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wear citizens' clothes wholly ; that 16,477 

 bouses are occupied by them ; that about 25,- 

 000 can speak English ; that more than 10,500 

 of their children are in schools receiving edu- 

 cational and industrial training, for whom 227 

 schools are in operation; and that over 31,000 

 families are engaged in industrial pursuits. 

 They have cultivated over 238,000 acres, built 

 over 295,000 rods of fencing, produced over 

 750,000 bushels of wheat, 950,000 bushels of 

 corn, 402,000 bushels of oats. 68,000 bushels of 

 barley and rye, 514,000 bushels of vegetables, 

 and 83,000 pounds of butter. They own over 

 392,000 horses, 3,000 mules, 113,000 cattle, 

 46,000 swine, and 1,120,000 sheep. During 

 the year a beginning was made in the allot- 

 ment of land in severalty among members of 

 the Sioux tribe in Dakota, the Winnebagos in 

 Nebraska, the Pottawattomies and Absentee 

 Shawnees in Indian Territory, the Crows of 

 Montana, and small tribes in Oregon. The 

 commission appointed to negotiate with the 

 various tribes has, during the year, provided 

 for cession to the United States by the Indians 

 of nearly 22,000,000 acres of territory, besides 

 the surrender by certain tribes of claims to 

 large areas of territory, the quantities and lim- 

 its of which are rather indefinite. For the lands 

 ceded and the claims covered by the negotia- 

 tions the total money obligation involved 

 amounts to about $5,300,000. The total ex- 

 penditure for the Indian service during the 

 year amounted to $5,996,324.43, and the in- 

 come $7,869,249.47, leaving a balance on hand, 

 June 30, of $1,872,925.04. The appropriation 

 by Congress for the year was $5,561,262.84. 

 There have been no Indian outbreaks during 

 the year, and no hostilities have occurred, ex- 

 cept in Colorado, where a band of Utes, num- 

 bering abo'it sixty, under Colarow, who were 

 wandering about outside of their reservation, 

 were pursued and attacked by a sheriff's party 

 sent to arrest some of their number for horse- 

 stealing and for violating the game laws. Their 

 horses, cattle, sheep, and supplies were seized, 

 and five Indians killed and seven wounded, 

 and they retreated to the reservation. 



The Army. The latest compiled returns from 

 the array show that there were 2,200 officers 

 and 24,236 enlisted men in the service. The 

 general condition of the troops is reported to 

 be satisfactory, and their efficiency increasing. 

 Several new military posts have been estab- 

 lished in the West, and the accommodations of 

 others enlarged. The last Congress authorized 

 appropriations during the last fiscal year for 

 seventy-one new buildings for army purposes 

 in nineteen States and Territories. The mili- 

 tary prison at Fort Leavenworth has been in- 

 creased by the construction of a building of 

 three stories, 200 feet in length by 40 in 

 width. The number of inmates on June 30 

 was 496, or 81 fewer than in the previous year. 

 The number of trials by general courts-martial 

 during the year decreased 343, and by inferior 

 courts-martial 729. At the Military Academy 



at West Point an attendance of 304 cadets was 

 reported on September 1. The total expendi- 

 tures for the army and the Military Academy, 

 during the year ending June 30, were $24,184,- 

 453.48. The only emergencies arising during 

 the year requiring the presence of military 

 force, were the Ute difficulties in Colorado, the 

 riotous conduct of the Crow Indians upon their 

 reservation, leading to an attack on the agent's 

 house, and the usual minor quarrels between 

 settlers and Indians regarding lands. A patrol 

 has also been maintained over the Oklahoma 

 country in Indian Territory, for the purpose of 

 keeping out intruders. 



The Navy. The number of war- vessels in 

 commission at the date of the Secretary's 

 report for this year was 6 in the North Atlantic 

 squadron, 3 in the South Atlantic squadron, 2 

 in European and 6 in Asiatic waters, 8 on the 

 Pacific coast, and 4 in special service, besides 

 4 recently put in commission and not assigned 

 to any squadron. This is exclusive of training- 

 ships. The " Tennessee " and six other con- 

 demned vessels were sold at auction during the 

 year, and $125,705 derived therefrom. There 

 are now in course of construction 11 unarmored 

 steel vessels, viz. : 6 cruisers, 4 gunboats, and 

 1 torpedo-boat, of which 2 cruisers and 2 gun- 

 boats were authorized by act of Congress in 

 March of this year. Plans for the two armor- 

 clad vessels authorized by the act of August, 

 1886, were submitted and passed upon during 

 the year, and the construction of one of them 

 is already undertaken. The present strength 

 of the navy, including all vessels completed, is 

 13 single-turreted monitors, now of little use 

 against modern armaments, 12 unarmored steel 

 and iron vessels, constituting the real strength 

 of the navy, 28 wooden steam-vessels, 10 wood- 

 en sailing-vessels, used only as training and 

 receiving ships, and 12 iron and wood tug- 

 boats. There are no armored vessels yet com- 

 pleted fit for defense. The total number of 

 enlisted men and apprentices in the naval 

 service on June 30 was 8,342. The number 

 of enlisted men allowed by law, 7,500, has not 

 been exceeded. When the last annual report 

 of the department was made the country lacked 

 three manufactories necessary to the construc- 

 tion and armament of a modern war-vessel, 

 viz., that of steel forgings for the heavier guns, 

 that of armor for iron-clad vessels, and that of 

 the secondary batteries (machine and rapid-fire 

 guns), an essential portion of the armament. 

 Now all three manufactories are in process of 

 construction under contracts with the depart- 

 ment, the two former at the Bethlehem Iron- 

 Works in Pennsylvania, the latter at Washing- 

 ton. The financial report of the department 

 shows that the total appropriations for the 

 fiscal year 1887 were $13,189,153.72, from 

 which there had been expended up to June 30, 

 the close of the year, $10,835,102.25, leaving a 

 balance of $2,354,051.47. On the last of 

 October this balance had been reduced to 

 $135,333.26. 



