ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _April 8, 1836_.
_To the Senate_:
I transmit herewith reports from the Secretaries of the War and Navy
Departments, to whom were referred the resolutions adopted by the Senate
on the 18th of February last, requesting information of the probable
amount of appropriations that would be necessary to place the land and
naval defenses of the country upon a proper footing of strength and
respectability.
In respect to that branch of the subject which falls more particularly
under the notice of the Secretary of War, and in the consideration of
which he has arrived at conclusions differing from those contained in
the report from the Engineer Bureau, I think it proper to add my
concurrence in the views expressed by the Secretary.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _April 12, 1836_.
_To the Senate_:
I transmit herewith a report[16] from the Secretary of War,
communicating the original letter from Major Davis and the statements
which accompany it, referred to in the resolution of the Senate of the
8th instant.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Footnote 16: Relating to the treaty of December 29, 1835, with the
Cherokee Indians.
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