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 594 Messages and Papers of the Confederacy. Davis, Jefferson, President Confederate States (Continued): Veto messages of — Encouraging manufacture of small arms, 158. Establishing court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in Mississippi, 101. Exemption of editors and news- paper employees, 465. Granting furloughs, 162. Increasing number of midship- men in Navy, 553. Increasing strength of heavy ar- tillery for seacoast defenses, 320. Organizing general staff for armies, reasons for applying pocket veto, 457. Pay and allowances of deceased soldiers, 216. Payment of arrears due Army and Navy, 561. Promotion of officers in certain cases, 558. Raising and organizing troops in Missouri, 160. Regulating furloughs and dis- charges, 156. Relief of Bible Society, 267. Removal of seat of government from Montgomery to Rich- mond, 100. Reorganize and promote efficien- cy of Medical Department, 263. Repealing law authorizing natu- ralization of aliens, 165. Slave trade, 59. Veteran Soldiers' Home, 409. War between the States discussed by, 72, 78, 122, 124, 136, 139, 185, 189, 196, 197, 208, 210, 232, 240, 2 ?6, 332, 345. 44 8 . 482, 544. Davis Guards, resolution of thanks tendered, 424. Day's Point, referred to, 202. Debt, Public, discussed, 192, 293, 363, 488. Deceased Soldiers: Act relative to pay and allowances of, vetoed, 216. Settlement of claims of, referred to, 305. Decoration Day. A day set apart in the United States, on which to commemorate memories of the soldiers and sailors who fell in the Civil War. On this day the people pay tribute to the dead by processions, public speeches, and by the decoration of graves with flowers. The day was first called Memorial Day. It originated in the South during the war. May 30 is the day usually observed. Decoration Day has been declared by Congress a national holiday in the District of Columbia and in the territories. Defense, Public: Act- Amending act to Impose regula- tions on foreign commerce to provide for, vetoed, 466. Increasing strength and efficien- cy of heavy artillery for sea- coast defense vetoed, 320. Preparations for, discussed and re- ferred to, 189, 201, 204, 208. Provision for, recommended, 34, 63, 128, 196,203, 544. Referred to, 250. Submarine defenses discussed, 204. Department of East Tennessee, mar- tial law in, proclaimed, and orders regarding, 224. Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, report on operations in, transmitted, 386. Departments, Executive. (See also the several Departments.) Commissioned officers employed in, at Richmond, Va., referred to, 514. 552- Communications from, transmit- ted, 156. List of employees of, submitted, 261.