Special Message
12/01/1818
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We see, on the contrary, that every corps of the Army and staff was to be reorganized, and most of them reduced in offic...
I now transmit a report from the Secretary or State, containing the information embraced by that resolution.
Should another war occur before it is completed, the experience of the last marks in characters too strong to be mistake...
I am aware that many officers of great merit, having the strongest claims on their country, have been reduced and others...