The Commissioners have the honor to comply with your request in sending you a list of Midshipmen whose warrants were dated previous to the year 1812 and who either from their own knowledge or from their register of officers they believe to be qualified for promotion.

Some apprehensions are entertained that Edward Dowse whose name is at the head of the list may have been lost in the Epervier as he is reported to have belonged to that ship in 1815.