From James Madison to Congress, 26 May 1809
To Congress
May 26th 1809.
I now lay before Congress the Report of the Secretary of War, shewing the progress made in carrying into effect the act of April 1808, for raising an additional Military force, and the disposition of the Troops.
James Madison
RC and enclosures, two copies (DNA: RG 233, Legislative Proceedings, and DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings); FC of first enclosure (PHi: Daniel Parker Papers, William Eustis Correspondence). House copy headed: “To the House of Representatives”; Senate copy headed: “To the Senate of the United States.” House copy received and referred to the select committee on the military establishment on 27 May. Senate copy received and tabled on 29 May (Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a Report of the Secretary of War [Washington, 1809]).
, 11th Cong., 1st sess., 118, 15). Enclosures are Eustis to JM, 26 May 1809, and “A General Return of the troops of the United States” of the same date, signed by Maj. Abimael Youngs Nicoll, adjutant and inspector of the army (printed in