United States. Navy Department.. Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting

Letter from Winfield S. Schley, Chief of Bureau of Equipment and Recruitment to Commodore Stephen B. Luce, Superintendent of U.S. Naval War College in which Luce is informed that the Bureau does not have any appropriation of funds under its control that can be used by the Naval War College.

Letter from Winfield S. Schley, Chief of Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting to Commodore Stephen B. Luce about his regret that an allowance for a steward, cook, and two landsmen as attendants at the Naval War College could not be authorized.

Letter from Winfield S. Schley, Chief of Bureau of Equipment and Recruitment to Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce, President of the Naval War College. Schley informed Luce that his request from his1884 Apr 25 letter to employ an enlisted man as a “writer” at the Naval War College is prohibited by the Secretary of the Navy for “being contrary to law.”