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

~ ;oyaG9, from one 81 tie Toii po"ei
- ,yh,ch was actually committing iFg-
oneo, aeprcda,ions on the frontier isl''-
ii,+,ats i is not improbable bu' INA.
-. governor might have been lndueed
- bsl,eve. HAT grea;ei number CT men
,gsre nscsil.:ry fer IT,. protection Ct me
f,on,irre. ih.n would lave been ccni'deieo
nsedtl b. petfors remote from ne lIene
of s.qion At the tine when lheie fer
vices were performed, hottie drpoil-
ton peryaded The gtearcr part OF the lad'-
an nations, within the United States;
fef;ous w4r then cxi&ed between the Os'it-
I'd States and the numerous tribes Of lidi-
ans, n the couotry notth weit Of the OHIO.
and a predatory war was carried On
berwcso the territory lou;h eat OF the
Ohio, row the Rate OF Tenneilee, and
th- Cherokees, The exPences OF winch
yyere principally dcl'ayed by the United
States, troops we're keFt in pay at me ex-
pence of The Uniled States, on the from
ters Of South Caroline.
As il would be irpraaicable at this
time to af,crtain with precl!ion, what
non,ber CT troops was really necefary TO
have been kept in iervice at different Pc
RODS, in the fate OF Georgia, and as
the opinion CT the executive Of the Unit
ed States, appears to have varied on the
fuhjedf in refpea to the degree Of danger
with which that fate was threatened, and
as thc f2fpenGon OF the governor; ditcre-
'ionsry power between The 27th OF OSLO
Der, l7o2, and the receipt Of the iecre-
tary', litter OF the 10Th Of Iuly, 1898,
was but Of ten days duration, it is con-
fdereu hy the fccTe,ary, that the fervlces
OF tie whole of the militia, called our by
the governor Of Georgia in the year 1893,
DO canl}itute a jua claim upon the United
States, for pay up 10 the tire IN which
tie faia troops could have been dllDand.
e1, after tie receipf Of the faid letter, OF
the 10Th Of July which probably could
not have betn Effected earlier than the laa
of September and when it is confidered
that they were {pread over an exterive
country, il may be doubtful whether the
necehdry arrangement could have been
made and carried inic execution, at 70
early period.
Under full view Of all the c!rcum-
frances relating 70 the fubjetf, the Score.
tary respectfully fubmi:s to the conhdera-
ton of Consrels, whelhe' juN!ee would
not require an admiflion Of the claims for
al leFyiccs performed fox defen{lve Pro'ec-
ton in the year l7es, Up 10 the lit OF
October Ct tie fame year, fer which re-
gular pay ana mufer rolls have been re-
ceiyed, and whether the aamifion Of the
claim for Ike fcrvices, for which mcffer
ard pay rolls have been received, for the
other three months CT the year 1893,
would not under all circumstances, do leis
;niuGice, than would reinlt from rejec-
ton Of that part Of the claim. The fer
vices for which pay and muiter rolls have
been received, up TO The end Of the year
1898 amount to 95,97I dollars ana 9
ceats, cxclaliyc Of the fam Of 1889
dollars and IS cents, due to the parricu-
larcorps 6: fpiss fpecially authorized fub(e-
qucnt to the year 1893.
What weight fhohld IN this inftance BE-
given to the providon in the contribution
" that no i5ata faall make war unleiS in
cafe of invaGon, or of flch imminent dan
ger as will not admit of delay" which is
referred to by the fecretary of war in his
natement to the PRECEDENT Of the United
States las per document marked letter ~
and which tie fate of Georgia may con-
ider as authorizing her claims, is fubmlt'
ted 20 the determination OF Congrets.
II. DEARBORN.
War Department,
Feb. Sd, 1905.
Mr.. Early. Mr.. Chairman, bcliev-
ing that the claim which is now the fub-