Upon these papers the Secretary of War on November 4, 1881, directed the General of the Army to cause Lieutenant Lemly to be informed that "the President, while commending Lieutenant Lemly for the earnestness and ability which he has exhibited in the performance of the duties assumed by him under the Colombian Government, directs that he be informed that a consideration of a clause of the Constitution of the United States [Par. 8, sec. 9, Art. 1] not only prevents the acceptance by Lieutenant Lemly of either of the offices named in the letter of the Secretary of War and the Navy of the United States of Colombia, but compels the revocation of the order of the President bearing date April 19, 1880, granting to Lieutenant Lemly a leave of absence for three years for the purpose of accepting a professorship in the national school at Bogota.'" The instructions of the President and Secretary of War were commuuicated to Lieutenant Lemly by letter from this office dated November 17, 1881, and he was directed to terminate his connection with the military school at Bogota upon receipt of the letter, and to return to the United States as soon thereafter as practicable. Subsequently, however, on November 17, 1881, the President, through the Secretary of War, directed "that Lieutenant Lemly be authorized to remain at Bogota, if he so desires, on leave of absence a reasonable time, to allow application to be made on his behalf to Congress for its consent to his keeping position in national school," but that he must immediately disconnect himself from any foreign official position and so remain until consent of Congress is obtained." These instructions were communicated to Lieutenant Lemly by letter from this office of November 18, 1881. Under date of January 4, 1882, Lieutenant Lemly reports receipt of the instructions of November 18, 1881, and that in obedience thereto he had disconnected himself from any foreign official position," etc. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, R. C. DRUM, Adjutant-General. The honorable SECRETARY OF WAR. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, May 5, 1882. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, inclosing a copy of joint resolution (H. R. 54) "to authorize Lieut. Henry R. Lemly, United States Army, to accept a position under the Government of the United States of Colombia," and requesting information as to the amount of pay Lieutenant Lemly is now receiving from this Government, and the amount to be paid to him by the Government of the United States of Colombia. In reply, I beg to inclose herewith a report of the Paymaster-General, dated the 29th ultimo, giving the information asked for as to the amount of pay Lieutenant Lemly is receiving from this Government, and to inclose also a communication from the Adjutant-General, dated the 4th instant, and its accompanying papers, which include a copy of the contract between Lieutenant Lemly and the Government of the United States of Colombia, in which it is stipulated the amount of compensation to be paid to him by that Government; said copy having been made from a copy transmitted to this Department by the Department of State, under date of the 6th ultimo. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. WM. WINDOM, ROBERT T. LINCOLN, Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate. WAR DEPARTMENT, PAYMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE, SIR: I have the honor to return herewith the letter of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of the 25th instant, with the accompanying bill and report, in reference to Lieut. Henry R. Lemly, United States Army, and to state in reply that Lieutenant Lemly is now receiving the sum of $68.75 per month, being half pay of his grade of first lieutenant of artillery, he being on leave of absence. As long as he shall continue on leave he will be reduced to half pay. With reference to the last inquiry in the letter of the committee, "the amount he will be paid by the Government of the United States of Columbia should the permission asked be granted," this office is not able to respond. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, The honorable SECRETARY OF WAR. WM. B. ROCHESTER, Paymaster-General, U. Š. A. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, May 4, 1882. SIR: I have honor to return herewith the communication from the chairman of Senate Committee on Foreign Relations of the 25th ultimo, requesting certain information in the case of First Lieut. Henry R. Lemly, Third Artillery, in connection with a joint resolution (H. R. 54), and to inclose herewith a copy of Lieutenant Lemly's contract with the Government of the United States of Colombia received through the State Department. This information as to the nature of the contract and the compensation Lieutenant Lemly was to receive from the Colombian Government was not received until after the report of this office of February 14, 1882 (printed in House Report No. 483, a copy of which accompanies the letter from the Senate committee), had been made, and is the only information of record in this office touching the inquiry of the committee as to what amount Lieutenant Lemly "will be paid by the Government of the United States of Colombia should the permission asked for be granted." Very respectfully, your obedient servant, The honorable SECRETARY OF WAR. R. C. DRUM, Adjutant-General. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, in connection with previous correspondence from your Department upon the subject, a copy of a dispatch from our minister resident at Bogota, of February 17 last, relative to the case of Lieut, H. R. Lemly, of the United States Army, who is now employed by the Government of Colombia, also a copy of Lieutenant Lemly's contract with that Government inclosed with the minister's dispatch. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. ROBERT T. LINCOLN, FREDK. T. FRELINGHUYSEN. Secretary of War. No. 10.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, SIR: Inclosed copy of contract with the Colombian Government is respectfully forwarded with the view of affording the President and Congress the fullest information in the case of Lieutenant Lemly, United States Army, treated of in Department dispatches Nos. 6 and 8. It is my advice. The Colombian Government desires Lieutenant Lemly's services for the terms of the contract, and, taking the view he was permitted to enter into it by the highest officials of our Government at the time, claims it would be neither courteous nor proper to deprive it of his services before the expiration of the time for which it was made. Have thought it but proper to impart this information to the Department. Hon. FREDK. T. FRELINGHUYSEN, GEO. MANEY, Minister Resident. Secretary of State, Washington. Be it known by this document that we, the undersigned, J. A. Echsverria, of the city of New York, in the name and by request of Francisco J. Cisneros, of the same city, now absent in the Republic of the United States of Colombia, party of the first part, and Henry Rowan Lemly, of Washington, D. C., party of the second part, have entered into a contract under the following conditions: ARTICLE THE 1ST. Francisco J. Cisneros, and in his name J. A. Echeverria, do here declare: Firstly, that by the law No. 69 of 1877 of the U. S. of Colombia, it was ordered that a school of civil and military engineering should be established in the city of Bogota, capital of the Republic; secondly, that in fulfillment of said law and of the decree issued by the executive power of the Republic, dated at Bogota the 26th of November, 1879, the school of civil and military engineers must have been established the 2nd day of the present month, in the building known by the name of "Candelaria;" thirdly, that according to article 3rd of said decree, besides the director and several professors and employees, there must be at the school two foreign professors, with the salary and emolument agreed upon in their contract, to teach military science and any other one that may be recommended to them, specially staff and artillery instruction; and, fourthly, that Francisco J. Cisneros has been expressly commissioned and authorized by the executive of the Republic of Colombia to engage in the United States of America the two abovementioned professors, under the instructions received by him from the secretary of the war and navy. ARTICLE THE 2ND. In virtue of his authorization Francisco J. Cisneros, in the name of the Government of Colombia, does hereby engage Mr. Henry Rowan Lemly for one of the two professorships of military science in the school of civil and military engineering of Bogota, with the salary of three thousand five hundred dollars per year, payable in monthly installments of $291.66 each, in lawful gold or silver money. ARTICLE THE 3RD. The salary of Mr. Henry Rowan Lemly will run from the date of his departure from New York for Savanilla and Bogota, this having to take effect with the shortest possible delay. ARTICLE THE 4TH. Besides the above-mentioned salary the Government of Colombia will pay the passage out and all regular traveling expenses of Mr. Lemly and wife from New York to Bogota. ARTICLE THE 5TH. This contract will be for the term of three years from the date of the departure of Mr. Henry R. Lemly from New York. ARTICLE THE 6TH. Mr. Henry R. Lemly ought to oblige himself to take charge of such classes as will be allotted to him, according to articles 8th, 9th, and 10th of the decree of November 26th, 1879; to give the theoretical and practical instruction required in each branch of teaching; to comply with the rules and regulations of the schools, and to fulfill, in a word, all and every duty of his professorship with the assiduity, steadiness, and intelligence that the Government of Colombia expects from him. ARTICLE THE 7TH. Mr. Henry R. Lemly, on his part, accepts the salary of three thousand and five hundred dollars per year, payable in monthly installments of equal amount, and the payment of his passage and travelling expenses from New York to Bogota that the Government of Colombia, represented by Mr. Francisco J. Cisneros, offers him to pay; acknowledges that he is instructed of articles of the decree of Nov'er 26th, 1879, alluded to in the foregoing paragraph; obliges himself to teach scientifically and practically the subjects allotted to him, specially in relation to military science; to comply with the rules and regulations enacted by proper authority for the government of the school, and, finally, to fulfill all the duties deriving from his contract during its term of three years to the best of his abilities. ARTICLE THE 8TH. It is understood that in case Mr. Henry R. Lemly, for any cause whatever, should be called to take charge of a single class the reduction spoken of in article 18th of the decree of Nov'er 26th, 1879, will not apply to him, and his full salary will be in such case paid to him, as agreed upon in this covenant. ARTICLE THE 9TH. This contract will be considered as provisional until the arrival of Mr. Henry R. Lemly to Bogota, when it will be ratified by the secretary of the army and navy. Both parties, being agreed in the foregoing articles, sign two copies of the same tenor, which they reciprocally exchange in the city of New York, &c. (Signed) José A. ECHSVERRIA. [SEAL.] (Signed) HENRY R. LEMLY, [SEAL.] Witness: L. DEL MONTE. 1 Lieut. 3d U. S. Art'y, Despacho. FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION. February 19, 1884. [Senate Report No. 201.] Mr. Wilson, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the application of Augustus J. Cassard to be permitted to accept a gold medal conferred on him by the Government of France, submits the following report: The Secretary of State, in a letter of January 19, 1884, responding to inquiries relative to the facts in this case, says: That for eight months prior to February, 1881, Mr. Cassard, our consul at Tampico, rendered valuable service to the French Government by taking charge of its consular archives and interests, there being during that period no French consul in that district. For this service Mr. Cassard could receive no compensation, and, therefore, the French Government desired to present a medal as a mark of its appreciation thereof. A gold medal has been prepared by the French Government and forwarded through the proper diplomatic channels, but as it can not be delivered to or accepted by Mr. Cassard without the permission of Congress, the committee present the joint resolution accompanying this report and recommend its passage. March 6, 1884. [Senate Report No. 277.] Mr. Miller, of California, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The British bark Lammerlaw, bound from Australia to Portland, Oreg., with a carload of coal, stranded on the North Break, at the entrance of Shoalwater Bay, Washington Territory, at about 5 o'clock on the morning of October 30, 1881. A heavy southwest gale was blowing at the time, and the sea was very rough and swept over the vessel as soon as she stranded, so that the crew were forced, for the most part, to take to the rigging to save their lives. The point at which the vessel stranded was about 9 miles from the shore. The facts, as stated in the official report of the affair to the Treasury Department, show that Albert T. Stream, keeper of the life-saving station at Shoalwater Bay, being without a crew, collected such volunteers as he could, and in the midst of the greatest perils and at the imminent risk of his life, rowed out to the vessel and rescued the entire crew, comprising some 15 persons. He was first apprised of the stranding of the bark at about 8.30 a. m. of the 30th of October, but, notwithstanding all of his efforts to secure the necessary assistance, it was not until the evening of the 31st that he succeeded in getting all of the crew off the wreck. During all of this time the storm raged without abatement, and shortly after the rescue was effected the bark sank, leaving nothing but her spars to mark the spot where she lay. The rescued seamen saved nothing but the clothing on their persons. The bark went to pieces and the cargo was entirely lost. In recognition of the humanity and noble heroism displayed by Mr. Stream on this occasion, the British Government has tendered him a medal, and the same is now in the hands of the Secretary of State, who has recommended that the Congress shall take the necessary action to enable Mr. Stream to accept the reward which he so manfully won. The committee therefore report herewith a bill to authorize Mr. Stream to accept this medal, and recommend its passage by the Senate. March 26, 1884. [Senate Report No. 392.] Mr. Lapham, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate resolution No. 43, "for the erection of a bronze equestrian statue to Simon Bolivar in the city of Washington," having considered the same, report: That the leading reasons for such action on the part of Congress are substantially set forth in the preamble to the said resolution and meet the approval of your committee. In addition thereto, the Secretary of State has sent to your committee, with his approval, a letter from our minister at Caracas in which he urgently recommends the passage of the bill. Your committee therefore report the same back with certain amendments, together with the papers referred to, and ask that the said committee be discharged, and that the same be referred to the Committee on the Library for final action. FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION. December 17, 1884. [Senate Report No. 915.] Mr. Miller, of California, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following report: The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred Senate bill 817, "to permit Henry Vignaud, of Louisiana, second secretary of the legation of the United States at Paris, to receive the decoration of the Legion of Honor of France," having considered the same, beg leave to report it back to the Senate with a recommendation that it do pass. Mr. Vignaud, a citizen of the United States, born in Louisiana, has lived for many years in Paris, where he has been the most conspicuous contributor to the Mémorial Diplomatique, a well-known journal published in that city, and devoted to the discussion of questions of diplomacy and international law. He was appointed by the French Government on the 14th of August, 1874, to the Legion of Honor. This compliment was paid him, as was set forth in the decree of appointment, in appreciation of services rendered as a publicist. Subsequently, viz, on the 14th of December, 1875, Mr. Vignaud was commissioned second secretary of the legation of the United States at |