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My dear General, | My dear General, | ||
Your Circular, enclosing Bill to be presented to Congress, has reached me by todays mail, and I hasten to answer it, that pure {?} adventure I may be able to show you wherein I believe it will be to our disadvantage, and where it shows when analized that share realy benifited are those officers holding now the Commission of Col. | Your Circular, enclosing Bill to be presented to Congress, has reached me by todays mail, and I hasten to answer it, that pure {?} adventure I may be able to show you wherein I believe it will be to our disadvantage, and where it shows when analized that share realy benifited are those officers holding now the Commission of Col. | ||
If you will have noticed the feeling of Congress the one strong point shown has been that[strike] a disinclination to vote large sums of money for the Army, for any purpose, no matter how great the necessity, and one of the first things in the next Congress that will be asked in regard to any bill is how much money is this going to take if we pass it. [underline all words since "how"] Both parties | If you will have noticed the feeling of Congress the one strong point shown has been that[strike] a disinclination to vote large sums of money for the Army, for any purpose, no matter how great the necessity, and one of the first things in the next Congress that will be asked in regard to any bill is how much money is this going to take if we pass it. [underline all words since "how"] Both parties are in the most binding manner pledged to economy, and I am most fully convinced that the promises given will be fulfilled. The bill you now present | ||
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Fort Niagara N. Y. Nov 4th 1884.
Gen B. H. Grierson U.S.A.
My dear General,
Your Circular, enclosing Bill to be presented to Congress, has reached me by todays mail, and I hasten to answer it, that pure {?} adventure I may be able to show you wherein I believe it will be to our disadvantage, and where it shows when analized that share realy benifited are those officers holding now the Commission of Col.
If you will have noticed the feeling of Congress the one strong point shown has been that[strike] a disinclination to vote large sums of money for the Army, for any purpose, no matter how great the necessity, and one of the first things in the next Congress that will be asked in regard to any bill is how much money is this going to take if we pass it. [underline all words since "how"] Both parties are in the most binding manner pledged to economy, and I am most fully convinced that the promises given will be fulfilled. The bill you now present