The parade of the survivors of our great armies upon Pennsylvania avenue will bring vividly back to us those joyful and momentous days when the great victorious armies of the East and of the West marched through the streets of Washington in high parade and were received by our citizens with joyful acclaim.  It seems to me that it will be highly appropriate for Congress suitably to aid in making this demonstration impressive and in extending to those soldiers whose lives a beneficent Providence has prolonged an opportunity to see in the security and peace, development and prosperity, which now so happily pervade the national capital the fruits of their sacrifice and valor.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 1, 1892.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In compliance with a resolution of the 30th ultimo, the House of Representatives concurring, I return herewith the bill (S. 1057) entitled “An act to punish the unlawful appropriation of the use of the property of another in the District of Columbia.”

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, April 1, 1892.

To the Senate: 

I herewith transmit, in answer to the resolutions of the Senate of the 16th and 21st ultimo, a report from the Acting Secretary of State, with accompanying statistics, showing the duties imposed by the Governments of Venezuela and Colombia upon products of the United States imported into these countries.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, April 4, 1892.

To the Senate: 

I transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate passed in executive session on March 14, 1892, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in relation to the correspondence relating to the nonacceptance of Hon. Henry W. Blair as minister of the United States to the Government of China.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 12, 1892.

To the Senate: 

I transmit, in reply to the resolution of the Senate under date of December 15, 1891, a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents, in relation to the correspondence had with regard to the impressment into its service and punishment by the Government of Italy of Nicolino Mileo, a naturalized citizen of the United States.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 14, 1892.

To the Senate: 

I herewith transmit, in response to the resolution passed in the Senate on the 10th of March, 1892, a report of the Secretary of State and the accompanying correspondence, had in relation to the claim of the Venezuela Steam Transportation Company for the said company’s relief.

BENJ.  HARRISON.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 26, 1892.

To the Senate: