128 INTRODUCTION OF DoMESTlO RP:INDJ:ER INTO ALASKA. 



an item be- inserted in the .sundry civil appropriation bill appropriating 

 $20,000 for the outlittino- and ecjuipiuent, etc., of the United States 

 steamer Thctlx. 



It is proposed to use this steamer in th<> transportation of such rein- 

 deer as can ]>e procured ])y th(^ agent of education in Alaska during 

 the coming season, and return to their owners certain reindeer borrowed 

 ])y the Treasury Department and driven to the relief of the beleaguered 

 whalers in Bering Sea in 1897. 

 Very respectfully, 



Thomas Ryan, Acting Secretary. 

 Hon. J. G. Cannon, 



CJhuirinan Comtnittee on Appropriatloih'^^ 



Houi<e of Ri'premntatwes. 



Treasury Department, 



Office of the Secretary, 



^Ya><]i'nu|ton, D. C, February Jf., 1899. 

 Sir: Respectfully referring to a letter addressed to you by the 

 honorable Secretary of the Interior, under date of the 1st instant (copy 

 herewith), commending to your fa\'ora))le consideration a proposed 

 appropriation of $20,000 for the I'epairing, outfitting, etc., of the 

 U. S. S. Thetis, said vessel to ho used as a revenue cutter in the service of 

 the Interior DepartnuMit, for the transportation of reindeer to Alaska 

 for the purpose stated, I have the lionor to say tliat this mattet- has 

 been under advisement by the Treasury Departnu>nt, and I recommend 

 that the appropriation ))e made. 



It is not possible with the means at its disposal for this Department 

 to extend the aid in the transportation of i-eind(MM- from the Siberian 

 to the Alaskan' coast requested ])y the Department of the Interior. I 

 consider the request of the Secretary of tlie Interioi', asset forth in the 

 inclosed letter, a reasonal)le one, and advise that it be complied with. 

 Respectfully, yours, 



L. fJ. Gaoe, Secreta7'y. 

 Hon. J. G. Cannon, M. C, 



VJtairman Vonnnittcc on Approprhdlons.^ 



Iloiase of Repre>ientnthve)<., Washlngtoit., D. C. 



TitEAsuiiv Department, 



Office of the Secretary, 



Washingtori, D. C, Fehrxnry ^, 1899. 

 Sir: I am informed that the honorable Secretary of the Interior has 

 requested an appropriation be made l)v Congress to facilitate the busi- 

 ness of that Department in the transportation of reindeer from the 



