[undecipherable] 12 Dec^r 1798. Questions submitted to the Secretaries of the departments. (132) The Secretary for the Department of War, has the honour to submit, the following letters, to and from the President of the United States, and Generals Washington Hamilton & Knox from N^o 1. to 13 inclusive, to the Secretary of State, & the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy, and to request their attentive consideration of the same. N^o 1. The Secretary's letter to Generals Hamilton & Knox, notifying them of their appointments, dated the 25^th July 1798. N^o 2. The Secretary's letter to the President dated the 4^th of August. N^o 3. A letter from General Knox to the Secretary dated the 5^th of August. N^o 4. The President's letter to the Secretary dated the 24^th of August. N^o 5. The Secretary's letter to the President dated the 22^d of August. N^o 6. The Secretary's letters to General Knox, dated the 22 of August. N^o 7. The President's letter to the Secretary dated the 29^th of August. N^o 8. The Secretary's letter to the President dated the 6^th of Sept^r. N^o 9. The President's letter to the Secretary dated the 13^th of Sept^r.