561, see pp. 389-390.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 12, 1877_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In reply to a resolution of inquiry dated December 23, 1876, of the
House of Representatives, respecting the expenditure of certain moneys
appropriated by the act of August 14, 1876, for river and harbor
improvements, I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your
information, a report and accompanying papers received from the
Secretary of War, to whom the resolution was referred.
U.S. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 15, 1877_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
The joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to supply blankets
to the Reform School in the District of Columbia is before me.
I am in entire sympathy with the purpose of the resolution, but
before taking any action upon it I deem it my duty to submit for your
consideration the accompanying letter, received from the Secretary of
War, embodying a report, made in anticipation of the passage of the
resolution, by the Quartermaster-General of the Army, in which, among
other facts, it is stated that--
The appropriation for clothing for the Army for this fiscal year is much
smaller than usual, and the supply of blankets which it will allow us to
purchase is so small that none can properly be spared for other purposes
than the supply of the Army.
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