I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with draft of an amendment to be inserted in the annual Indian appropriation bill now pending, providing for the disposal of certain bonds and funds held by the Treasurer of the United States as custodian in the name of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, together with accompanying papers noted in said communication. The matter is presented for the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 26, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of War and its accompanying papers, setting forth the necessity for the erection of a new embankment wall on the creek bordering the grounds of the Frankford Arsenal, Pa., and recommending that an appropriation be made for that purpose. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 26, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, concerning an appropriation for the improvement of the Hot Springs Reservation, in Garland County, Ark. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 26, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for your consideration, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, dated the 18th instant, touching the necessity for additional room for the clerical force of the Department of the Interior. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 26, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, the annual report of the Government directors of the Union Pacific Railway to the Secretary of the Interior for the year 1881. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 26, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, with draft of amendment to be inserted in the Indian appropriation bill, to carry into effect the provisions of the fifth section of the act of March 3, 1873, providing for the consolidation of funds belonging to the Miami Indians of Kansas. The matter is presented for the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, January 26, 1882_. _To the House of Representatives:_ I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, furnished in response to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th instant, calling for correspondence touching the efforts of this Government to bring about peace between Chile and Peru and Bolivia, and touching claims against or contracts respecting either of the belligerent Governments. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _Washington, January 26, 1882_. _To the Senate of the United States:_