JOHN ADAMS.

UNITED STATES, April 17, 1800.

Gentlemen of the Senate: 

In conformity with your request, I transmit you a return from the War Office of those officers who have been appointed under the act entitled “An act to augment the Army of the United States, and for other purposes,” designating such officers who have accepted their appointments and those who have declined accepting, resigned their commissions, died, etc.

A report from the Secretary of War, which accompanied this return, as it contains observations which may throw some light upon the subject, I transmit with it.

JOHN ADAMS.

UNITED STATES, December 22, 1800.

Gentlemen of the Senate: 

In conformity with your request in your resolution of the 19th of this month, I transmit you the instructions given to our late envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary to the French Republic.

It is my request to the Senate that these instructions may be considered in strict confidence and returned to me as soon as the Senate shall have made all the use of them they may judge necessary.

JOHN ADAMS.

UNITED STATES, January 16, 1801.

Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: 

I now transmit to both Houses of Congress, in conformity to law, my annual account of the application of grants for the contingent charges 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.