2740 CONGRESSIONAL- RECORD-HOUSE. MARCH 2, Alexander Grant,'to be postmaster at Chicopee, in the county of mit herewith a report upon the matter from the General Superintendent of the Life-Saving Service, with my approval. Hampden and State of Massachusetts. Respectfully, yours, L. J. GAGE, Stanley B. Dearborn, to be postmaster at Wakefield, in the Secretary. county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts. 'fhe CHAIRMAN COMMITI'EE ON INTERSTATE .AND FOREIGN COMMERCE, Gilmore O. Bush, to be postmaster at Tuxedo Park, in the House of Representatives. county of Orange and State of New York. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Herbert Bailey, to be postmaster at Claremont, in the county of OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT LIFE-SAVING SERVICE. Sullivan and State of New Hampshire. Washington, D. C., Februar-y 4, 1899. Andrew J. Robison, to be postmaster at Liberty, in the county SIR: In response to the request of the Committee of the House on Inter­ state and Foreign Commerce, of February 3, 11:!99, inclosing bill (S. 514-i) en­ of Clay and State of Missouri. titled "An act authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to Jared C. Thompson, to be postmaster at Dickinson, in the county donate one set of life-saving beach apparatns to the Imperial Japanese So­ of Stark and State of North Dakota. ciety for Saving Life from Shipwreck," and requesting information touching the merits of the act and the propriety of its passage, I have the houor to EdwardL. Nolan, to be postmaster at Chateaugay, in the county transmit herewith a copy of a letter addressed to this office by Count Yoshii, of Franklin and State of New York. president of the Imperial Japanese Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck, Mortimer N. Cole, to be postmaster at Castile, in the county of setting forth the oripn of the society and its operations and results up to the present time, an:i stating its need of the apparatus named in the bill, and Wyoming and State of New York. • asking the assistance of this Department in obtaining it. This account shows John L. Sullivan, to be postmaster at St. Marys (late St. Mary), that the society is partly supported by the Japanese Government, has been in the county of Auglaize and State of Ohio. ably conducted, and has already achieved remarkable results. James D. Gardner, to be postmaster at Ripley, in the county of A portion or the apparatus desired-the Lyle gun and its accessories-is manufactured only in this country, being the invention of Ca.l)t. D. A. Lyle, Brown and State of Ohio. of the Ordnance Department of the Army, while detailed to the Life-Saving Wilson S. Burgoon, to be postmaster at Richwood, in the county Service, with a view of increasing the effectiveness of life-saving appa.ra.tus, of Union and State of Ohio. and is furnished to this service by the War Department. The cost of the guu and the rest of the beach apparatus, complete, as contemplated in the George Sinclair, to be postmaster at Ritzville, in the county of bill, will be about $360. Adams and State of Washington. As the Japanese society has appealed to this service on account of its pre­ Roger H. Mm·phey, to be postmaster at Urbana, in the county eminence among institutions of the kind and the effectiveness of its appa· ratus-the Lyle gun in particular-it seems to me it would be a. gracious act of Champaign and State of Ohio. on the part of this Government to express its commendation of the Japanese J.M. Pardue, to be postn;iaster at Sweetwater, in the county of society by presenting this small contribution to its equipment~ · Moru·oe and State of Tennessee. I would therefore recommend the passage of the act. Respectfully, yours, S. I. KIMBALL, General Superintendent~ The SECRET.A.RY OF THE TREASURY. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 59 MIN.A.MI CHO, T.AK.A.N.A.W.A., TOKYO, JAPAN. THURSDAY, March 2, 1899. DEAR Sm: Although I have not yet the honor of knowing you persona.Uy, I have known you by your admirable work in organizing and developing the The House met at 11 o'clock a. m. Prayer by the Chaplain, Life-Saving Service in the United States, the r esults of which I have always r ead with the greatest pleasure in the reports of your service sent to us IJy Rev. HENRY N . CouDEl"'{. our successive ministers at Washington. The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. I am in charge of a society with the object of saving life from shipwrecks The SPEAKER. By permission of the House, the Clerk will on the coasts of Japan. It is called "Dai Nippon Tei Koku Suinan Kiusai add the conference reports which were made yesterday, as soon Kwai," organized in 1890, and supported by voluntary contributions only un­ as til May last year, but since partially supported by the Government. I have they are obtainable. They were not printed in the RECORD, al­ now 12 stations established and doing good work on the coasts. Four new though they should have been, and they will be printed in the stations are in course of construction, and over 100 in project. permanent RECORD in their proper places. Our lifeboats are not perfect, the model taken being local fishing boats, modified partially to increase its sea qualities and stronger built. We have DON.A.TING LIFE-SAVING BEACH APPARATUS TO IMPERIAL JAPAN­ as yet no guns or rockets in use. But with all these imperfections, we saved ESE SOCIETY. from November, 189U, to September, 1898, 356 vessels, large and small, and , 1,651 persons. To get bett.er results I must have guns or rockets, and it is on Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the I this subject.that I request your ki?d assistance.. Will you kindly ~e the resent consideration of the bill which I send to the desk. tro~ble to giv~ an order t<?the qualified maker of life-savmg a.ppar~tus in he­ P I half of our somety, for a life gun and breeches-buoy appsratus, with all the The Clerk read as follows: necessary articles for the proper working of them, and send them out to me? A bill (8. 5144) authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treasury to do- I want them as specimens, and to see if any part of them can be made here. nate one set of life-savin~ beach apparatus to the Imperial Japanese !::;ociety I shall be very glad if you will kindly tell the maker whom you have chosen for Saving Life from Shipwreck. to send me an estimate at once, that I may know the probable amount of cost · h b as soon as possible. Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he IS ere y, Hoping, sir, you will kindly comply with my request, authorized and directed to donate to the Imperial Japanese Society for Sav- I be · ing Life from ShiNwreck, or!!'anized in 1890, of which Count Kozo Yoshii is remain, your 0 dient servant, ~ f ....... d COUNT KOZO YOSHII, president, one Ly e gun and a complete set 0 .,.,a.ch apparatus use in con- Commander, L J. N., Retired, Member of the House of Nobles, nection with it by the United States Life-Saving Service in rescuing persons President Imperial Japanese Society for Saving Life from Shipwrecks. from shipwrecks. S. I. KIMBALL, Esq., The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration General Superintendent United States Life-Sav-ing Service. of the bill? [After a pause.] The Chair hears none. T. R. MASON. The bill was ordered to a third reading; and it was accordingly Mr. CLARDY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the read the third time, and passed. present consideration of the bill (H. R. 2413) for the·relief of T. R. On motion of Mr. MANN, a motion to reconsider the vote by Mason, of Adairville, Ky. which the bill was passed was laid on the table. The bill was read, as follows: Mr. MANN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby, report of the committee, which is only a page long, be printed. authorized and directed to pay to T. R. Mason the sum of $!82, out of any The SPEAKER. Without objection, it will be so ordered. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, it being the amount due said Mason as contractor for carrying the United States mails on route No. There was no objection. 9683 and on route No. 10003, the former being between Springfield, Tenn., and The report (by Mr. STEWA.RT of New Jersey) is as follows: Hopkinsville, Ky., and the latter between Springfield, Tenn., and Russell­ The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was re­ ville, Ky., in the year 1861. ferred the bill (S. 5144) authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Treas­ 'l'he amendments recommended by the committee were read, as ury to donate one set_ of life-savi..J'.!g beach apparatus tothe~perial!fapan~se Society for Saving Life from Shipwreck, beg leave to submit the rollowmg follows: report, and recommend that said bill do pass: In line 5 strike out "$482" and insert "$169.45." This is a. bill enacting that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and After line 9 strike out the following words: "and on route No.