Message from the president of the United States : accompanying a report to him, from the secretary of war, of the 24th instant, relative to the military establishment. : 31st December, 1798, referred to the committee appointed on the 14th instant, on so much of the president's speech, as relates to the "policy of extending and invigorating the measures of defence heretofore adopted by the government of the United States." : (Published by order of the House of Representatives.).