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

TIE Secretary # War ysL4eafalb rspons
TO 1b< Hogle gfReprelfafahOts Of t6e
Umsed States.
That ia obedience TO their helolution
of the third of April, 1902, relative 10
IA. claims oflhe fale Of Georgia, for
militia iervices, the iecretary has taken
nealures 10 obtain all fuch documents as
relats TO the {ubjsti, iome Of which we're
not received until the month OF January,
laa.
Ia the courle Of an examination Of the
yarious documents, tie following facts
appear, which with the circumstances at
aendiag them, are coniidered as afording
.shc belt view Of the lubjcd, of which 1t IS
futreplible at this diltant period of time.
The matter and payrolls received from
lieut.. col. Cooitant Freeman, who acted
as agent Of The war department. in Geor-
sis,ay the time the eryices were principally
reformed, are offered as evidence OF fer
vices actually performed by The militia OF
that fate, for which compensation IS claim
ed, amounting in the whole TO the fem
ofI42,555 dollars and z9 cents; OF which
fam 1919 dcllars and 81 cents, appear
BIZ the rolls to be due to iuch corps as
were fpec;a!iy authorized BY the executive
d. the United States, for iervices fdbte'
qaenr TO 1898; the remaining fun of
40, SIS dollars and 66 cents, is for fer.
vices which were not confdered by the
executive Of The United States, nor by
the agents of the war department as full
" authorized by the general government,
aa,' for which no payments, have been
made.
saaSirv letters from tie fecretary of
war are offered as the principal grounds
on which aeciGon may be made rsla-
t~ess the latter claims. On tie 27;h
Of O.eober, 1872, the fccretary Of war
wro,eto the governor Of Georgia, and
gave hin a discretionary power as TO the
force he fhould i,hiok proper TO employ,
in. cafe fuaicient evidence. appeared Of
the hoaile intentions OF the Creeks againl&
the frontiers Of the fate.
On the 5oth q May, 1898, the fe-
cgetsyy wrote to the governor and au-
,horifed him to raite and organize one
bundled horfe aad one hundred militia
foot, 10 be armed and paid by the Unit
Cd States. which force, in addition &c
The regular troops then fia,ioned lin
Georgia, aud irritable rnmher of fp;es
and final! fccuts, WIS conideted as COM
pe.enr 70 the defence of the fEonsicrs--
and dire6fed that whatever force might
b. employed, lhonld be regularly mul-
tered.
On the roth of June, 1893, the te-
cre,sry wrote again to the governor, and
informed him, that II the fate was 10
vaded or III imminent danger Of being
invaded, the meafures which he (thc go.
vernor) had taken, rnighs be confidefe3
as dif9enhble, that he was the judge OF
the degree and duration of the danger
ard would proportion tie defence &c
,cxiaencies--that the PreGlent had the
folleif confidence, that whrn the danger
which had induced the governor TO call
oat {uch large bodies OF militia, fhould
{1bidc, ,kas he would reduce the troops
10 the exiting fate Of things. A letter
ofthe fame date as the la&, was written
to,he governor Of South Carolina, IN
fosmirg him thar the PTeiident ct the
United STATES having received anthem
tic information OF the unproyQked and
cruel ou!rages Of the Creeks on the from
,iers of Georgia, requested that he would,
in csfe cf iesious invaf.,n ~ the n
diaos, AID en- The reqpslt Of me govern
or OF Georgia, direct fica parties Of the
militia Ct South Ca7e.laa 10 rareh 10
the alIGanee of Georgia, as Tie cafe
might require, for the ezpencc CT which
the Uaited States would be iefpondble.
On tie 10Th Of July, 1898, another