Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-03-06


beea iflsed and executed" with orders" TO
proceed on faid buiinefs and report on the
luhjset a. large to this Houie as ioon as poiIi-
bic, have attended 10 that fefvice, and ak
leave 10 report
That on the fri day of February, infant
military orders were lflsed through the Al
judant. Generals office, by His Honor Levi
Lincoln, Lieutenant Governor and Comn,an-
der in Chief of this Commonwealth copy
Of which orcers accompanies this Re-
port.
hey 6na by the latement of the Adjutant
General, tina, thefe orders were directed and
feat TO the following officers feverally, viz -
Thomas Badger I.ieut Colonel Commandment ;
Charles Turner, Lieutenant Colonel Ebene-
ger Lothrop, Brigadier General; David Nye,
Lieutenant Colonel Baker Loriag, Ebenezer.
Bowiitch, aud Thomas Williams, Captains |;
James Bricket, Major General /; Charles Bean,
Simon NOVEL;, and Mofes Bradbury. Captains /;
James Merrill, aud Charles Thomas, Lieuten-
ant Colonies; Jofhua Dan.ortl., Captain;
Samuel Reel, Lieutenant Colonel; and John
Cooper, Brigadier. General with the ezcep-
ton that the following words were not inherited
/
the Adiu,ant- General itates to have been o.
mi;ted by intake, viz" Reco'leeting that IN
the happy government eitabliihed oy the
American people, the character of the citizen
is not loit in that OF the folder, and that cool
nefs, frn,nels, prompt obedience, AID fzcred
regard to the rights of foeiety, and individuals
are eilential to both you viii Gully appreciate
this opportunity of ierving your country, and
Of even increaiing the confidence fhe has pla-
ced in you"
Your Committee find that the officers above
named were deGgna,ed and appointed ~ " the
militia officers" near ieyeral Ports OF Entry
within this Commonwealth" 10 whom the
Co ector Of the Diitrict IS to apply, il It ihail
be neceiiary, to accomplish" the "purpoies
Of the National Government, as" fpeci6ed" in
the orders. They are required to be pre-
pared aud hold themlelves in readineis with
,hofe under their command, armed anu equip
ped, AZ the call Of the Collector, and iubject TO
his diicretion, to aid him with their whole
force, or lueh part thereof a. may bs fufiicient
to enable hin within his difrict 70 dlfchAge
his. duties. prevent diforders and oppoltion to
the authority of Government, and carry the
aforefsid laws into execution !" and 10 make
eorrett mufier and pay rolls of fuch militia -
fhall be employed IN actual terv;re, and trans
nit the fame TO the War Department Of the
Uni.ed States'
The places of abode of the oAicers, and the
Ports of Entry comprifed within their feveral
commando, are itzted in Schedule from the
Adju.ant Generals office accompanying this
Report.
Your Committee find, according
to the latement of the Adjutant-
General, that an officer has not been
appointed in OF near to each Port
of Entry within this State" No Of
fcer has b=en appointed, according to
his ftatemcnt, whole command ap-
pears to extend to either of the ports
Of Calline, Frenel.man's Bay, Nan
tucket, Dighton, or Clouceitcr, UNI
lefs the name Of GlouceRer ought to
be added in the Schedule to the
names of Newburyport and Tpfwich,
oppo6,e TO the name of General
James Brickett, of Haverhill which
the Adjutant-G General +" believes"
ought to be the cafe, and which he
fays was accidentally omitted.
1t will be feen by the faid Schedule,
that Machias, Pafamaquoddy, and
Moofe Iiland, are all placed oppo6te
the name of Brigadier. General John
Cooper, of Machias. By the fame
document it appears, that the num-
Der Of infantry. rank and file, of the
entire command of the General and
Field Officers, aforc-named, amounts
to fifteen thoufand two hundred and
fixty.nihe' The Adjutanr-G General
does not fate whether there arc
troops of any other defcription under
their command. Your Committee
could not afcertain the number OF
men under the command of the feven
Captains, thus appointed, becaufe
the returns of Companies never APP
pear in the Adjudant Generals of.
fee.
| Contrary to military cultom and
the uniform ufage of this Common
wealth, the orders to the Brigadier-
Generals, Lieutenant Colonies and
Captains were fent directly to them
respectively, without pafling through
the hands OF their hyperion officers,
and without confrlting them, or
giving them any notice of the fame.
The Ajdutant- General informed
your Committee, that he had seen a
letter from the Secretary at War to
his Honor the Lieutenant Governor,
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