The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-10-10
Ky

(sigued) H.a,y S. Store.
Ky
ST. LOUIS, May 9th, 1906.
sR,
You are To embark to. morrow, and will fail
early the next nornnErh I.oekw GODS and Strong
Cos Tor Fort Adams, III arriving, there, you are
to add Canpbsds company 90 your Detachment, and
mnh proceed without moments unuecefiary delay,
up Red Riverto Naehi,oehes, where you are to take
she command. ta
The point of your delinaion being deemed a, pre-
tent critical one i, is deiirahle your companies
houls be kept eonPeat to TIE elab;ihn,ent and for
ths purpoie you make fIch ,li.poft;ou of m.
recruits ordered from TenneEse or cf-whrre as NAV
be found nectilary.
Your remote petition from the PoGs Eal Of the
hi'niPpi, renders 1t convenient, and Ieceiary that
they mould as heretnore, report directly Ia and re-
eeive orders from Head Q ,arters bur the con,n,ani
ants are to report tS you monthly, and viii be liable
to your orders as ienor officer of the Dif,r,t when
ewsr the pubic fervice may require the interrogation
OF your authority, which fhoud be made with due
caution to avoid clai,ing with the arrangement.
which may iflue from Head Quarters
The Potts Wen of the MiiIipri are fubeta TO vo,,r
immediate command and be governed accord.
ingiy.-fou are to appoint General Courts Martial
within the limits of your diitr and arc TO decide on
all ientenees which may aetf eosnmifiioned of.
iieer agreeably to the rules and articles of var
AT the dittance which feperates us, it would be
vain and pretumptuous to preferibe precfe rules for
your conduct IN command where the oeourrsnce of
ineidens and change of ereum dances may be 70 un-
expected and variable battle anticipation and 10
render pontive orders deRructve TO the inerels of
the country You are therefore to meet the public
iervee with found dcretion and will be held reon
hbe tor evenis-The trua is high and important
one; but IL is with tingular peafure can oblerve
that my long experience Of your Judgment and capa-
m ulvr ind IL,
tify the public confidence, and prove honorable to
your name and profeIion.
will therefore fub,nit obfervation oniy TO
your confederation; 1t is that you ioud not fail to
employ the force coniided your command, where
yer Il may be found moa neeefary to protect or de-
TEND the rights and intereis Of our country within
the fphere of You authority.
With the warmea wiihes for your Fame and Hap
pinefs,
lam, fir,
Your faithful friend,
and obedient fervant >
JAMES WILKINSON.
Col Tn: H. CvsHIso,2
.niRtE't Infantry.
IsarHt'is~' from Gtntral D,Rii.fen TO Col CyJsirg
ST. Louis, May 8, 1906.
o'clock, A. N.
SIR,
.. AuSse yehefday received from Major Porter,
makes 1t my duty direct the accelerat,on of
your movements by every practicable means, and i
truit that IN the preent fate of the waters YOU NAV
reach Fort Adams the goth inf
On arriving at that port the information you may
receive mutt determine the courGe of your conduct
ihouid the SPaniards have returned their petitions Eau
OF the SABINE or aiiumeo a menacing alpea at Ma
eegdeehes you mutt add to your command every
man at Fort Adams excepting mere Ioeuu tsnsr.
leaving orders at that place for 1t Col. Kinsfbury
to tall down to the: mouth of Red river and there
wait the return of fucient number OF your barces
Tor his trsnPort to the high grounds, from whence
1t may become e1pedient for you, to march the
whole OF your command excepting the boat. ctew,
hope Major Porter may have taken the precauti-
on TO anirnit the executive copy of the information
he has forwarded to me, and that YOU NAV receive
from that iource, az an early PERIOD Deceive nttruc-
tons Tor your government; in the mean time tbo'
7oar Ss or trade it is nut only oppoe to the genu.
and dpoiition OF our country but alto to its fuban
tial intsretis The fword muf not, therefore, be
out IN the iait extremity, TO Pnnifh outrage,
to re6a invsiion, repsl an attack
Should indications Jullify it, land vow nun take
nsaitres TO aicertaih if Poiibie the deGgns of your
neighbors0 you ar. TO call your aid every man
who can be lately fPared from the garriion, unde
your orders and will employ every pains ard exert
on TO put them in the highet fate Of litnel for Of
fenfive operations.
r
der from the Secretary War, which might iuilify
you in PuIhiug your n.ighbors beyond the Sabine Ri
yer, moald tn. have rs-crofed II to the Railward
But as it appears from the public prints that pacf
negotiation has, Oh our part, enued thefe orders,
you nluti not tran their contribution to favor the eff
tuson of blood, aud involve our country in the GER
tain caamities and uncertain events of war
Learn with all poilble pretiGon, the force, COM
petition and cation OF the troops oppofed to you be
yourlef prepared for combat, and il a eonHia muR
enue, having Previouly animated your men by
firong exhortation and fworn your Ulcers in their
prelence, to fall or conquer, make your oniet with
the bsyonet, and your own glory the honor of our
arms and the intereas Of the nation, will be enisred
and maintained.
Whiting you life and lsurels,
health and fame,
lam,
yonr faithful frlehd,
and fellow folder
JAMES WILKINSON.