of the 12th of December, 1881,
respecting the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, I transmit herewith a further
report by the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of papers on the
subject.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 17, 1882_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 31st of January last,
calling for the correspondence touching the relations of the United
States with Guatemala and Mexico and their relations with each other,
I transmit a report of the Secretary of State, which is accompanied by
a copy of the papers called for by the resolution.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 21, 1882_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I submit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a letter from
the Secretary of the Interior, and accompanying papers, in which he
recommends that authority be given for the payment of certain damages
which unexpectedly occurred to the property of private persons on the
Government reservation at Hot Springs, Ark., in consequence of work
performed under the direction of the superintendent in the performance
of his duty.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 21, 1882_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of the Interior, inclosing a copy of a communication
from the Commissioner of Pensions, in which he recommends that more
adequate provision be made for the payment of the expenses of obtaining
evidence of the extent of the disability of those pensioners of the
United States and applicants for pension who reside in foreign
countries.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 21, 1882_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers, asking, for
reasons stated by him, that Congress may be requested to make a special
appropriation for the payment of the claim of Isaac A. Sylvester against
the Navy Department.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 21, 1882_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:

I transmit herewith a communication of the Secretary of the Interior,
dated the 16th instant, relative to the necessity for a deficiency
appropriation for the payment of salaries of clerks and laborers i