US Naval Training Center - Compass Yearbook (Bainbridge, MD)

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THE NI'I'ED STATES CONSTITUTION AND HMSV .IAVA q December 29, 1812 uTo the Senate and House of Representatives. AI lay before Congress a letter with accompany- irom Commodore Bainbridge, i ' VResolved by the Senate and House of Represen- g his captur e tatives of the United States of America in Cone a. The circumstances of g mbled, hat the President oi the United the issue of this combat afford another instance a is hereby, requested to p of the professional skill and heroic spirit which i i ' ' preva of b0 b ommodore Bai and crew command the highest prais ing the second instance in which the condition I 0 the 0f the captured ship, by rendering it impossible 'g d b 0 of the gal- to get her into port, has barred a contemplated i d vices of Captain reward for successful valour, I recommend to the ' i ' , hi d crew, in the consideration of Congress, the equity and pro- p h irigate java, after a success- priety of a general provision allowing m such C3565! both P35 : a fair proportion Oi H. Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives the value whim e to the captors on W. H. Crawiord, Pres. of the Senate, Pro, Tem. the safe arrival and sale of the prize. March 3, 1813 James Madison Approved: James Madison