Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-11

DEFENCE.
Mr. Prudent, and
Gsrasn.s Of t5e-Cosst-.-
(Continued.)
Thspart of ,hisletter TO which, now aiihdsiS
the following
Nar Department, Aanl IS, 1902
SIR,
SINCE the letter. were written OF which 4 IN
close YOU duplicates, information has b-en reoeiv.
ed from General Wilkinson that ssyeral alsera
sions have been made in The position of the troops
on the Ohio ard Tennessee. N consequence OF
which difficulties may arise which had not besn
fereseen and to obsiate which you will bel pleased
70 direct the company of captain 8 Johnson, and
the detachmenr, of Captain Pardy's company
when formed sgreeably to the ordess Of the Adju-
tant and INSPECTOR in hisl letter to Lieut.. Whippe
should take post on the road between Nashville
and. Tennessee, and prodcc! in the businssstof
which the troops were oidered there, until reliev.
I'd or otherwise ordered by the commanding Of
Sfcer of South WSsr Point, and that the company
! Of captain Pu:dy be completed from the fourth
regiment. The company OF captain Lookwotd
and a subalternsznd thirty non, commissioned off,
GERS and priyat3s, TO be transferred from the 4 h
to one of the companies Of the second regiment,
tobc stationed a, Fore Adams, must remain on
the road between Tennessee and Nashville, Until
they can be relieved by one captain, two Subal..
terms. suitable number Of non commits ;.oncd
officers, and one hundred priyascs, from Fort A.
dams. 49,
Before proceeding tc. relate, how the arrange
,arnss in the foregoing letter were carried into
efees by me, it is properto explain. that from the
petition pointed cut Shy the iecresafy to be occa-
! pied by The troops when formed, was led to
luppofe that there was Inadvertently an error in
tie letter in naming Ne@Uilge infead OF Natfke2
as the point intended from which tbelaf mentI-
oned company were TO commerce their labours-
for reaious which were Immediately notified in
my anfwer to the fccrctafy, of May the 18TH,
Number 10, ofwhich the following is an ex-
traa.
y on will pardon me sir, in observing that |
do nor perfectly comprehend the disposition point.
ed out for captain Lockwood's Company and the
thirty ron commissioned officers and privatcs,
which you have ordered 10 be transferred Fl IN
the eutth TO one of thceompanies of the I'd regi-
ment to~6e stationed at Fort Adams, as you direct
thar they shall be stationed on the road between
Tennessee and Nashville, until they Can be relieved
By one capt. two subalserns, a suitable number OF
non commissioned officers and one hundred PHI
Yates from Fort Adams. From the position of the
post sir, from which, The relief j. to be ordered to
relieve lhem, doubt arises 10 my mind that
your intention was to fix them between Natchez
and Tennessc, aad-that she said company and de,
tachment should descend the Mississippi TO the
Bayon Plere; o. to tire place where ehe troops in
that.cuarser had been at labor, and there recon.
nence opening the road towards Tennessee, other.
wise canno. see how they are TO Be relieved
from Fort Adams.
According to my opinion expressed in.
the foregoing communication, With which
was transmitted a map of the road from
Nashville to Tennessee already inspected
by YOU gentlemen, it only remains FOR me
briefly to recapitulate--that I continued to
prepare. craft for the movement ofthe troops
as soon as ordered that I,sct the troops
to opening the public road from the 4s mile
tree to the Tennessee River; that the Off
Ger commanding the working party gained
the river on the 9Th of July, where he re-.
ceived my orders to return to the Canton
ment 2s miles in advance of Nashville to
rest and refresh the troops /; that | then
caused survey of the road to be complet-
ed from Nashville to the said cantonment,
and made further arrangements tor finish
Ing thatpart; my instructions tocapt. Par-
dyofthe 25th Of May, to recommence on
the road, have been already referred to as
number Is; and you have also had the du-
plicate of my orders to the omceron COM
mand, number rs, dated the I'd of August.
0nsthe 9TH of the same menth, 1t will be
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