C. A. Laflin, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. Wm. H. Frazier, International Seamen's Union. T. J. Duffy, Frank H. Hutchens, Ed. Menge, International Brotherhood of Operative Potters. V. A. Olander, International Seamen's Union. Frank L. Ronemus, Brotherhood of Railway Car Men of America. George C. Grillin, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Louis Kemper, A. J. Kugler, William Hellmuth, International Union of Brewery Workers of America. T. C. Parsons, George G. Seibold, International Typographical Union. D. A. Hayes, William Launer, James J. Dunn, F. H. Williams, Glass-Bottle Blowers' Association. James McHugh, Journeyman Stone Cutters' Association. Daniel J. Keefe, Thomas Gallagher, International Longshoremen's Association. T. A. Rickert, United Garment Workers of America. J. J. Flynn, P. J. Flannery, Interior Freight Handlers and Warehousemen's Union. W. J. McSorley, R. V. Brandt, Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers' International Union. P. J. McArdle, John Williams, Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers. Jacob Fischer, Frank K. Noschang, Journey men Barber's International Union. John Golden, Albert Hibbert, United Textile Workers of America. F. A. Didsbury, Pocketknife-Blade Grinders and Finishers' National Union. Edward W. Potter, Homer D. Call, H. L. Eichelberger, A. L. Webb, Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America. Frank Gehring, Lithographers International Protective and Beneficial Association. J. F. Murphy, International Union of Elevator Constructors. John H. Brinkman, Carriage and Wagon Workers' International Union. P. F. Richardson, International Car Workers. Joseph Reilly, United Brotherhood of Carpenters. I. B. Kuhn, Cigarmakers' International Union. Thomas McGilton, Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers. John Weber, Bakery and Confectionery Workers' International Union. James J. McCracken, International Union of Steam Engineers. J. F. McCarthy, Hotel and Restaurant Employees' International Alliance. THANKS OF KING OF PORTUGAL FOR SYMPATHETIC RESOLUTIONS IN VIEW OF ASSASSINATION OF LATE KING AND CROWN PRINCE. LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE, TRANSMITTING A COPY OF A NOTE FROM THE PORTUGUESE MINISTER CONVEYING TO THE SENATE THE SINCERE THANKS OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF PORTUGAL FOR THE SYMPATHETIC RESOLUTIONS OF THE SENATE, PASSED IN VIEW OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE KING AND CROWN PRINCE OF PORTUGAL. MARCH 20, 1908.-Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 19, 1908. SIR: I have the honor to inclose, for the information of the Senate, a copy of a note from the Viscount de Alte, the Portuguese minister at this capital, in which, by instruction from the Portuguese ministry of foreign affairs, he requests that this Department may convey to the Senate the sincere thanks of His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Portuguese Government for the sympathetic resolutions of that body passed in view of the assassination of the King and Crown Prince of Portugal. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, ROBERT BACON, Acting Secretary. Vice-President of the United States, United States Senate. PORTUGUESE LEGATION, SIR: When Parliament meets at Lisbon next month a fitting response will no doubt be made to the motions voted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States with reference to the 2 THANKS OF KING OF PORTUGAL FOR SYMPATHETIC RESOLUTIONS. dastardly outrage which resulted in the death of my late lamented Sovereign, His Majesty Dom Carlos I, and of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Dom Luiz Philippe. In the meantime I have received instructions from his excellency the minister for foreign affairs to present to those august assemblies the very sincere thanks of His Majesty the King, my gracious Sovereign, and of the Portuguese Government for their kindly action in connection with that sad event. In order to carry out these instructions, I venture, sir, to have recourse to your unfailing courtesy, in the hope that you will be good enough to convey to the Senate and to the House of Representatives of the United States this expression of His Majesty's and the Government's sentiments. I avail myself of this opportunity to tender to your excellency the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES FOR PAY, ETC., OF ARMY, 1909. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING A COPY OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR SUBMITTING ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS UNDER THE HEAD OF PAY, ETC., OF THE ARMY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1909, AGGREGATING $57,000. APRIL 2, 1908.-Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress copy of a communication from the Secretary of War of the 31st ultimo, submitting additional estimates of appropriations under the head of pay, etc., of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, aggregating $57,000. Respectfully, The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. GEO. B. CORTELYOU, Secretary. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 31, 1908. SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith for transmission to Congress an additional estimate of an appropriation of $57,000 required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, $50,000 being for the payment of mileage to officers and contract surgeons when authorized by law, and $7,000 for extra pay to enlisted men of the line of the Army and to enlisted men of the Signal Corps employed in the Territory of Alaska on the Alaskan cable and telegraph system. This amount is required in addition to that estimated for and included in the annual estimates of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909 (see Book of Estimates, fiscal year 1909, p. 189). Very respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WM. H. TAFT, Additional estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, by the Paymaster-General, U. S. Army. Pay, etc., of the Army-- WAR DEPARTMENT. OFFICE OF PAYMASTER-GENERAL. MISCELLANEOUS. Mileage to officers and contract surgeons when authorized by law (act of NOTE. This estimate is in addition to the item of $550,000 for this purpose included in the annual estimates of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909, under the heading "Pay, etc., of the Army," miscellaneous (see Book of Estimates, fiscal year 1909, page 189), and is deemed imperatively necessary in order to meet the requirements of the service for the fiscal year 1909. The expenditure necessary for mileage has greatly increased in recent years, owing to the increased number of changes of stations among troops, due to emergencies which never arose before, such as changes of station in Alaska, the Philippines, Cuba, etc.; to the increased expenditure of mileage caused by redoubled efforts necessary in recruiting the Army; to the greater assistance now rendered to the National Guard in camps of instruction by sending army officers to help in the work; to the increased travel due to the exceptional effort made in recent years to increase interest in target practice throughout the Militia and National Rifle Association; to the great amount of travel necessitated by the law increasing and dividing the Artillery Corps into two branches, and to other increases incident to the inauguration of measures tending toward greater efficiency in the service. The estimated expenditure of $600,000 for the fiscal year 1909 is based upon expenditures made for mileage during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1907, for which the sum of $600,000 was appropriated and all expended with the exception of about $1,000, and the expenditures for the current year for which $550,600 was appropriated, and to date of February 29, 1908, $424,718.45 has been expended, leaving but $125,281.55 to cover expenditures for the remaining portion of the fiscal year 1908. From the foregoing figures it will be seen that not less than $600,000 will be required for the ensuing fiscal year, and this estimate is submitted with a view to having sufficient funds appropriated to meet the demands for the entire fiscal year and to avoid the necessity of submitting a deticiency estimate, which has been the case for the past two fiscal years. (C. H. Whipple, Pai master-General, U. S. Army.) For extra pay to enlisted men of the line of the Army and to enlisted men of the Signal Corps employed in the Territory of Alaska on the Alaskan cable and telegraph system, for periods of not less than ten days, at the rate of 35 cents per day (submitted) Total... $50,000 7,000 57,000 NOTE. The Chief Signal Officer of the Army states that in addition to the item of $29,000 for this purpose included in the estimates submitted for “Pay, etc., of the Army" for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903 (see Book of Estimates, fiscal year 1909, page 189), the above amount will be required, as since the time at which the estimate was prepared conditions have so changed in Alaska that additional men will be needed in connection with the work of the Signal Corps on the Alaskan telegraph and cable system. (C. II. Whipple, Paymaster-General, Ü. S. Army.) |