[Footnote 7: Relating to the operations of the Army near Matamoras,
Mexico.]
WASHINGTON, _May 19, 1846_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, in answer to a
resolution of the Senate of the 4th of December last, which contains the
information called for "with respect to the practicability and utility
of a fort or forts on Ship Island, on the coast of Mississippi, with a
view to the protection of said coast."