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 Index. 635 Vessels, Naval: Act for building of, vetoed, 266. Appropriation for purchase of, rec- ommended, 201, 249. Construction of, discussed, 378. Fund raised by ladies of South Car- olina for construction of, 451. Names of officers and contractors abroad, communication regard- ing, 302. Purchase and construction of, abroad referred to, 204, 211. Communication regarding, 302. Vessels, Private Armed: Commissions to, 102. Act authorizing issuance of, 104. Amendment to, 113. Form of bond, 112. Applications for, invited, 60. Referred to, 75. Discussed, 2S1, 349. President's instructions to, ill. Vessels, War. (See Vessels, Naval.) Veteran Soldiers' Home, act providing for, vetoed, 409. Veto Messages: Abolishing office of certain quarter- masters, etc., 559. Acceptance of volunteer regiment from Texas, 160. Amending act — Aiding Kentucky, 408. Establishing and organizing gen- eral staff for Army, 262. Establishing and organizing Pro- visional Army, 263. Imposing regulations upon for- eign commerce to provide for public defense, 466. Reducing currency and authori- zing new issue of notes and bonds, 470. Authorizing — Appointment of additional artil- lery officers for ordnance duty, 466. Appointment of additional assist- ant surgeons in Army, 130. Veto Messages (Continued): Building vessels of war, 266. Claim of McDaniel and Ewing, 472. Congressional elections in Tennes- see, 324. Creating office of Commanding General, 215. Directing how prize money shall be paid, 216. Encouraging manufacture of small arms, etc., 158. Establishing court of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction in Missis- sippi, 101. Exemption of editors and newspa- per employees, 465. Free mailage of newspapers to sol- diers, 556. Granting furloughs, 162. Increasing number of midshipmen 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 Richmond, 100. Reorganizing and promoting effi- ciency of Medical Department, 263. Repealing law authorizing natu- ralization of aliens, 165. Slave trade, 59. Veteran Soldiers' Home, 409.