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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875

American State Papers --TABLE OF CONTENTS. MILITARY AFFAIRS.--VOLUME VII.

American State Papers [Military Affairs: Volume 7] : Index
TABLE OF CONTENTS. MILITARY AFFAIRS.--VOLUME VII.

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FOR ALPHABETICAL INDEX SEE THE CLOSE OF THE VOLUME.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
• No.
• Date.
• ... Page.
• 744. Transmitting proceedings of a court of inquiry relating to transactions of Brevet Brigadier General John E. Wool, and those under his command, in the Cherokee country, in Alabama 1837, Oct. 9 ... 532

REPORTS AND LETTERS FROM THE SECRETARY OF WAR.
• 733. With a statement of the number of company officers of the army in service against the Creek and Seminole Indians, in Florida, in 1836; the number and rank of those who resigned; the number of companies of the several arms in service there during that year 1837, Mar. 2 ... 110
• 736. Transmitting the annual report of the operations and expenditures of the national armories in 1836 1837, Mar. 3 ... 116
• 737. Transmitting a list of officers of the army employed upon duty which separated them from their regiments or corps during the year 1836. 1837, Mar. 3 ... 119
• 739. Transmitting estimates of appropriations for suppressing hostilities of the Seminole Indians in Florida, and for the removal of the raft in Red river 1837, Sept. 18 ... 466
• 740. Transmitting a report of a board of officers on improvements in fire-arms by Hall, Colt, Cochran, Hackett, Fisher, and Leavitt, as compared with the United States musket and rifle, and their relative qualities and efficiency, and the cost of manufacturing each arm 1837, Sept. 19 ... 466
• 741. Transmitting the regulations and experiments showing the means and manner of testing, proving, and bursting cannon, under the directions of the Ordnance department 1837, Sept. 19 ... 482
• 742. Transmitting the orders and instructions authorizing the employment of Indians in the military service of the United States against the Seminole Indians in Florida, and the number so employed 1837, Sept. 21 ... 518
• 743. Transmitting a report of the president of a board of officers on improvements in fire-arms by Hall, Colt, Cochran, Leavitt, and Baron Hackett, as compared with the United States musket, and their relative qualities and efficiency 1837, Oct. 3 ... 525
• 745. Annual report showing the condition of the War Department in 1837 1837, Dec. 5 ... 571
• 746. On claim of Tennessee volunteers, called out on requisition of Major General Gaines to suppress Indian hostilities in Florida, Alabama, &c., for pay 1837, Dec. 19 ... 745
• 748. On the necessary fortifications for the defence of the harbor of New London, Connecticut, and the facilities for establishing a navy yard at that place 1837, Dec. 22 ... 764
• 749. Transmitting explanatory statement of the estimates for the several branches of the military service for the year 1838 1837, Dec. 22 ... 767
• 750. Transmitting statement of the balance due on the claims of Massachusetts for militia services and expenditures during the war of 1812 1837, Dec. 27 ... 775
• 753. A report, with plans, for the defence and protection of the western frontiers of the United States, and statements of the number of Indians and warriors on those frontiers 1837, Dec. 30 ... 777
• 758. Transmitting additional estimates of appropriations necessary for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida and the Cherokee country 1838, Jan. 5 ... 790
• 760. Transmitting the orders withdrawing Major General Scott and appointing Major General Jesup to the command of the army in Florida, and correspondence showing its operations during the Seminole war under the command of the latter 1838, Jan. 8 ... 794
• 761. Transmitting a plan for the protection of the north and eastern boundary of the United States 1838, Jan. 10 ... 895
• 763. Transmitting supplemental estimates for Fort Caswell, North Carolina, and fortifications in the harbor of Pensacola, Florida, and other objects in charge of the Engineer department for 1838 1838, Jan. 12 ... 899

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• 764. Transmitting estimates of the pay, subsistence, and travelling expenses of the militia for the defence of the Niagara frontier, and to enforce the neutrality laws in 1838 1838, Jan. 12 ... 901
• 765. Transmitting additional estimates for the subsistence of militia and volunteers for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida in 1838. 1838, Jan. 17 ... 902
• 775. Relative to orders and instructions to the commander-in-chief in Florida to call into service militia and volunteers, including Indians; the tribes engaged; the number of troops of all classes engaged in the Florida war, and the whole amount of money expended in that war 1838, Jan. 30 ... 918
• 778. Transmitting the Army Register for 1838 1838, Feb. 6 ... 927
• 779. Transmitting the annual returns of the militia of the United States for 1837 1838, Feb. 6 ... 946
• 780. Transmitting statements of the probable number of Creek warriors engaged in hostilities against the United States during the years 1836 and 1837 1838, Feb. 7 ... 951
• 781. On the claim of Missouri volunteers for compensation for their horses lost or rendered unfit for service by transportation by sea from New Orleans to Tampa Bay, in Florida 1838, Feb. 9 ... 955
• 782. Transmitting correspondence with officers of the army relative to the posts and military forces required for the protection of the western frontier of the United States 1838, Feb. 14 ... 956
• 788. On the selection of a site for the erection of a fort on the western frontier of Arkansas 1838, Feb. 21 ... 974
• 789. Transmitting Colonel Z. Taylor's account of the battle with the Seminole Indians near the Kissimmee river, in Florida, on December 25, 1837 1838, Feb. 21 ... 985
• 790. With a statement of the number of troops, including Indian allies, employed in the war against the Seminole Indians, in Florida, and various other particulars connected with that war 1838, Feb. 21 ... 992
• 793. Transmitting a report of a survey, estimate, and drawing of a military road from Saginaw to Mackinac, Michigan 1838, Feb. 26 ... 1003

LETTER FROM THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.
• 738. Transmitting proceedings of military courts of inquiry on the operations of the army under command of Major General Scott and Major General Gaines, and on the course pursued by those officers respectively 1837, Mar. 3 ... 125

REPORT FROM THE QUARTERMASTER GENERAL.
• 769. Of a description and estimate of a complete line of defence, by military works, on the western frontier, and a statement of the present and a proposed organization of the staff of the army 1838, Jan. 18 ... 905

RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS OF STATE LEGISLATURES.
• 783. Resolutions of the legislature of South Carolina for an appropriation for the preservation of Sullivan's island and the site of Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor, in that State 1838, Feb. 14 ... 966
• 784. Memorial of the legislature of Missouri for the payment of four companies of mounted volunteers employed on the northwestern frontier of the State in 1836 1838, Feb. 14 ... 967
• 791. Resolutions of the legislature of Maryland for the establishment of a national foundery at Havre de Grace, in that State 1838, Feb. 21 ... 997
• 791. Resolution of the legislature of Mississippi for a military depot at Columbus, in that State 1838, Feb. 21 ... 997
• 791. Memorial of the legislature of Arkansas for an arsenal and sundry fortifications in that State 1838, Feb. 21 ... 997
• 794. Resolution of the legislature of Louisiana for the establishment of a military force near the Caddo Purchase, on the Sabine river, in that State 1838, Mar. 1 ... 1007

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS.
• 747. On the importance and superiority of Hall's rifle for the public service, and the propriety of making compensation to the inventor for its use 1837, Dec. 21 ... 763
• 757. On the claim of the widow of an officer of the army for the pay corresponding with his brevet rank, he having a command corresponding with such rank 1838, Jan. 5 ... 789
• 787. On an application for the establishment of a national armory and foundery at the Grand Rapids, or Falls of the Wabash river, in Indiana and Illinois 1838, Feb. 20 ... 787

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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FROM THE COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AFFAIRS.
• 751. On the claim of a company of Vermont militia, not mustered into the service of the United States, for compensation for services at the battle of Plattsburg, in 1814 1837, Dec. 28 ... 775
• 752. On the claim of James Rigden, predicated on promises made by his commanding officer, for compensation for services as a spy during the war of 1812, which subjected him to great peril and sufferings in the hands of the enemy 1837, Dec. 28 ... 776
• 756. On the claim of John H. Hall for compensation for his inventions and patent rights for improvements of fire-arms for the use of the United States 1838, Jan. 4 ... 789
• 759. On the claim of Daniel Parker for the pay and emoluments of a brigadier general while adjutant and inspector general of the army 1838, Jan. 5 ... 791
• 762. On the claim of Jacob H. Holt for pay as clerk to the quartermaster of the Military Academy at West Point, New York 1838, Jan. 11 ... 898
• 766. On the claim of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Cummings for the pay of colonel while in command of the second regiment of infantry 1838, Jan. 18 ... 903
• 767. On the claim of Lieutenant William B. Parker for pay of captain while in command of a company in 1814--'15 1838, Jan. 18 ... 904
• 770. On the expediency of carrying into effect the resolutions of the Congress of the Confederation for erecting monuments to the general officers of the revolutionary army, and a marble column at Yorktown, Virginia 1838, Jan. 20 ... 907
• 771. On the claim of a private soldier of the army to pay for the term of his enlistment, ou the allegation that, on a campaign, he was left behind on the march on account of sickness 1838, Jan. 20 ... 908
• 773. On the claim of Colonel Roger Jones, adjutant general, for the pay and emoluments according to his brevet rank of brigadier general 1838, Jan. 27 ... 910
• 776. On the claim of the widow of an assistant surgeon of the army for half pay 1838, Jan. 31 ... 925
• 777. On the claim of the widow of an officer of the army for the pay corresponding with his brevet rank, he having a command corresponding with such rank 1838, Jan. 31 ... 926
• 792. On the claim of a sergeant of Tennessee volunteers, who served one month and twenty-three days, and was discharged on account of sickness, for one year's clothing 1838, Feb. 23 ... 1003

FROM THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS.
• 732. On the claim of the city of Mobile, Alabama, for reimbursement of expense of equipping two companies of mounted volunteers for protection against the Creek Indians in 1836 1837, Mar. 1 ... 108
• 734. On the claim of the city of Augusta, Georgia, for reimbursement of money advanced for the expenses of two companies of volunteers for the suppression of hostilities of the Indians in Florida in 1836. 1837, Mar. 3 ... 115
• 735. On the claim of the corporation of Washington, Wilkes county, Georgia, for reimbursement of advances made for the equipment of certain volunteers employed for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida in 1836 1837, Mar. 3 ... 116
• 772. On the claim of a company of volunteers of Mississippi for pay from the day they were mustered into service until the time of their rendezvous for duty 1838, Jan. 25 ... 909

FROM SELECT COMMITTEES.
• 731. History of the origin of the Military Academy; its changes by legislation and practice; objections to its constitution and operations; modifications to adapt it to the wants of the nation; history of the names and matters relating to all cadets from 1800 to 1834; military history of all graduates received into the army; amount appropriated for the Military Academy, and annual expenses from 1815 to 1834; the same, from 1802 to 1815; recent appointments, graduates, and how disposed of; resignations from the army of graduates; and remarks on the regulations of the academy, &c 1837, Mar. 1 ... 1
• 768. On the propriety of erecting a monument over the grave of David Williams, one of the captors of the spy, Major Andre, during the revolutionary war 1838, Jan. 18 ... 904

MEMORIALS AND PETITIONS.
• 754. Memorial of citizens of Beaver county, Pennsylvania, for the establishment of a national armory at the falls of Big Beaver river, in Pennsylvania 1838, Jan. 3 ... 786
• 755. Memorial of John Ely, a surviving soldier of the revolution, for the erection of a monument to the memory of Washington at Mount Vernon 1838, Jan. 3 ... 787

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• 774. Petition of Edmund Kirby, in behalf of himself and the other paymasters of the army, for commissions on payments made to the militia, and for a declaratory law allowing paymasters of the army staff or cavalry pay 1838, Jan. 29 ... 915
• 785. Memorial of the inhabitants of the county of Oswego, New York, for an inquiry into the expediency of repairing and arming the military positions at Oswego 1838, Feb. 14 ... 969
• 786. Memorial of citizens of Niagara county, New York, complaining of outrages and murders of American citizens in burning the steamboat Caroline at Schlosser, in that county, by the British authorities of Canada, and asking redress 1838, Feb. 19 ... 972
• 791. Memorial of citizens of Maryland for the establishment of a national foundery at Havre de Grace, in said State 1838, Feb. 21 ... 997
• 791. Memorial of Richard B. Alexander for the establishment of a national foundery at Four-mile run, in Alexandria county, District of Columbia 1838, Feb. 21 ... 997

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