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Show REVIEW OF ACTS OF CONOHfili Official Resume of Activities During Past Session Issued at Capitol. WASHINGTON, OcL 12. An official resumo of the activities of congress during tho past session was issued at tho Capitol today. Compiled by W. Ray Loomls, assistant superintendent superintend-ent of the house document room, It gives not only the status of all war legislation but deals also with miscellaneous miscel-laneous enactments, lists of all laws of this congress bearing on tho international inter-national situation and provides for tho first time a ready government guido to tho legislative situation up to the beginning of tho December session of congress. Under the head of notable dates, the resume begins with President Wilson's Wil-son's proclamation of March 21, calling congress into extraordinary session and concludes with the house reception recep-tion to tho Japanese war mission September Sep-tember 5. Recording tho bill signed by the president September 29, appropriating ap-propriating $3,281,094,541 for tho military mili-tary and naval establishments, as the "largest appropriation known to this or any other country up to that timo," Including $405,000,000 for an emergency emergen-cy shipping fund with which to begin construction of tho greatest merchant fleet the world has over seen, It says that Lho deflcioncy bill signed October 6 by tho president appropriating $5,-356,666,016 $5,-356,666,016 and more than $2,000,000,-000 $2,000,000,-000 more authorized, Is the largest appropriation act passed by this or |