Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-03

Free man IS lSiSii
p,,as !. secnt fol the war iepar'menf,v nc
wauisl repiate lie tnises OF puoiie pre-
p>tsy 70 the troops which might be in fer
viz.
On The 9Th Of September, 1895, !et-
ter was written By the Secretary OF war
10 captain Conltan. Freeman, by when
|, he Vas directed MOTTO concur in any meal
frres ar The expsnce Of the United States
for invading he Creek county. ANA
on The 22d Of fsbfuary, 1894, ano'ncF
letter was wri,sen by toe iecTela'y OF val
TO the governor OF Georgia, irom Wiicll
i,alpears that tie PseGdens of1he United
States had been induced TO believe that
greater number Of troopshad been employ
ed than was neceil4ry ard the governor
was reformed that the general govern
ment would not, except il cate OF all ac-
tut inyation, be pledged TOR The expsnces,
| if in future any number OF troops mould
be employed, whi>h exceeded the force
that the PseGdcut had preyiuolly author-
lied, VIZ. one hundred hcile and ono hun
dred toor. IIeis alto informed, that, u II
was expected that the militia were 10 be
paid by the United States, it void be ne.
cclary that returns, mui;er and pay rolls
fbould be made and delivered 70 captain
Freeman, the agent of the war eepaF;-
ment, IN orler that the whole caie might
be fubmitted TO Congrefs, as the only az
rhoriiy competent for deciding on what
proportion Of the expences hiould be de-
frayed by the United States,
By letter Of rhe date Of The forego
ing, adarci1cd BY the fecretary Of war 10
Mr.. IIal1erham, collector Of The cui'ons
in Georgia, who alto had aaed as an a.
gent of the war department, he is inform
cd that the number Of ni,itis, Which had
been fu2p!ied in. the fare Of Gcorg'a At
the expense Of the United States, appear
ed by his approximations to the war de.
parimest, TO have greatly exceeded the
number contemplated, and that one hun
dred horfc and enc hundred foot, 10 adoi-
ton to the con,inental troops, were conf
dercd as adequate TO the protection Of the
lroa'iers asainit f.nall parties Of Indians,
and that orders had been given for that
number to the late governor, dated the
goth Of May, 1893, which number tic
Preiient 9th United State, conlcn'ed
might be kept up on certain conditions
mentioned to the governor. Mr.. Habcr-
ham was then ditetied not to fuTnih iap--
plies, without particular orders from the
proper department, to any greater number
than one hundred horie AMI one hundred
foot.
Copies Of many other letters & extracts
of letters, are among the documents,
which are not corhdered by lie iccretaty
offuhcier, Importance tcreqalre particular
notice.
From the preceding exhibition offaAs,
and from the o,h>r lefs important docu-
mems, and the circumstances connected
With the fabjeet, il appears that the attn,
al fetyices performed by the militia Of the
fate OF Georgia, in The cousic CT the ieve-
sal years 10 which this enquiry is diretted,
for which payments have not been made,
amount 10 the whole, according to the
rslls delivered to the agent Of the war
department, and by him traniinltted to
tia, department., TO 1858 dollars and
70 cents. That fucl part Of faid fervi-
ces, as were performed under The impedi-
ATE direction Of tie executive of the Unit
ted States, amounts 10 $3.50 dollars and
IS cents-that irom October 1892. 70
May 1898, the governor was, by direc-
tion from the executive Of The United
States, to employ fuch force, as in bis o.
pinion ihouit be receHary-that from the
3oth Of May TO the 10th of June, there
was a fufpenGon Of his Discretionary au-
tho.ity, and on receiving the letter of the
roth OF June, he was again authorized
to aa altogether at his own diferetion,
as TO the namhsr Of troops he ihculd