To  the  House  of  Representatives:

In  reply  to  a  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  nth
instant,  requesting  information  in  regard  to  the  dispatch  of  military  forces
from  Austria  for  service  in  Mexico,  I  transmit  a  report  from  the  Secre-
tary of  State  on  the  subject.  ANDREW  JOHNSON.
Washington,  D.  CJune  20 ,  1866.
To  the  House  of  Representatives:

In  compliance  with  the  resolution  of  the  House  of  Representatives  of
the  2 1  st  ultimo,  requesting  information  as  to  the  collection  of  the  direct
tax  in  the  States  whose  inhabitants  participated  in  the  rebellion,  I  trans-
mit a  communication  from  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  accompanied
by  a  report  from  the  Deputy  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue.
ANDREW  JOHNSON.
Washington,  D.  C,June  22,  1866.
To  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives:

I  submit  to  Congress  a  report  of  the  Secretary  of  State,  to  whom  was
referred  the  concurrent  resolution  of  the  18th  instant,  respecting  a  sub-
mission to  the  legislatures  of  the  States  of  an  additional  article  to  the  Con-
stitution of  the  United  States.  It  will  be  seen  from  this  report  that  the
Secretary  of  State  had,  on  the  16th  instant,  transmitted  to  the  governors
of  the  several  States  certified  copies  of  the  joint  resolution  passed  on  the
13th  instant,  proposing  an  amendment  to  the  Constitution.
