ICESa (Tut PftesiDurr's 





.has been gradually 

 us rates, thus absorbing all i 



* lines mor. -. .,t , and 



a large annual !. to 1-- paid by general 

 la** inalt<-r i , 



dJtappaaf 



i 



' 



' ' .<..,., 



-.-.-... 



mini* rai i.* u i- i, ih. general Unas i 

 adopird. tlie < I*- part men I having asm no 



f.r ra 



tin- Work a% found to N 



y satisfactory 

 10 provide in 



...- - , ,. 

 the regulation of our |* ~ul 



..I... rfMNH ' 

 tartment must be secu red bafbra 





rtirwty MI omit*. 



.-r all 



*al 



..' i 



tali- 





v hi 

 'hotild I*- a - 



Lad to ,.. 



ipectore who could assist the central office in 



-m-enmitf mar 

 teases, post-office sites. allowaii- 



H offices. 



hat tin- -mall expense > 



f these reform* would ao 



lellt. 



ecially rvcomiin -nd Mi-h a reca- 1 

 Congress for the Po- 

 nd to 

 f consolidating |>ost 



..rk ha- jiltvii.K U-.-ii , nt. n ! u|..,!, ^utVi, ;, M- 

 noiiMmt.. :tni-nt an-! 



nM>li.|a' 



larger revcniu-j*. and !?. exjM-nili- 

 nar nothing of th,- furihrr nd vantage of 

 withdrawing post offices from the 



v embraces 

 Mind w hone delegates will r.-p- 



B in May. 



nave takfti thr initia- 

 to the first f this congress 



postal servioft 



tries nan's neighborhood, and 



li in cheapening postal rates 



vws hare 



, and the 

 n whirh ..-. have assem' 



f-if th.-ir nv.. iiiiin . 

 for the reception and entertainment of 



rtance of thi* assemblage and 

 the honors and hospt- 

 orde-i -en t alive** 



that 



ly attcmlant m>on t 



and indicative of our appreciation 



and ii 

 v fully exhibited in the report of 



.||.r 



tra< u ma. 





March 4. 1801, tiwre wen 

 the 



n.,-1 



. : 



unarmorrd 



In'.-, of VMSSU r authoriwd. there have 



ocmniwton 3 

 fsMOlMl-clai. > 

 1 hnt 



Kiyht IHW 



The " Iowa." an4hrr Uillr aliip. ill br 

 -..n Man -h I. ..ore 



be ren- m tin- -a- 



Male that our hip and tbwr 

 vl to be equal to the brt il... 

 H- manufactured elsewherr. at 



tkxis bare been made in their cost as to jsjs* 

 tify the statement (hat .put.- a number of rrtmlt 

 an- now u u,- constructed at rales as low as those 

 that |>n-vitil in Kuropean shipirards. 



' turiiiK' fii' i.i'.n- arr at this time 



ample for all possible naval contingencies. Three 



ranis, those at Mare 1s- 



lainl. ."ml lini'khn. X. Y.. arr 



1111 Mm-, our ordnance plant in 



world, and at 

 rpedo station we are successful IT making the 



class private shipyard*, at Nt-|-.n N. . i 



L-lphia, ami Btt Fmodaoo, an- Lmldini; Uttle 

 shim; 11 n*. nituati-*! in thr States of 



nnsvlrania. New Jrnry. 



Maryland, Virginia, and the Slate of Washington. 



arecon-tr. lioats or torpedo boats ; S plants 



are manufacturing largr quantities of " 



riran fa-tnries arr 



guns, and everything else i 

 t of naval vessels. 



re have been authorised bv Congress sine* 



'1.1*0. ft haul, 

 16 torpedo boat*, and 1 submarine torpedo boat. 



expresses the opinion thai we 



< present a Miffleient supply of emisers 



snd tinhoK .nd that hereafter the construction 



hips and torpedo boats will supply our 



need*. 



h attention has been given to the methods of 

 ng on detrimental buslneas. Important 

 ration* in the rv; 



a* may le. under the Bureau of 

 Kepair. and al*> 



the navy by I he Him 

 nd Account*. The etaMihment. unler re- 

 ly fund. wK hirh 



to purchase these supplies in large gnat - ..- i 

 modiflcationn -nsle- 



riallr to their cheapening and U ttrr qua 



The war college ha.* ilereloped into a i in*titution 



.t ralue t 

 a- well a* in 



stimulating professional teal in the navy ; and it 



mode of pnrchas- 



