Communication from the Secretary of the Navy Regarding Marine Corps Organization

This 9-page document is a communication from the Secretary of the Navy to the United States Congress, dated August 4, 1848. It was ordered to be printed to accompany Senate Bill No. 341 (30th Congress, 1st Session, Executive No. 66). The communication addresses the reorganization and downsizing of the Marine Corps following the Mexican-American War. It includes a discussion of the Marine Corps' value, particularly the Marine Guard's role in maintaining order aboard ships, and presents numerical data on the corps' structure from 1798 to 1848.

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