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BEING A VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS EXHIBITION , ITS SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE FULLY AND LIBERALLY REPRESENTED; AND IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE MATTER SO FAR AS YOUR DEPARTMENT IS CONCERNED, BE LAID BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF YOUR DEPARTMENT WITH THE REQUEST THAT CONGRESS MAY BE ASKED IN THE ANNUAL ESTIMATES OF THE DEPARTMENT TO APPROPRIATE A SUFFICIENT SUM TO ENABLE A CREDITABLE DISPLAY TO BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT THE MONEY TO BE EXPENDED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENTS IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE FUNDS NOW AVAILABLE ARE EXPENDED.
  I HAVE ADDRESSED A LETTER OF THIS CHARACTER TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, WHOSE DEPARTMENT I REPRESENT AT THE EXHIBITION AND I DOUBT NOT OF ITS FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION.
   THE CONCURRENCE OF THE SECRETARIES IN THIS MEASURE IS NOT INTENDED TO SUPERSEDE THE DIRECT APPLICATION OF THE BOARD TO CONGRESS FOR A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT FOR THE WANTS OF ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
   RESPECTFULLY , YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT,
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  CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD