EXECUTIVE MANSION, _May 22, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior,
dated 18th instant, and accompanying report from the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, relative to the necessity for buildings at the Mescalero
Agency, N. Mex., and for an appropriation for the support, civilization,
etc., of the Apaches at the Mescalero and Jicarilla agencies, together
with an estimate for the same, in the form of a proposed clause for
insertion in the sundry civil bill now pending for consideration in
committee.
The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress.