The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-04

country, had ever been 70 horribly. treated. I
would here fohjoin the following ftatement:
1T An order of the government to captain
OF tue navy 10 take a fecondary ftation on board
or ah'gate under another captain, would have
oeen contrary to the practice of this country,
and would mt have been warranted by any
practice that has ever obtained i'm either Great
Britain or France. Ic
2nd. In the United States and in Great nri
TAM there ia not any fach officer as a commit
honea commodore. No fnch commiilion is II.
tued IN either country. The title of commo.
d4re is mere name of conrtefy, given to a cap
tam who has the command of rqua9ron.
srd. In France. however, there is fgch an
officer as comm: Toned commodore, with a
rank above that OF a captain. And therefore
~ france commodore, having the command
OF tqaadron given 10 him, NAV go on hoard
OF whatever hip may be the mot agreeable TO
MN, and MAY afterward ihift his pendant from
time TO time at plsafure, to any of the other
h'psot his fquadron. To every il,ip of inch
,qnadron there is captain fpecial,y astae he'd
oy the order OF the government, and of cour(e
commodore in the French fervice, like IN adj
m'ral, has in his ihp under him captain ofthe
navy.
4th. In the Brtiih navy It's rot the practice
Tor commodore to have in his hip under him
captain of the navy, or indeed any officer a.
Dove the grade Of lieutenant. ..-...
5th IN the American navy under the late adj.
miniieration, commodore Truxtun never had
I'D his ihiD under him a captain of the navy.
nor any officer above the grade of a lieutenant.
9th. Under the prefent naturalization CAP
tam James Barron, owing. to certain peculiar cir.
cumttences, was with commodore Dale as the
nrIt otiicerot his hip, not, however, By any order
or the government, but in virtue of a private
friendly arrangement made between thofs two
onfcers, and atterward approved and confirmed
oy the then officiating fecrerary.
7sh. To the ihip of commodore Prehle no
ohcer OF higher grade than that of a lieute-
nant was ever attached. CO..
Sth. The hrft officer of the 1l;p. of commo-
dore Barron, when hrf attached to her, was
meu'enant, but was afterward among other
'euienants promoted to the rank of mater COM
mahuaat. However the commodore of the
'quaoro', of bis ozvn accord, in the Mediter-
rancan, transferred him to the command of one
OF the Hoops of war, and thus left his own
mp with only alieutenant as the firft officer
9th. The firit officer of the fhiD of commo-
dore Rodgers, now in the Mediterranean, is
only lieutenant:
10th. The ufual complement of Iieutenants
tor the Chefapeake; the il,p of commodore
truxtun, was four. The lieutenants attached
10 ber, and that went out in her, were John
o'hith, George Cox, David Porter, and John
Galloway. Thefe officers have been invariably
and Juitiy highly reipected, and three of them
90 at TINS time command, with great honor TO
their country, Hoops of war in the Mediterra-
mean. Smith, Cox and Porter are well known
to have been competent in all reipects to auy
'fatlon IN frgate. Cox, under the late admit
ntitr1tion, had ferved with great reputation as
the hrt officer of ihip of war. And Gallo
way (now deceafed) was one of the mott promi
iin. officers of his Handing in the navy. Over
and above thefe fonr meritorious lieutenants.
there had been, beiides captain Campbell. four
o'her iieutenants ordered TO the Chefapeake.
llth- AS government could not, confidently,
nave Ordered captain Campbell to take frcon
Diary itation on board of frigate under COM
mod .ps n de11aiktnn, and as the commodore bad
| sX-eificia arrangement for that purpof. had
oren made with captain Campbell, who had
'naenan'moniiy yielded to What had appeared
clearly to him folicitude ont the part of the fe
cretary OF the navy, and had actually proceeded
Io"ards Norfolk, AS far as the City of Wahiny-
Ton, nut was unable to proceed further. in con
iequence of an injury in one of his knres and
was thcrenpon reported to the fecretary as AZ
that time unfit for duty.
l2sh. AT the time Commodore T'ruytun had
the command of the Chefapeake, there was NOT
IN the navy Of the United States any finch q n; cor
as maiter-commandant. Neither was there
an additional lieutenant within the IT. Sfa,ee
mat could have been attached to his ihip.
la'h. II commodore Truxtun bad gone ont
IN the Cheiap axe, as commodore Morris did
win the tour lieutenants that had been attached
20 ner, the fecretary of the navy would have
avshed himfeif of the frft opportunity of fur
mining him, as he did Morris, with an additi-
onai lieutenant. "'N'''-
IAN: Commodore Truxtun, after his hip had
'edeheo the Mediterranean Ration, would, as
eve'y o,her commodore, have had full power
and authority to have transferred TO his g;o INV,
lieutenant ofthe fquadron as his firt oficer aug
ITO be continued.