SPECIAL MESSAGES.
WASHINGTON, December 7, 1841.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of March last, calling for a comparative statement of the condition of the public defenses, of all the preparations and means of defense, and of the actual and authorized strength of the Army on the 1st of January, 1829, and the 1st of January, 1841.
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, December 7, 1841.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a report from the War Department, in compliance with so much of the resolution of the Senate of March 3, 1841, respecting the military and naval defenses of the country, as relates to the defenses under the superintendence of that Department.
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, December 8, 1841.