on tho the yukon and its tributaries tributa ries VL ill III bo be ewen een tion and authority Is asked to provide one on account of 0 uio terrible rigor rigo ot of the weather and also tho inducements for demett lon I 1 recommend that the ill pay Y ot of the enlisted men serving there be fill the tape hope that extra call compensation sensation Pensa tion will vill bo be tin an Induce inducement raen t for IL ii VC deiy ly liegh grade ot of me men to enlist la in that service ile he also recommends the revival ot of tho the grade grad of lieu lieutenant benant general in that all tile hie great nations of the norl I give their officers much higher rank than does dies tho the united states and rat few even of the smaller ones have their commanding general below tho the grado grade of general THU ACADEMY tho the military academy at west point ho he says cabi accommodate more dioro btu atu dents and it provision ll 11 made tor far two tuo additional icel ments ot of artillery as recommended the army can absorb more moio of lla its graduates the ten tern ilent lent recommends logi legislation td authorize tho the appointment of tao cu ca dels at al large from each state to be nominated by senators this would give ninety cadets cabets more than at present it Is desirable that there should be no surplus graduates and he recommends as an alternative that tire tho president bo be authorized to appoint ten cabets cadets at large each year this would be an excess of thirty cadets cabets over tho the number now nour authorized under fee lion 1315 ot of the revised statutes the president had bad this power but by the act of june 11 1878 it was provided that at largo large at the military ace academy d era V shall not hereafter exceed ten in till all ne garding the military iry schools of fit chri country lie ho saya ilay the graduates of 0 tile the military colleges of 0 tile the country will furnish it a trained body of young men available in time of need the aik work oik would be more valuable however e or if the lh law which authorizes tile die detail of erio of 0 tho the or army y to colv colleges legos leges having it a capacity capati ty to educate C pupils at one time was as a amended n to ito authorize the details now D provided by law only at much col colleges lages a and n I 1 other in 1 ot of learning as have not less than IZO pupils actually present for instruction tho the recommendation of the judge advocate general to provide a proper 8 system for ordinary criminal jurisdiction in military reservations reservation Is jn in an increase of in the appropriation for army transportation Is roc nece cessar tary to move heavy ordnance oid nance guns guna and isun gun carriages carriaga including mortars anil and recommend as li is also an increase of in tile appropriation tor for military posts to provide barracks tied aad quarters for a number of new posts on the seacoast and to enlarge others statistics rc relating latIng to the health 1 0 of f tho the at aimy my are given and tire the staten statement ien t Is made that the general impre impression raton that white troops excel colored troops in point of 0 health Is 13 shown to be contrary to the facts lie ho recommends recommend an iner increase e nee in the number of 0 and enlisted men in the engineer corps in view of 0 tho the immense work intruded to them and which Is over overtaking overtaxing taxing the present force As AB to the proposed still canal con lakes union and washington with w ith puget sound he ha strongly urges its construction AND ANI HARBORS secretary alger transmits without reduction tho the estimates of the chief of 0 engineers tor for rivers and harbors tor for the next fiscal year to CO buys these the se lire are largely larkely in excess of what they should be b at a time when then the demands on oil the iho trea bary axe are as 09 great as now therefore ho he recommends a large reduction in justice to the chief of engineers secretory secretary alger says that these estimates were made by his own direction that tho the facts might be placed before con coil gross greas showing what the expenditures would be were all ail the r requirements of 0 tho the river and harbor I 1 laws alwa compiled with and ho he cites tile fact that tho outstanding continuous contracts contract for river and harbor work will require sit expenditure of over tor for the next fiscal year tho the omi cour matea nates asked for the year ending juno june 30 of 0 o by tho the ordnance bureau lire ar approve approved e d as aa aleo the estimates for or ord ordnance nanee and ord ordnance once stores of trio latter provides store find and material for target of artillery infantry and cavalry an appropriation of 0 to 10 tor for the chief signal officer to continue ex experimental peri mental work with military balloons bal loona la Is commended the report t of tho the war records offida affords afford tho the gratifying antell tunit with tho the cloge ot of the 11 present c sent lacal fiscal vear th thal a brithe series of records relating revear directly to battles and cam cain will have hav been printed and dim til buted it LA recommended that au I 1 h rity be granted iron ted to dibar 1 I 1 butt th incomplete coull loto slam of oc tit the wr W work r k nt f which there at are about volumes now stored lit jn tire the department depart mant occupying space murit much needed for or other wa I 1 commissions r in to the th battle c comate 0 mons a and nd tire the work o tho h a secretary ry says these theme marked and to be marked as thy they th y have been and will bo be are abc an object lesson of pa wherein heroic deeds are rn n ph for the of 0 tin file louth auth of oc the country th ill monuments n to n bear it i ailef bi let I 1 legand e 6 on complied without praise aind without censure I 1 like tin an officials real beal they import absolute clity tho the work li 14 progressing at antle tan tam it 1 la almost tin labod ard and no further urther appropriation h 1 needed at oct get and achl kai the magr 0 of tile vork la 18 COM with the importance rit of the billies commemorated at q ali lol 1 t the h e v 0 i k III IB not yet beyond ali tho 0 c commencement i im e ii ce r n e n t stage V etien aben the at 0 gens sherman sheridan and lokan logan for which congress lias has made provision shall have heon heen completed it will give to the city of 0 washington statues of 0 seven or inore tiene of tile alie late war besides those of 0 dupont and Fair farragut agut d officers onic of 0 tile the navy nat As yet no provision v lilon li lon has been made for the election of ft a statue to jen gen grant and lie renew a tit the iL commendation of oc his predecessor that Congre sm make nial lilon for the erection of a BUl sul tahle ilium or memorial to that illustrious officer WHAT ESTIMATES ARE T the he all matesi pt the amount re far or the year beginning july I 1 ai are arc shown lit in the following statement I 1 salaries and contingent ex i anse li rm S tV SWiM A p pay ote etc or of the HIB arine ll 11 J it stence of tho the anny I 1 regular quartermasters d 00 I 1 n a e qua arter annta r s d e partin tit 00 0 1 I 1 cracks and quarters ij and hoOp lial construction SOO 00 shooting ni ranges fia anil and contin genelva of tho the ormy army ka W cavalry and artillery horses lt 10 etli li ON w army 2 bojko OJ rf fr kO 0 fr clothing etc I 1 loi lonoko oro OKO 0 i me department rl 14 no a Ord ordnance nanco department military baim 16 46 and aca 77 31 00 Armon alot etc r to 0 M rivers and harbors 4 parks cemeteries ine military posts etc tc ctr 61 k olsia loni m W limbs 5 00 buildings and nd grounds 1 in n and gouni wound wash I 1 agton lukl 00 M I 1 re lloma I 1 total gam M P this Is an increase over the annual appropriation for the foscal year ending june 30 1898 of |