Report of Quartermaster-General relating to cemetery of prison camp of Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio. JANUARY 26, 1880.-Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, January 24, 1880. The Secretary of War has the honor to transmit to the United States Senate copy of letter from the Quartermaster-General, dated August 15, 1879, and accompanying copy of report of the agent of the Quartermaster's Department sent to Sandusky, Ohio, to ascertain what was necessary for the care and protection of the cemetery of the prison camp at Johnson's Island, near that place, as required by the act of Congress, approved June 20, 1878 (20 Stats., ch. 359, p. 220), appropri ating $1,500 for this purpose. The act in question provides that no portion of said sum shall be expended until the title to the land has been transferred to the United States, but makes no provision for the purchase of the property. The owner declines to donate the land, except under certain conditions, which, without the previous authorization of Congress, are believed by this department to be inadmissible. Further action by Congress in the premises seems to be necessary, and is accordingly respectfully recommended. The PRESIDENT of the United States Senate. ALEX. RAMSEY, Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, D. C., October 1, 1878. SIR: I respectfully call attention to the appropriation and proviso of chapter 359, Laws of the United States, 1878 (Stat. L., p. 220), as tollows: "For care and protection of the Confederate cemetery on Johnson's Island, Ohio, one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War: Provided, That before any |