. . . . . . . . . . . "Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in reply to a committee of the Senate, requesting an estimate of the number of midshipmen, able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, which may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of a special bill, &c"@en . "Letter from the Secretary of the Navy in reply to a committee of the Senate requesting an estimate of the number of midshipmen, able seamen, ordinary seamen, and boys, which may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of a special bill, &c"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . .