. . . . . . . . "A petition to the national government, embodying facts and statements in furtherance of the claim of the late Cyrus Alger for remuneration for the adoption and use, by the United-States Army and Navy, of certain inventions of his relating to fuzes and shells, as herein set forth ; with corroborative official documents, testifying to their introduction into the United-States service, and their indispensable value"@en .