STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF BATTLE FIELDS IN THE UNITED STATES MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. TRANSMITTING PURSUANT TO LAW, A REPORT BY THE SECRETARY OF WAR RELATIVE TO THE STUDY AND INVESTIGATION OF BATTLE FIELDS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR COMMEMORATIVE PURPOSES, TOGETHER WITH HIS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER OPERATIONS DECEMBER 12, 1927.-Read; referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed To the Congress of the United States: In compliance with section 2 of the act of Congress to provide for the study and investigation of battle fields in the United States for commemorative purposes, approved June 11, 1926, I transmit herewith a report by the Secretary of War of the progress made under the said act, together with his recommendations for further operations. CALVIN COOLIDGE. THE WHITE HOUSE, December 12, 1927. DECEMBER 6, 1927 The PRESIDENT, The White House. DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Section 2 of the act of Congress approved June 11, 1926, entitled: "An act to provide for the study and investigation of battle fields in the United States for commemorative purposes," provides that the Secretary of War shall annually submit through the President to Congress a detailed report of progress made under the said act, together with his recommendations for further operations. The sum of $15,000 was appropriated in the act making appropriations for the military and nonmilitary activities of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, for defraying the cost of studies, surveys, and field investigations authorized in the above-mentioned act. Upon the request of this department for an opinion as to whether this appropriation may properly be charged with mileage of officers of the Army when traveling on duty in connection with the object for which the appropriation was made, the Comptroller General of the United States replied that this appropriation is not available and may not be used for such purposes and it has, therefore, not been possible to carry forward the surveys and field investigations. Studies are being made by the Army War College of the battle fields in which Congress has indicated some interest and which have not been heretofore investigated for commemoration, in accordance with the classification in House Report No. 1071, Sixty-ninth Congress, and these studies will be continued as they may be required. In order that the surveys and field investigations may be conducted during the remainder of this fiscal year and also during the next fiscal year a supplemental estimate was submitted to extend the availability of the current appropriation to June 30, 1929, and to make it available for mileage of officers and traveling expenses of civilian employees. House of Representatives Document No. 74, Seventieth Congress, first session, shows that this estimate was presented to Congress and favorable action thereon will meet the situation to June 30, 1929. So that the cost of mileage and traveling expenses may be permanently included within the costs of investigations and surveys of battle fields, a draft of a bill having this purpose in view has been submitted to the committees of Congress, with request that it be introduced and enacted into law. It is recommended that the proposed bill be enacted into law and that the appropriation be continued and made available for expenditure during the fiscal year 1929. Respectfully, DWIGHT F. DAVIS, SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE ESTABLISHMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1928 IN THE SUM OF $5,500, TOGETHER WITH A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET DECEMBER 13, 1927.-Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, December 18, 1927. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress, and without revision, a supplemental estimate of appropriation under the legislative establishment for the fiscal year 1928 in the sum of $5,500. Respectfully, CALVIN COOLIDGE. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration a supplemental estimate of appropriation pertaining to the legislative establishment under the Architect of the Capitol, as follows: House office building, 1928 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to remodel the room formerly occupied by the House restaurant, to provide rooms for the Committee on Agriculture and the Joint Committee on Taxation, and to remodel the space formerly occupied and used as a gymnasium to provide rooms for the legislative counsel, in accordance with the instructions of the House Office Building Commission, and for the necessary labor and material and all incidental expenses incident to such remodeling and changes... $5, 500 The letter of the Architect of the Capitol submitting this estimate is transmitted herewith. SIR: I respectfully request that you will approve and forward by messenger to the Appropriation Committees of the Congress, the following items to be included in the first deficiency bill to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928. House Office Building, 1928 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to remodel the room formerly occupied by the House restaurant, to provide rooms for the Committee on Agriculture and the Joint Committee on Taxation, and to remodel the space formerly occupied and used as a gymnasium to provide rooms for the legislative counsel, in accordance with the instructions of the House Office Building Commission, and for the necessary labor and material and all incidental expenses incident to such remodeling and changes.. Respectfully, $5, 500 DAVID LYNN, Architect of the Capitol. Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, by the Architect of the Capitol House Office Building, 1928: To enable the Architect of the Capitol to remodel the room formerly occupied by the House restaurant, to provide rooms for the Committee on Agriculture and the Joint Committee on Taxation, and to remodel the space formerly occupied and used as a gymnasium to provide rooms for the legislative counsel, in accordance with the instructions of the House Office Building Commission, and for the necessary labor and material and all incidental expenses incident to such remodeling and changes.__ $5,500 ADMINISTRATION OF THE PRODUCE AGENCY ACT, 1928 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING TOGETHER WITH A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1928, AMOUNTING TO $10,000, TO ENABLE THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT APPROVED MARCH 3, 1927 DECEMBER 13, 1927.-Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, December 12, 1927. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1928, amounting to $10,000, to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to carry into effect the provisions of an act entitled "An act to prevent the destruction or dumping, without good and sufficient cause therefor, of farm produce received in interstate commerce by commission merchants and others and to require them truly and correctly to account for all farm produce received by them," approved March 3, 1927. The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reasons. for its submission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully, CALVIN COOLIDGE |