William McKinley said...

I recommend that, following our national precedents, especially that in the case of Admiral Dewey and the Asiatic Squadr...

It is hereby ordered that the President's Order of January 9, 1884, be, and the same is, hereby revoked as to that part ...

Any authority heretofore exercised in the premises by the Naval Officer in command is hereby ratified as if said power t...

I commend to the favorable consideration of Congress the reasons upon which this recommendation rests.