To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit to Congress a copy of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, relative to the joint resolution of the 28th of January, 1864, upon the subject of the gift of the steamer Vanderbilt to the United States.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, May 7, 1866.
Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith a communication of the Secretary of War, inclosing one from the Lieutenant-General, relative to the necessity for legislation upon the subject of the Army.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 1866.
To the House of Representatives:
In further response to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant, calling for information in regard to clerks employed in the several Executive Departments, I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster-General.