UNITED STATES. 



775 



Wisconsin 11 total, 182 ; majority for Cleve- is shown in the following table, prepared from 

 land, 37. The popular vote in the several States official returns : 



It should be noted that the Blaine electoral 

 tickets were supported by the Republicans and 

 the People's party in Missouri and West Vir- 

 ginia, and that the Cleveland electoral tickets 

 were supported by the Democrats and the 

 People's party in Iowa, Michigan, and Nebras- 

 ka. The People's party claimed to have cast 

 about 41,300 votes for the Fusion ticket in 

 Michigan, and about 33,000 votes in Iowa. 

 There were 11,362 blank and scattering votes 

 in all, which are included in the total above. 

 In Georgia there were 895 votes cast for a 

 bolter's or " AVhig-Republican " electoral ticket, 

 and not counted for Blaine. These, with the 

 votes cast for Belva Lockwood, "Equal Rights " 

 candidate, are included in " scattering." 



In answer to a letter signed by the President 

 and Executive Committee of the National Civil- 

 Service Reform League, commending the cause 

 of civil-service reform to his " patriotic care," 

 Mr. Cleveland wrote a letter, which the reader 

 may find on page 149 of this volume. 



The Army. No change was made during the 

 year in the aggregate strength of the army; 

 but the force of enlisted men is subject to 

 rapid modifications from casualties. In three 

 years the total casualties numbered 29,866, 

 which exceeds the maximum strength of the 

 army by nearly 5,000. Of these, 18,183 were 

 discharges, 693 deaths, and 10,991 desertions 



an average of 6,061 discharges, 231 deaths, and 

 3,664 desertions each year, the term of enlist- 

 ment being five years. The number of enlist- 

 ments during the year was 7,605, only about 

 one sixth being re-enlistments. There was 

 scarcely any field service for the army during 

 the year, its duties consisting of occupation 

 of posts on the frontiers of Canada and Mexi- 

 co, and stations near the Indian agencies. The 

 protection of Indian reservations and the guard- 

 ing of the Indian Territory from intrusion was 

 its most important service. The invasion of 

 the Indian Territory by parties of settlers from 

 the adjacent State of Kansas, in violation of 

 law and in spite of Executive warnings, led to 

 the establishment of the new Military District 

 of Oklahoma, under command of Col. Edward 

 Hatch, of the Ninth Cavalry, and the move- 

 ment of a considerable force of troops to that 

 quarter. This induced the withdrawal of the 

 intruders without any use of force. There 

 were 314 cadets at the West Point Academy 

 on the 1st of September. The number of in- 

 mates of the Soldiers' Home was 719, of whom 

 193 were admitted during the year. There 

 were 523 prisoners in the Military Prison at 

 Fort Leaven worth, June 30. There were 2,280 

 trials by general court-martial during the year, 

 leading to 700 convictions for desertion, and 

 10,983 trials by garrison and regimental courts- 



