William Howard Taft: Special Message

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Special Message
April 15, 1910

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To the House of Representatives:

On March 4, 1910, your honorable body adopted the following resolution:

Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested, if not incompatible with the public interest, to furnish the House of Representatives the following information:

First. Why is not the appropriation for the construction of a gunboat on the Great Lakes, contained in the naval appropriation act of eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, expended?

Second. What steps, if any, have been taken by the United States Government to remove the obstacles that prevented the construction of this vessel?

In answer, I beg to transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Navy.

WILLIAM H. TAFT

Note: This Message was accompanied by a letter from the Secretary of the Navy to the effect that when Congress authorized the construction of a gunboat on the Great Lakes, the Navy Department requested an opinion from the State Department as to whether or not, under the terms of the Rush-Bagot convention of 1817, the department was justified in proceeding with the construction as authorized. The reply was that such construction would be a violation of the terms of the treaty.

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=68500.

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