EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 18, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 16th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft
of a bill, prepared by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, "to authorize
the purchase of a tract of land near Salem, Oreg., for the use of the
Indian training school."
The subject is presented for the consideration and action of Congress.