arges
of Government for the year 1800.
JOHN ADAMS.
UNITED STATES, _February 20, 1801_.
_Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_:
The inclosed report[26] to me, made by the Acting Secretary of War on the
14th of this month, appears to be so well founded in all respects that I
recommend it to the consideration of Congress.
JOHN ADAMS.
[Footnote 26: Relating to the inconveniences arising from the want of a
competent general staff of the Army.]
UNITED STATES, _February 20, 1801_.
_Gentlemen of the Senate_:
I request of the Senate that the letter and journal of our late envoys
to France and the copy of their instructions and other documents relative
to that negotiation may be returned to me or to the Office of State.
JOHN ADAMS.
UNITED STATES, _February 27, 1801_.
_Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_:
I transmit you a report of the Secretary of State, with sundry documents,
relative to the subject of your resolution of the 24th instant.[27]
JOHN ADAMS.
[Footnote 27: Relating to depredations on American commerce by British
ships of war; lists of captured American vessels, etc.]
UNITED STATES, _February 27, 1801_.
_Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_:
I transmit to you, in conformity with your request of the 17th instant,
two reports, one from the Acting Secretary of War, the other from the
Secretary of the Treasury, of the 26th,[28] with details of the
expenditure of the moneys appropriated by the acts of the 20th [4th]
of May and 6th of July, 1798, and of the 10th of May, 1800.
JOHN ADAMS.
[Footnote 28: Estimates of the necessary expenditures for the purchase
and fabrication of arms and cannon and establishment of foundries and
armories, 1798-1801, and statement of appropriations for above purposes
and of warrants drawn on same to December 31, 1800.]
JANUARY 12, 1802.
_Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_:
According to the request in your resolution of the 8th insta