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London, England, 1801-07-14 00:00:00

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PARTS, JULY io.
The religi Concik has pnblifhed a of
which the third article is thus expreffed : We
hold it as an inconteftible truth, that fideli fa&
Milken; and obedience to•the autho.
rities arc a fluty founded upon the ntural and
divine law."

ARMY OF THE RHINE. t .
TIM IMltitilAL in CUM TO THE MlllitTietiel WAR
, 011 ms ranicu tarusoc..'

Head-gam' atlkaiorek, ry.
eitisen Milliner, the Ordonnateur in alio& end
the Paymailer-General, were charged to give to
'Qui as alfo to the public Treafury, a complete de.
milid account of the adminiftration of the arnly ;
but the affectation with which the official journal
sn its numbers of the sth and 7th of April. affured
its readers that Germany had not been laidunder
metribution and that all the funds for the pay of
the army of Rhine had been made by the pub-
lic Treafury. impofes the duty on me of giving
yon a ftatement of the funs received at the army,
and. of their application. At the time I took the
command of the army of the Rhine, in the month
of january, r Soo, eight months pay was due to the
*any ; the diftributions of provifions were very
regular, not to fay none ; and the cloathing was
in a moil (hocking (late. I requelted of Govern-
ment to make the diflributions regular' and to'
give me only two months pay : I knew the !fatel
5f the public Treafury, and I thought I ought to
limit my demands. I received, before my entrance
upon the campaign, about eighteen millions, which
provided for what was moil preffing. Six or
(even decades of pay were liquidated ; the funds,
advanced for the fervice, produced eredit, and by
the means of eight or nine millions of debt, the dif-
tributions were regularly made; the cioathing was
repaired; and the army, in a tolerable good (late,
fall of zeal and courage, opened the campaign
pf slop.
aj-kiwas not poffible to eftabliih any regularity in
Ile receipt of the contributions, except after the
ttientitices. Germany failing in, merely, prompt
items could not be hoped for but by bank opera-
tions. To meet this ezpence, and all the irregn-
lar expences which an army in aaivity neceffarily
produces, I decided that the Paymafter (hould
charge hinifelf, in receipt, agaitiff the public trea-
fury, with only four-fifths of the contributions, re-,
Carving to myfelf to determine, upon private fecn-
tities, the application of the remaining fifth, which
I ordered to be paid into a private office.
You have been furniffied with a copy of all the
proces verbal of all the payments. The Paymaf-
ter-General has alto made a return to the treafury.
The whole of the receipts amount to about forty-fou r
millions. The Paymafter has been charged again(
the public treafury with about 36 millions. The
funds, the employment of which I refereed for my.
felf, are about (even millions. The diffiurrement
of the 36 millions is compofed of about 25 mil-
lions for pay, and about r t millions for the dif-
ferent Cervices, and other regular expeneeeneder
ed by the Ordonnatenr in Chief.
The cfiffiurfement of the ft-ven millions, of which
I refereed the applicition to myfelf, is compofed
of ezpences of negotiations to the amount of from
5 to 6 millions, received by Bank operations ;
of gratuities to the whole army; of the expences '
of Tome monuments which I ereeted to refpeetable
General Officers who died on the field of battle ;
of relief given to tome corps which had (offered
,store than the reit ; of the redemption of captured
horfes incorporated in the corps of the cavalry of
the army, and of the payment of a multitude of
bills of which foldiers were the bearers ; bills fairly
due, but not admitted in regular account, in con•
fetv/ellice of tome defe&s in formality.
When I (hall have received the part of the ac-
count opened with sue alone, I (hall fend you fuch
explanations as you may defire. As to the regu-
lar account, the Paymaller-General will give the
particulars to the treafury, and the Ordonnateur
;nun furnifh a duplicate of all his orders.
To refume, the contributions have defrayed
*boat thirteen months pay. Thus, in the fuppo-
Arian that the army had been delivered to tne paid
inp to courfe, there would not have been, a tingle
decade due to it on its return to France. I have
not been able to give more than very ffiort advances
for all the fervices as the liquidations arc not ef-
fettled. But thefe Cervices have been able tn pay
Nearly the whole of their debts, and I prefume
what remains in hand, which will probably be
from about 7 to 800 thonfand francs, and which
will be paid to the 'Military Paymafler of the sth
military diviLon, will meet what will be due
upon it.
The army has returned, as well equipped as
could be defiled. for troops after a very fevere win-
ter campaign. The corps of infantry are at the
fame complement as at their entrance upon the
campaign: feveral are from Bto goo men the bat-
talion. There are none of them under 700. The
corps of cavalry are much more numerous than
at their entering upon the campaign. The re-
fasten of the eonquered countries have furniffied
from their depots the means of equipment of which
they were in need. Several regiments of light
ca val exceed 700 horfes. The artillery has re-
'tune7 in a very improved nate, bringing with it
near :oo pieces of cannon taken from the enemy,l
and about 3000 horfes more than open its entrance
ppm the campaign. The arfenals of Straiburgh
and Mentz arc provided with wood, iron, fteel,&c.
Finally, there is returned in the magazines of mili-
tary Sofpitals, moveable property to the amount
of about 500,000 francs.
Believe sae, Citizen Minifler, that I have oh-
(erred in the raifing of contributions, all poilible
order, and that I have not neglefted the interefts
of the republic ; the conquered countries having
been burthened as much as they could be, without
violating/ha laws of bumaaky.
The Peneral in Chief, (Signed) bleasay.
P. B._ The pay of the Staffs and Officers, with-
oat troops, has been dikkarged up to the latter
end of April. This article amounts to above two
(A true copy.)
The General in Chief, (Signed) 1401111A0.

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