Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-10

Mr.. 7ay. Can you form any corj lecture
as 10 The number Of charges! A 4 can
not. The whole record was not flied up
with the charges, bur they also Contained
The proceedings and captain Eason's de-
fence.
Mr.. Hay do you know whether you
conHs med the sentence or not a DC
rot recollect. But i believe did nos;;-----
from having received some letters from
captain Eaton iusinua,ing sba. would noa
do Justice !, al which I WAS much hurt y
And ven do not know whesher the secfeta.
~ at war confirmed the sentence a !
do not. never heard any thing about !,
until heard Of his being sent as consul TO
Isunis.
Mr.. Wrt. Then he was appointed 20
/ Tunis after all these proceedings (!
Mr.. McRae. When an officer is con-
victed OF a crime is il not customary 70
cashier him? "A II depends upon The
nature cf the offence. have seen them
some times cashiered, and some times re.
bukci.
Mr.. JacRae: VAST not regular for you
frs. 10 have acted on This sentence! a
By the Rules and Articles Of War, might
have done it.; and so far indeed, until II
touched his commission.
Gen. Eaton. Are you positive that the
suspension ofthe court was for or months
La do not say that the sentence ran tor 3 OF
I 6 months. There was suspension for months
o~years.
! llfr l1cRea. For years! There is a very
great difference between years and months.
Chief Justice That is Of no importance.
M. 1lcRea, II certainly shows the incor,
rectness of the witnesses memory. q DID
you say that gen. Eaton wrote you not te
send the records to the secretary at war A
So / understood from his letters. He wanted
/ conference with me.
| Gen Eaton. Are you confident whether
this. request was made before or after the
trial? l am not confident 1t has been q
great while ago.
Mr.. Hay. Isit customary for the secretary
| at war to send an answer, when sentence
/! is sent to him for confirmation! Yes-bul
| many letters from him to me never arrived
and some that arrived were broken open. {
| And YOU sent general Eaton to the secretary
at war A Yes;1 vessel was going from ot.
Nary to philadelphia. Iwrote to captain Ia
| ton to come down, and sent him on to phla
delphia for further Instructions.
Mr.. MsRae Did you hear from genera
| Eaton afterwards Just before he shippee
| himself off to Tuais, he wrote to me.
| MrMartin. Did the complaints cease, ate
| he went to Philadelphia A Yes; we were
| perfectly tranquil.
Mr. wickham. Doyou recollect any charge
| Of putting an infant on the muster roll aat
| drawing rations for him ? No; Q a littlt
| boy 4 Yes; Efer. Thought it impropsl
| to- have two fifers and drummer on the roll
| Mr wickhau. What was his name Don
! aldson or Dmiclson.
may. Was this one Of the charges pc.
! fore the court martial? a No Mr. Hay. IheI
| you viii answer no questions as TO hat.
! MrWirt. How long did You remain IN th'
army after this? "A Ti;IJune 1902. Mr writ
/. Did you resignthen A | got letter froin tn
| secretary of war, revoking my commission.
| MI nay. Were not yeurscif under arrest
A Yes; BY the civil authority, and then by tn
military. @ At what time a In sos. {
Was nothing done In the military arrest 1
sIconsidered my dismisslon as giving me hber
ty to Withdraw, and came off G BY whom
were yc}l arrested A BY general Wilkinson
Mr. Writ, What officers composed the coul
martial that tried general Eaton? A Majo
com. freeman, president captains Tinslcy
captain Nichol, and SONS other officers; ] an
not certain whether captain Davidson and en-
sign Ndscall were the other members.
I General Eaton. They were ensign Meal
and Lieutenant Thompson.
! Mr. writ. Did they remain in service? !
Freeman is now a MAJOR. Thompsonis dead
mccall, / think, is IN service.
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