I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication from the Secretary of War, transmitting plans and estimates for the large military post proposed to be constructed at Fort Selden, N. Mex. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. WASHINGTON, _March 3, 1882_. _To the Senate of the United States:_ I transmit to the Senate, for its action thereon, the accession of the United States to the convention concluded at Geneva on the 22d August, 1864, between various powers, for the amelioration of the wounded of armies in the field, and to the additional articles thereto, signed at Geneva on the 20th October, 1868. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 3, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, dated the 2d instant, with accompanying papers, submitting an estimate of appropriations for the payment of expenses of removal of certain Eastern Cherokee Indians to the Indian Territory. The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 7, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: I transmit a communication from the Secretary of the Navy, with a copy of a letter from the Chief of the Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting and a draft of a bill recommending an increase of 500 enlisted men for the naval service. The matter is commended to the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 8, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior, dated the 6th instant, with accompanying papers[6] from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and draft of a bill to amend section 2135, Revised Statutes. The subject is commended to the consideration of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. [Footnote 6: Relating to the selling and trading of annuity goods by Lower Brulé Indians.] EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 10, 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 paving a portion of the roadway of Hanover street and curbing and paving the sidewalk of that street on the side next the Government property at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 10, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 9th instant, submitting, with accompanying papers, an estimate of appropriation for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Ute Commission, appointed under section 2 of the act of June 15, 1880. The matter is commended to the early action of Congress. CHESTER A. ARTHUR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 10, 1882_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives_: