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Serial set 7328 Appropriations, new offices, etc.... Sixty-fifth congress: first session, April 2, 1917, to October 6, 1917. Second session, December 3, 1917, to November 21, 1918. Prepared under the direction of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives..., by Kennedy F. Rea and Marcellus C. Sheild. 1
Serial set 7329 Supplemental estimate of appropriation -- War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $68,100, required for additional clerical force in office of the Auditor for the War Department for the fiscal year 1919. March 15, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Edmund Johnson. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Edmund Johnson against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Horace D.B. Cutler. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Horace D.B. Cutler against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Urgent estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required by the War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting urgent estimates of deficiencies in appropriations required by the War Department, Quartermaster Corps... February 28, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Report on cultivation of the public domain and Indian lands. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of October 5, 1917, a report as to the feasibility and practicability of putting into cultivation such portions of the public domain and Indian lands as may be suitable... December 11, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Public Lands and ordered to be printed.
Report of rents collected on sites of proposed public buildings. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of rents received from properties located on sites of proposed public buildings purchased by the United States government in the City of Washington, D.C. January 16, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
William Ioder. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William Ioder against the United States. February 4, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Benjamin K. Roberts et al. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Benjamin K. Roberts, Harris L. Roberts, and Helen F.C. Roberts, guardian of Benjamin S. Roberts, Jr., heirs of Benjamin S. Roberts... February 4, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. February 5, 1918. -- Illustrations ordered printed.
Payment of allowances to soldiers' families. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of February 5, 1918, information as to allowances that have been paid to soldiers' families for the months of November and December, 1917, and also the month of January, 1918. February 7, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Housing of shipyard employees. Mr. Ransdell submitted the following conference report on Bill (S. 3389) "To Authorize and Empower the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation to Purchase, Lease, Requisition, or Otherwise Acquire Improved or Unimproved Land, Houses, Buildings, and for Other Purposes." February 19, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Construction of concrete ships. Special report submitted to Edward N. Hurley, Chairman of the Emergency Fleet Corporation together with an estimate of appropriation relating to concrete ships, also a detailed description of the proposed construction of same. Presented by Mr. McCumber. May 8, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Indian appropriation bill. Mr. Ashurst submitted the following conference report on the Bill (H.R. 8696) making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, for fulfilling treaty stipulations with various Indian tribes, and for other purposes, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919. May 10, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table.
Acts and resolution of special session of Ninth Legislature of Porto Rico, 1918. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting copies of the acts and resolutions enacted by the Ninth Legislature of Porto Rico during its special session (Feb. 6 to 16, 1918, inclusive). May 15, 1918. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and ordered to be printed.
Tax estimates of revenues, year ending June 30, 1918. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of May 6, 1918, a report of the tax on incomes and excess profits for the calendar year 1917, and the ordinary revenues for the twelve months ending June 30, 1918. May 15, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Employees of the public schools of the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia submitting a revised estimate of appropriation for certain employees for the public schools of the District... June 3, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Property report of the Secretary of the Senate. Letter from the Secretary of the Senate transmitting in obedience to law an account of all property, including stationery, belonging to the United States in his possession on the 3d day of December, 1917. December 4, 1917. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Loyalty of German-Americans to the United States government. An address delivered before the citizens of Jordan, Minn. on November 10, 1917, by Hon Julius A. Coller. Presented by Mr. Nelson. December 4, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.
Expenditures for the issuance of bonds and certificates. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... a detailed statement of expenditures made under the act entitled "An Act to Authorize an Issue of Bonds to Meet Expenditures for the National Security and Defense, ... and the Other Purposes," approved April 24, 1917, ... December 10, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Property report of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. Letter from the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate transmitting to the Senate a full and complete report of all the property in his possession on the 3d day of December, 1917. December 11, 1917. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Sale of waste paper by Sergeant at Arms, United States Senate. Letter from the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, transmitting a statement showing the amount of receipts from the sale of waste paper and condemned property and the disposition of the proceeds thereof since December 4, 1916. December 11, 1917. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War submitting certified copies of franchises granted by the Executive Council of Porto Rico up to the time such functions... were superseded by the Public Service Commission... December 11, 1917. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to print message.
Annual report of the Governor of Porto Rico... Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Governor of Porto Rico for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917, together with the reports of the heads of the several executive departments... for the same period. December 11, 1917. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico, and the message only ordered to be printed.
Theodore F. Lewis. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Theodore F. Lewis against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Henry T. Lee. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Henry T. Lee against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
R.P. Higgins, administrator. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of R.P. Higgins, administrator of John P. Higgins, deceased, against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
John Douch. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Douch against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
James H. Day. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James H. Day against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Mabel Cushman Hitt. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Mabel Cushman Hitt (daughter), Florence Cushman Mudge and Douglas Cushman (grandchildren), heirs of William H.W. Cushman, deceased, against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Tunis Vosburgh. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Tunis Vosburgh against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
George F. Sinclair. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George F. Sinclair against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
John H. Ingram. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John H. Ingram against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Thomas Cusack. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Thomas Cusack against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
William T. Cessna. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William T. Cessna against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
James W. Briscoe. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of James W. Briscoe against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
John Acker. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of John Acker against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Wesley R. Adams. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Wesley R. Adams against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
William W. Stinnett. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of William W. Stinnett against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Joseph Sears. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Joseph Sears against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
George B. Randall. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of George B. Randall against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Jonas C. Littlefield. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jonas C. Littlefield against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Jonathan F. Linton. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Jonathan F. Linton against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Relations of officers and enlisted men in social intercourse. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of December 11, 1917, a report relative to the rules or regulations of the War Department governing the intercourse of officers with privates or mingling with them in social intercourse or... December 18, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of the National Academy of Sciences for the year 1917.
move for international bimetallism. The war has made international bimetallism an imperative necessity. Article published in The Annalist of New York of January 7, 1918, by Hon. John F. Shafroth, United States Senator from Colorado. Presented by Mr. Thomas. January 31, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation -- urgent deficiency -- in Post Office Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting supplemental estimates of appropriation in the sum of $1,185,000, required for the postal service... February 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate for Bureau of Mines -- minerals needed for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting ... a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $150,000, required by the Bureau of Mines for investigations concerning minerals needed for war purposes ... February 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
The housing bill. Mr. Swanson submitted the following conference report on the bill (H.R. 10265) to authorize the Secretary of Labor to provide housing, local transportation, and other community facilities for war needs. May 7, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table.
Supplemental estimates of appropriation for the District of Columbia. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia submitting supplemental estimates of appropriation... May 13 (calendar day, May 14), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Telautograph and Delaney systems for prevention of tapping of telegraph and telephone wires. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting... a report on the method and efficiency of the telautograph and Delaney systems of preventing tapping... communication from F.R. Curtis, Colonel, Signal Corps,... in relation thereto. May 17, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for United States Public Health Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting supplemental estimate of appropriation required by the United States Public Health Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918. March 8, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for increase in compensation of senior assistant chief of the division of Customs. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, requesting attention of the Senate to a supplemental estimate of appropriation for $600 increase in the compensation... March 8, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates of appropriation for United States Public Health Service. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $13,500, required by the Public Health Service, for the fiscal year 1918... March 8 (calendar day, March 11), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Unjustified criticism of the administration. Speech delivered at the banquet of the Kansas Democratic Club, held on February 22, 1918, in Topeka, Kans. By Mr. William H. Thompson, Senator from Kansas. Presented by Mr. Hollis. March 8 (calendar day, March 11), 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates for appropriations, War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication from the Secretary of War submitting supplemental estimates of appropriations required for the War Department for the fiscal year 1918. March 8 (calendar day, March 12), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimate of appropriation required for Public Health Service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate for an appropriation required for the Public Health Service, for fuel, light, and water, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918... March 8 (calendar day, March 12), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimates of appropriations, Ordnance Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Acting Secretary of War,... appropriations required by the Ordnance Department to complete the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918... March 8 (calendar day, March 12), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency estimate of appropriation for Signal Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of deficiency estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $200,000,000, required by the Signal Corps of the Army for increase in aviation, Signal Corps, 1918. March 13, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for seacoast fortifications construction. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, recommending that the appropriation of $1,000,000 for contingent expenses incident to the construction of seacoast fortifications... include the insular possessions, the Panama Canal, and Porto Rico. March 20, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Urgent deficiencies in appropriations. March 23, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Additional estimates of appropriation, Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting additional estimate of appropriation in the sum of $2,890, required by the Treasury Department for the service of the fiscal year 1919. March 23, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Devices for preventing spies from tapping telegraph and telephone wires. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting... a report from the Chief of the Intelligence Branch of the General Staff relative to any devices known... to prevent spies from tapping telegraph and telephone wires. March 26 (calendar day, March 27), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Publication of casualty lists of American expeditionary force abroad. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting in response to a Senate resolution... the reasons of the War Department for withholding from publication the place of residence and next of kin when giving out the casualty lists... March 26 (calendar day, March 27), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Additional estimate for appropriation for the Treasury Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an additional estimate of appropriation for the Office of the Treasurer of the United States for the fiscal year 1919. March 26 (calendar day, March 27), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
War Finance Corporation. April 1, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
United States Court of Claims -- cases dismissed. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of cases which were dismissed by the Court of Claims November 12, 1917. January 15, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Estimate of appropriation for the Post Office Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Postmaster General submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $50,000, required... for the enforcement of the Espionage and Trading with Enemy acts. April 4, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Elizabeth H. Rice. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Elizabeth H. Rice against the United States. March 23, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed. March 25, 1918. -- ordered printed with illustrations.
Amending Federal Farm Loan Act. January 9, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
The shipping situation. Address delivered before the National Marine League of the United States, at Delmonico's, in New York,... giving a comprehensive analysis of the entire situation... the number of new shipyards and launching ways,... the tonnage and types of vessels... Edward N. Hurley Chairman of the United States Shipping Board. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. March 28, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Nelson Erickson. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Nelson Erickson against the United States. January 4, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Removal of snow in the City of Washington. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of December 17, 1917, information as to measures taken by said board for cleaning ice and snow from the sidewalks of the City of Washington, D.C. January 4, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Government control of railroads. Copy of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America. Proclaimed on December 26, 1917, relative to government control of the railroads, together with an explanatory statement in relation thereto. Presented by Mr. Poindexter. January 7, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate for urgent deficiency appropriation. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting, for the consideration of Congress, a supplemental estimate in the amount of $400, covering the remainder of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, for an additional clerk of class 1 in the section of surety bonds... February 20, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation -- Quartermaster Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of War, submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $2,500,000, required by the Quartermaster Corps ... February 20, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Address on Washington's birthday. Address delivered on February 22, 1918, at Washington's birthday celebration before the Sons and Daughters of the Revolution, at Washington, D.C. By Hon. Warren G. Harding United States Senator from the State of Ohio. Presented by Mr. Pomerene. February 25, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Urgent estimate of appropriation for Engineer Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication of the Secretary of War, submitting an urgent estimate of appropriation in the sum of $50,000, required... under appropriation, "Maintenance of Highway Bridge..." February 25, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation, Quartermaster Corps. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting supplemental estimates for appropriations required in connection with the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. February 25, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Estimate of additional appropriation to enable the Treasury Department to enforce the provisions of the Espionage Act and Trading With Enemy Act. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, submitting estimate of appropriation in the sum of $300,000, necessary in order to enable the Secretary of the Treasury, through the... February 25, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Urgent deficiency estimate of appropriation for War Department. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an urgent deficiency estimate for an appropriation in the sum of $4,506,997.30, required ... February 25, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Panama Railroad Co. Message from the President of the United States transmitting the sixty-eighth annual report of the Board of Directors of the Panama Railroad Co. to the stockholders for the year ending June 30, 1917. February 21, 1918. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Interoceanic Canals and ordered to be printed. February 26, 1918. -- Ordered printed, with illustrations.
Urgent deficiency estimate, Post Office Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $40,000...connection with the urgent deficiency appropriation bill to enable the department to enforce the Espionage and Trading-with-the-Enemy Acts. February 26, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates of appropriations, Navy Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting supplemental estimates of appropriations required by the Navy Department, for consideration in connection with the urgent deficiency appropriation bill, for the fiscal year 1918. February 26, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Urgent deficiency estimate of appropriation -- Quartermaster Corps. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting an urgent estimate of deficiency in the appropriation for purchase of land, military post, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. February 26, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates required by Department of State. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of State submitting supplemental estimates of appropriation required by the State Department... in connection with the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. February 26, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Opening, extending, and widening alleys in the City of Washington, D.C. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia in response to Senate resolution of April 1, 1918, advising the Senate what proceedings have been instituted for the... alleys and minor streets of the City of Washington, D.C. April 12, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on District of Columbia and ordered to be printed.
Noncombatant commissioned officers. Letter from the Acting Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of April 1, 1918, a report showing the number of officers within the draft age who have received their commissions since the outbreak of the war and who are now assigned to duty in the District of Columbia. April 16, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
American sea power and the Seamen's Act. Article on the American sea power and the Seamen's Act. By Andrew Furuseth, President International Seamen's Union. Presented by Mr. Fletcher. April 16, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.
Indian appropriation bill. April 17, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed and to lie on the table
Army chaplains -- veto message. Message from the President of the United States, returning,... Senate Bill 2917, entitled "An Act To Amend Section 15 of the Act Approved June 3, 1916, Entitled 'An Act Making Further and More Effectual Provision for the National Defense, and for Other Purposes,' as Amended, Etc.,"... April 18, 1918. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates for War Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication from the Acting Secretary of War, submitting supplemental estimates of appropriation... to pay salaries of the Second and Third Assistant Secretaries of War, authorized in the act approved April 6, 1918 (Public No. 122). April 19, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
International Parliamentary Conference on Commerce. Letter from the Acting Secretary of State, transmitting copy of a dispatch from the American ambassador at Paris, requesting the ambassador to bring to the attention of the members of Congress... that the... conference has been postponed from the first days of May... April 22, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Interstate Commerce Commission supplemental report. Letter from the Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, transmitting a supplemental report... relative to the financial relations, rates, and practices of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, and other carriers. April 23, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Naturalization bill. April 30, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1916, together with the reports of the Governor of the Department of Mindanao... December 11, 1917. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Philippines, and the message only ordered to be printed.
Robert L. Wilson. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of Robert L. Wilson against the United States. December 17, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 7330 The black slaves of Prussia. Letter addressed to Lieut. Gen J.C. Smuts relative to German rule in East Africa by Frank Weston, D.D. Bishop of Zanzibar, head of the Universities' mission in the eastern District of German East Africa. Presented by Mr. Lodge. October 24, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed
Great Lakes-Hudson River ship canals. Letter from the Secretary of Commerce transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of September 21, 1918, a report on the commercial advantages of ship canals connecting Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and Lake Ontario and the Hudson River. November 15, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Supplemental appropriation for housing for war needs. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of Labor submitting supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $100,000,000, required by the Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation... July 2, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
National Guard officers discharged and dismissed. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of July 11 (calendar day, July 13), 1918, a list of the officers of the National Guard, by states, discharged and dismissed from the service since the beginning of the war with... German government. August 12, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Development of the naval strength. Address delivered to the graduating class of 1918 at the Naval Academy on June 6, 1918. By Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. July 11 (calendar day July 13), 1918. -- Presented by Mr. Swanson, and referred to the Committee on Printing.
River and harbor appropriations. June 3, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Claim of the French government on account of losses sustained by a French citizen in connection with the search for the body of Admiral John Paul Jones. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in relation to a claim presented... June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1918. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation -- Director of Purchases, Storage, and Traffic for inland and port storage. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War,... supplemental estimates of appropriation... fiscal year 1919. June 3, (calendar day June 4) 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimates of appropriation for Division of Purchases, Storage, and Traffic, General Staff of the Army. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War... supplemental estimates of appropriation... fiscal year 1919. June 3 (calendar day, June 4), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Tuberculosis Hospital, Washington, D.C. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia... supplemental estimate of appropriation in the sum of $200,000, required for the... Tuberculosis Hospital in... Washington. June 6, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
State of California. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of California against the United States. June 6, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
State of California. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a copy of the findings of the court in the case of the State of California against the United States. June 6, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Construction of concrete ships. Letters and reports submitted on the cost, plans, and advantages in the construction of concrete ships as submitted by constructing engineers to the Chairman of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the Senate Commerce Committee. Presented by Mr. McCumber. June 7, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing.
Noncombatant officers in the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of June 17, 1917, certain information requested by the Senate on April 18, 1918, directing the Secretary of War to submit a list of the men to whom commissions had been issued and who have not had charge of troops. June 24, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Government free bathhouse, Hot Springs Reservation, Ark. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... a communication from the Secretary of the Interior submitting... estimate of appropriation required by the National Park Service, for the construction of a new administration and... bathhouse building... June 24, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Salaries and expenses, employment service, Department of Labor. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of Labor, submitting an alternative estimate of appropriation... for salaries and expenses for the fiscal year 1919. June 24, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Homes for returning soldiers and sailors. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of the Interior... estimate of appropriation required by the Interior Department for survey of and reclamation of arid lands... June 24 (calendar day, June 25), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Military Academy appropriation. Mr. Chamberlain submitted the following conference report on the bill (H.R. 11185) making appropriations for the support of the Military Academy for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and for other purposes. June 10 (calendar day, June 11), 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table.
Supplemental estimates of appropriation -- Quartermaster Corps. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication form the Secretary of War, submitting supplemental estimates of appropriation required by the Quartermasters Corps of the Army for the fiscal year 1919. June 18, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Deficiency estimate of appropriation for Bureau of Standards. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of the Commerce submitting a deficiency estimate of appropriation,... to cover a deficiency in the appropriation "Testing railroad scales, etc.,..." July 2, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Rivers and harbors appropriation bill. Mr. Fletcher submitted the following conference report of the Bill (H.R. 10069) making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes. July 2, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation, Quartermaster Corps, for continuing constructions of barracks, etc. Panama Canal Zone. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... from the Secretary of War, submitting... an appropriation... for continuing construction... in the Canal Zone. July 3, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Address of President Woodrow Wilson delivered before the members of the diplomatic corps at the tomb of George Washington at Mount Vernon, July 4, 1918. Presented by Mr. Owen. July 5, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Army appropriation bill. Mr. Chamberlain submitted the following conference report on the bill (H.R. 12281) making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919. July 5, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table.
List of cases dismissed by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims transmitting a list of the cases dismissed by the United States Court of Claims on May 6, 1918, on motion of defendants for want of prosecution. July 8, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Purchase of obligations of foreign governments. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a further statement of expenditures in the purchase of obligations of foreign governments as provided by Section 8 of the act of Congress approved April 24, 1917. July 8, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
List of cases dismissed by the Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of cases dismissed by the United States Court of Claims on May 7, 1918, on motion of defendants, to which the claimants' attorneys consented. July 9, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Shall civilization survive? An address on the vital issue involved in this war, delivered before the citizens of Bristol, R.I., at their celebration on Independence Day July 4, 1918. By Hon. Le Baron B. Colt, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island. Presented by Mr. Kenyon. July 10, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Short-line railroads. Message from the President of the United States, vetoing Senate Joint Resolution 159, to extend the time within which the President may relinquish control of any railroad or system of transportation, as provided in Section 14 of an act... approved March 21, 1918, to January 1, 1919. July 11, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Mail to Expeditionary Forces. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of July 5, 1918, a report relative to the movements of mail to and from the American troops and auxiliaries abroad. July 11 (calendar day, July 12), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Printing. July 11 (calendar day, July 13), 1918. -- Reported favorably and ordered to be printed.
Dispatch of mails to military organizations abroad. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting,... a preliminary report relative to the movement of mails to and from the American troops and auxiliaries abroad, and information as to the steps taken... to facilitate the dispatch and distribution of mail... of military forces in France. July 9, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Phosphate rock in the manufacture of fertilizers. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, transmitting, in response to Senate resolution of July 5, 1918, certain information relating to phosphate rock available for use in the manufacture of fertilizers, together with location of beds or deposits, quantity mined... August 1, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and ordered to be printed.
Mob violence. Statement of the President of the United States denouncing mob violence and appealing to his fellow countrymen to keep the nation's fame untarnished. August 22, 1918. -- Presented by Mr. Overman and ordered to be printed.
Cases dismissed by the United States Court of Claims. Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Court of Claims, transmitting a list of cases which have been dismissed by the court June 17, 1918, on motion of the defendants. August 22, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Claims and ordered to be printed.
Franchises of Porto Rico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Secretary of War submitting certified copies of six franchises granted by the Public Service Commission of Porto Rico. September 9, 1918. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Pacific Islands and Porto Rico and ordered to be printed.
United States Railroad Administration. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting the report of the Director General of Railroads for the seven months, ended July 31, 1918. September 9, 1918. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Interstate Commerce, and ordered to be printed. September 11, 1918. -- Illustration, ordered printed.
Gift from the French government. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the French Ambassador expressing the desire of the government of the French Republic to offer to each of the two Houses of Congress a vase from the National Manufacture of Sevres. September 11, 1918. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Production and consumption of gasoline. Letter from the United States Fuel Administrator transmitting, in response to a Senate resolution of September 9, 1918, information relating to the production, consumption and exportation of gasoline. September 11, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed and to lie on the table.
German propagandist societies. An article by Lewis Melville. (Reprinted from the London Quarterly Review and the Living Age, Boston). Presented by Mr. Lodge. September 17, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Production of crude oil. Letter from the Director of the Bureau of Mines transmitting... certain information in regard to the production and consumption of crude petroleum and other mineral oils so far as statistics are available; also a letter... certain information as to... the threatened shortage in the supply of crude oil. September 24 (calendar day, September 26) 1918. -- Ordered to be printed, with an illustration.
Minerals and metals for war purposes. September 24 (calendar day, September 26), 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Affairs of Hungary, 1849-1850. Message from the President of the United States transmitting... correspondence with Mr. A. Dudley Mann (1849-1850), relating to affairs in Hungary, also certain additional papers transmitted by Secretary of State Robert Lansing to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, on September 10, 1918, relating to the same subject. Presented by Mr. Lodge. September 28, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Fourth liberty loan. Address of the President of the United States. Delivered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City on September 27, 1918. Presented by Mr. Shafroth. September 28, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Equal suffrage. Address of the President of the United States delivered in the Senate of the United States on September 30, 1918. Presented by Mr. Thompson. September 30 (calendar day, October 1), 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Stimulation of agriculture. September 30 (calendar day, October 1), 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Non-combatant commissioned officers of the Army. Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting in response to a Senate resolution of April 18, 1918, a list of the men to whom commissions in the Army have been issued and who are not now and who have not heretofore been placed in command or had charge of any troops in the service of the United States. October 2, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Attitude of the United States toward Mexico. Address of the President of the United States delivered before a party of editors from the Republic of Mexico at the White House June 7, 1918.
Patriotism. Address delivered on June 21, 1918, before the Pomfret School, at Pomfret, Conn. by Honorable Charles B. Henderson, United States Senator from Nevada. Presented by Mr. Hollis. June 24, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
Lighthouse depot for the sixteenth district, Alaska. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation required by the Lighthouse Service for a lighthouse depot and equipment for the sixteenth... June 24, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims allowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury Department. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting in compliance with law, schedules of claims allowed by the several accounting officers of the Treasury Department. June 27 (calendar day, July 1), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriation and ordered to be printed.
Judgments of Court of Claims. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursuant to law, a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims which have been presented to the department and require an appropriation for their payment. June 27 (calendar day July 1), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Garabed. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, transmitting a copy of the report made in accordance with the provisions of public resolution No. 21 by the commission of scientists appointed to investigate an invention submitted by Mr. Garabed T.K. Giragossian. June 27 (calendar day, July 1), 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of War Risk Insurance. Mr. Smith of Georgia submitted the following conference report on the bill (S. 4482) to amend an act entitled "An Act To Authorize the Establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury Department," approved September 2, 1914, as amended. June 14 (calendar day, June 15), 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table.
Supplemental estimates of appropriation, for salaries of employees, equipment, and operating expenses of New Arlington Building and Treasury Annex. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting to Congress... estimates of appropriation required by the Treasury Department for... fiscal year 1919. July 2, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for salaries of keepers of lighthouses. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Commerce submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation... for salaries of keepers of lighthouses, fiscal year 1919. July 2, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Achievements of the Sixty-fifth Congress. Statements showing the achievements of the Sixty-fifth Congress, also a statement of appropriations and contract authorizations for the fiscal year 1918, together with recapitulations of the appropriations. Presented by Mr. Martin of Virginia. October 21, 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
War Emergency Service and Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of Labor submitting supplemental estimates... required by the War Emergency Service and Bureau of Labor Statistics,... fiscal year 1919. October 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses for War Department for year 1918. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation required for the contingent expenses of the War Department for the fiscal year 1919. October 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriation for the postal service. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Postmaster General submitting deficiency estimates for sums necessary to reimburse the postal revenues of the fiscal years 1917 and 1918. October 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Increase in appropriation for the construction of ships. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a copy of a communication from the acting Chairman of the United States Shipping Board submitting an additional estimate of appropriation for the construction of ships. October 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Claims for damages occasioned by the explosion at the Gillespie plant, Morgan, N.J. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Secretary of War submitting... appropriation, in the sum of $2,500,000, required by the Ordnance Department... for the liquidation of claims... October 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for Army Medical Museum. Letter from Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... a communication from the Secretary of War,... estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $12,000, required by the Medical Department of the Army for the Army Medical Museum, for fiscal year 1919. October 24, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for District of Columbia. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting... a communication from the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $12,800,... for purchase of fire apparatus... October 24, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Supplemental estimate of appropriation for Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation, war housing. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of a communication from the Acting Secretary of Labor, submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation, in the sum of $195,000,000... October 24, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Proposed transfer of bureaus from Washington to other cities. Message from the President of the United States transmitting... reports from the heads of the... executive departments and independent government establishments, in reference to... transferring from Washington to other cities in the country,... bureaus... of the several departments. October 28, 1918. -- Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed.
Statement of contingent expenses for the District of Columbia. Letter from the President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia transmitting a detailed statement of the expenditures from the appropriation for contingent expenses of the...District of Columbia for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1918. November 11, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Cost of production of certain agricultural products. Letter from the Secretary of Agriculture, submitting in response to a Senate resolution of September 24, 1918, certain information relating to the cost of producing wheat, barley, rye, buckwheat, corn, kafir corn, rice, apples, potatoes, cotton, beef cattle, hogs, hay, and sheep. November 12, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Transportation of the mails. Letter from the Postmaster General, transmitting, in compliance with law, a report advising the Senate that a special contract has been entered into with the Copper River and Northwestern Railway Co. for carrying the mails on route No. 178002, from Cordova by Chitina, and other points to Kennecott, Alaska. November 21, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Profiteering. Letter from the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission in response to a Senate resolution of June 10, 1918, transmitting a report containing all facts, figures, data, or information now in possession of the Federal Trade Commission relative to profiteering. June 27 (calendar day June 29), 1918. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Serial set 7331 Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States with the address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917. 1
Serial set 7332 Annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the state of the finances for the year ended June 30, 1917, with appendices. 1
Serial set 7333 Combined statement of the receipts and disbursements, balances, etc., of the United States during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917. 1
Serial set 7334 Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919. 1
Serial set 7335 Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Sixty-fifth Congress of the United States. December 3, 1917. (In two volumes) Vol. 1. 1
Serial set 7336 Annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency to the second session of the Sixty-fifth Congress of the United States. December 3, 1917. (In two volumes) Vol. 2. 1
Serial set 7337 Annual report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1917. With statistical tables. 1
Serial set 7338 Statistics of income. Compiled from the returns for 1916 under the direction of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. June 14, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed. 1
Serial set 7339 Annual report of the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service of the United States for the fiscal year 1917. 1
Serial set 7340 The pathology and pathogenesis of myelitis by N.E. Wayson. Experimental poliomyelitis by J.P. Leake. Attempts to induce poliomyelitis in small laboratory animals by A.M. Stimson. Report on attempts to cultivate the virus of poliomyelitis by N.E. Wayson. [Hygienic laboratory Bulletin No. 111.]
I. Phenols as preservatives of antipneumococcic serum... by Carl Voegtlin. II. The nature of contaminations of biological products, by I.A. Bengtson. III. Studies in preservatives of biological products. The effects of certain substances on organisms found in biological products, by M.H. Neill. IV. The effect of ether on tetanus spores and on other..., by H.B. Corbitt. [Hygienic Laboratory Bulletin No. 112. April, 1918.]
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Serial set 7341 War Department annual reports, 1917. (In three volumes) Volume I. Reports of the Secretary of War, Chief of Staff, Adjutant General, Inspector General, Judge Advocate General, Quartermaster General, Surgeon General, Chief of Ordnance, Chief Signal Officer, Chief of Militia Bureau, Chief of Coast Artillery, Superintendent Military Academy, Chickamauga and Chattanooga Park Commission, Gettysburg Park Commission, Shiloh Park Commission, Vicksburg Park Commission. 1
Serial set 7342 War Department annual reports, 1917 (In three volumes). Volume II. Report of the Chief of Engineers (Without appendices). 1
Serial set 7343 War Department annual reports, 1917. (In three volumes). Volume III. Reports of the Chief, Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1917; Governor of Porto Rico, 1917; Philippine Commission, 1916. 1
Serial set 7344 Annual reports, War Department. Fiscal year ended June 30, 1917. Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, 1917. In three parts. Part 1. 1
Serial set 7345 Annual reports, War Department. Fiscal year ended June 30, 1917. Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, 1917. In three parts. Part 2. 1
Serial set 7346 Annual reports, War Department. Fiscal year ended June 30, 1917. Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army, 1917. In three parts. Part 3. 1
Serial set 7347 Encroachments and obstructions in the Chicago River and on the Chicago lake front. Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, with report of the officer in charge of the miscellaneous civil section, on encroachments and obstructions... January 3, 1918. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and ordered to be printed, with illustrations. 1