EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 26, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of War, dated the 23d instant, and accompanying
copies of letters from the Adjutant-General, Inspector-General, and
Quartermaster-General of the Army, recommending the amendment of section
3 of the act approved May 15, 1872, entitled "An act to establish the pay
of the enlisted men of the Army," so as to require a settlement of the
clothing accounts of enlisted men at every bimonthly muster for pay.