Memorial of Henry O'Rielly [i.e. O'Reilly] concerning military highways or "stockade routes" for protecting travelers and settlers, facilitating mail and telegraph communication through vast interior territories, and rendering the United States independent of foreign countries for trnasmitting [i.e. transmitting] mails between the Atlantic and Pacific states. January 12, 1858. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia. Motion to print referred to the Committee on Printing. Report in favor of printing submitted, considered, and agreed to

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