EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 21, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a copy of a communication
from the Commissioner of Pensions, in which he recommends that more
adequate provision be made for the payment of the expenses of obtaining
evidence of the extent of the disability of those pensioners of the
United States and applicants for pension who reside in foreign
countries.