May 08, 1868
To the House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith reports from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy, prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th of December last requesting information respecting the sale of public vessels since the close of the rebellion. No report upon the subject has yet been received from the Department of War.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Andrew Johnson, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202542