☞ Message from the president of the United States, transmitting a report of the secretary of war, on certain measures which appear to him to be necessary for the improvement of our military system. 13th January, 1800 : referred to the committee, appointed on the 9th ultime, t whom was referred so much of the speech of the president as relates to "a system of national defence, commensurate with our resources, and the situation of our country" : printed by order of the House of Representatives of the United States.