[Footnote 7: List of promotions, removals, and appointments in the
consular service since March 4, 1877.]
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 13, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication from the president of the National
Board of Health, calling attention to the necessity for additional
legislation to prevent the introduction of contagious and infectious
diseases into the United States from foreign countries.
The subject is commended to the careful consideration of Congress.