CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES TO AND LOSS OF PRIVATE PROPERTY. Relief of Lieut. H. E. Miner, United States Army: For payment to Lieut. H. E. Miner, Fifth Field Artillery, of $160, being the value of his private mount which, while in the riding hall of the West Point Military Academy for the purpose of being exercised, was, on the morning of Dec. 26, 1913, kicked by another horse, causing a compound fracture of the left front leg above the knee joint, and necessitating his being shot (submitted). Relief of Maj. H. E. Ely, United States Army: For payment to Maj. H. E. Ely, Seventh United States Infantry, of $200, being the value of his private mount which died from congestion of the kidneys, the result of a strain caused by struggling while being shod by the public blacksmith at Galveston, Tex., on Aug. 14, 1913 (submitted)..... Relief of Lieut. Sloan Doak, United States Army: For payment to Lieut. Sloan Doak, Fifth United States Cavalry, of $150, being the value of his private mount lost in a fire at Fort Riley, Kans., on Mar. 23, 1914 (submitted).. Relief of Lieut. J. A. Barry, United States Army: $160 200 150 For payment to Lieut. J. A. Barry, Second United States Cavalry, of $135, being the value of his private horse lost in a fire at Fort Riley, Kans., on Mar. 23, 1914 (submitted). 135 Relief of Lieut. Waldo C. Potter, United States Army: For payment to Lieut. Waldo C. Potter, First Field Artillery, of the sum of $375, being the value of his two private horses lost in a fire at Fort Riley, Kans., on Mar. 23, 1914 (submitted)....... 375 Relief of Lieut. J. F. Taulbee, United States Army: For payment to Lieut. J. F. Taulbee, Second United States Cavalry, of $200, the value of his private horse lost in a fire at Fort Riley, Kans., on Mar. 23, 1914 (submitted).. 200 63D CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (DOCUMENT 3d Session. REQUEST FOR CERTAIN LEGISLATION RELATING TO ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR, TRANSMITTING ITEM OF LEGISLATION REQUESTING THAT IT BE INSERTED IN THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL UNDER APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ROCK ISLAND, ILL. DECEMBER 15, 1914-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 11, 1914. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Referring to the sundry civil estimate submitted by the Ordnance Department for the fiscal year 1916, it is requested that the following legislation be inserted in the bill under the appropriations for the Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., viz: The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $5,500 for replacing sidewalks and repainting all metal work of the bridge between Rock Island Arsenal and the city of Rock Island, Illinois, made in the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and fifteen shall continue available during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixteen. Subsequent to the submission of the estimate upon which the above appropriation is based, it was discovered that it would be necessary to replace the entire roadway of the bridge. This roadway consists of wooden ties resting on the steel bridge girders; the ties are covered by 2-inch planks, and the road is surfaced by brick laid on these planks. Examination shows that the plank is generally decayed and that the ties are rotted to a depth of about 14 inches. An appropriation of $12,500 for replacing this entire roadway and making other necessary repairs to this bridge is asked for in the estimates for the fiscal year 1916. As the work contemplated by the appropriation now available and that contemplated by the appropriation asked for in the current estimates of necessity interlaces, the legislation asked for above, making any unexpended balance of the appropriation for the year 1915 available during the following year, is requested. Sincerely, yours, CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION, INTERNAL-REVENUE SERVICE. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING COPY OF A COMMUNICATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, SUBMITTING URGENT ESTIMATES OF DEFICIENCIES IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE INTERNAL-REVENUE. SERVICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1915. DECEMBER 15, 1914.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the favorable consideration of Congress, copy of a communication of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, of this date, submitting urgent estimates of deficiencies in appropriations for the Internal-Revenue Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1915, made necessary under the act approved October 22, 1914, entitled "An act to increase the internal revenue, and for other purposes," as follows: Salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue. Respectfully, W. G. McADOO, $180,000 13, 380 5,000 Secretary. The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. DECEMBER 14, 1914. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the following estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1915 to be included in the urgent deficiency bill: Salaries and expenses of collectors of internal revenue.. $180,000 13,380 5,000 For the proper enforcement of the act approved October 22,1914, "An act to increase the internal revenue, and for other purposes," it is necessary that additional deputy collectors be employed in the field. Approximately $10,000 was expended for such employees in November. 1914, and approximately $30,000 will be so expended in December, 1914. Authorizations to collectors of internal revenue for the employment of additional force of deputy collectors will aggregate at the rate of $620,000 per annum, or $310,000 for the last six months of this fiscal year. The amount appropriated in the act was $170,000, so that $180,000 additional will be needed. Owing to the increased amount of work in this bureau, caused by the act approved October 22, 1914, it is necessary that provision be made for the employment of additional clerks, messengers, and laborers, and it is estimated that $13,380 will be needed for this purpose. Many miscellaneous items of expense are being incurred on account of the act approved October 22, 1914, and it is necessary to pay rentals for additional quarters for collectors of internal revenue. Therefore, it is estimated that $5,000 additional should be appropriated. Respectfully, Col. W. H. OSBORN, W. H. OSBORN, Commissioner. WASHINGTON, D. C., October 27, 1914. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. MY DEAR COL. OSBORN: In response to your inquiry as to the intentions of the conferees of the House and Senate on the revenue bill that was recently passed, as to the appropriation contained in that bill, we wish to say that it was not the intention of the conferees to appropriate sufficient funds to carry on the work of your bureau until the end of the fiscal year. It was our intention to merely appropriate sufficient money to enable you to start the work of collecting the new taxes and carry it on until an estimate could be made to the Congress and the matter of the appropriation taken up by the Appropriations Committee of the House. We, therefore, see no reason why you should not organize the new work on this basis and submit an additional estimate for the money required to carry on the work to the end of the fiscal year. Respectfully, yours, O. W. UNDERWOOD. F. M. SIMMONS. |