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Public Address by President Grant on Military, Navy and Civil Affairs
President Grant outlines military and naval needs, transportation projects, post office finances, telegraph and patent office reforms, lands and pensions, Indian policy, education, and preparations for the Centennial. He calls for commissions on transportation routes, navy strengthening, postal subsidies, and civil service reform, with focus on national growth and equitable legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Rock Island
la Crosse
Congress
United States
Canada
West India Islands
Secretary of War
San Antonio
City of
Mexico
Texas
Army Medical Museum
Mississippi
Atlantic
Military Academy
Atlantic Seaboard
Mississippi Valley
Charleston
Savannah
Ohio
Tennessee
Ocmulgee
Kanawha and James River
Niagara Falls
Tidewater
Post-Office Department
Postmaster-General
Post Offce Department
General Treasury
United States trans-Atlantic Mail
United States Ocean Steamship Service
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
San Francisco
Japan
China
United States and
Brazil
Mail Steamship Company
France
New Zealand
Australia
Pacific Mail‘ Steamship Company
San Franciseco
California
Foreign
Panama
South American
America
Secretary of the Treasury
Europe
Department OF Justice
Union
Department OF the Intenion
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Indiana
Kanass
Indiana Territory
Indian Territory
BRMG
House
Patent Office
Commmissiower
Act of Congress
Commissioner of Agriculture
Das Minag
Centennial Board of Finance
Philadelphia
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U.8. Grant. Securive Mansion