EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 18, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior,
with draft of a bill to appropriate money to meet a deficiency in the
Indian service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1882.
A copy of report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated 13th
instant, in regard to the bill is also inclosed.
The subject is commended to the attention of Congress.