Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-05-23
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PROVISIONS.

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PROVISIONS. 4
These are furnished by contract. oil
The .eeond arsjeie of,he eentrsct ,lcr :.
plying provisions to~ahs .roops, ii, i y
vidxd, that Ii shall be in the cp,in aMM
csnerafor eAices ecmmspding an am, ).
,rreat military di.,rie., 10 dir.e, W..
and Row often tresh Of sal. meat shall
issued.by. gs neralorders 70 be rremu,s
ed q reasonable time before the issae i :.
commence"
By The fourth article, !" whenever 10
opinion of The commanding officer, Ia. ,.
visions Offered tUbeissned are uusoupds.
fl for use, or of overwhelmingly .qus
", 4 susvey shall be held thereon BY ~
disin,srss,ed persons, bse to be chosen /
the commanding cfheerEa and the Other |,
the contractor, or his agent ; and in e...
of disagreement. a third Hs,son, to b. ,s
sen by, mutual esnsent, who shall hsv. po,.
er to condemn such part OF the proyisieu
a. to III. m may appear unit for use. az
,he.ecnuactor or his agen, fail or neglect u
appoint, a person:to ,inspeet the .previsia,
AFTER reasonable natiee in writing,ahe con.
msnding officer may appoint such perxu
as he may thinx propsr."'
The 5th article autho,i Uses the command. !
ing general I" in case Of absolute failure o.
deficiency in qaan.ity of provisions ecr
eacted,to be delivered' and issued, to cup.
ply the deficiency by purchase, at the riss~
Of the contractor" The power conferred
by the las, article ;was.in oue instance e.
ercised. THAT those granted bylne fourA
and filth articles were not exercised, can h
accounted for by lhis department. on he
presumption only, that inthe opinion ofh
general the country could not furnish De
supplies" .
~ Ne. 4.
Instructions to the military agent at Nv
Orleans, and amount gdistursen1snts il
that department.
The following Instructions to A. D..
.Abrahams, the military agent at New.O+
leans, to procure and deliver, on the ord.,
of the commanding Officer, such articles a
he May deem-necessary for the public Set.
vice" was given by The secretary Of VA,
General Henry Dearborne on the '12hd
December, 1905.
(L) No. 2. -
The secretary Of, war, civilian Eusts,
Esquire,) May <;h, 1909, wro, to A.
M'Culloch, and informed him OF his ap.
pointmeu. as military agent /; A. ID. ABA.
hams having resignsd. This letter ~een,abs
many regulations for rhe agents observance
10 exc cutting the. duties Of his afsee. The
above. mentioned j, repeated, and the fL
lowing additiona ont given " the expsu.
ditur.s should BIZ As economical as The good
of the service will permit. No article, It
is presumed, will be required Of you, bu:
such as the nature and good Of the ssryips
actually demand. Should i, happ.n, how.
ever, at any time, that demands arc made
upon YOU to a large amount, the propriey
Of complying with which you may doubt
and where delay may not in your judgmeu.
prove injurious TO the public interest, you
are 10 consult this department" II appeas
Mr.. M'Culloch died in a.few days after
lis arival.at New-O-leans I; ON which Nj
ior Zebulon NJ. Pike, Of the sixth req.
men., was appointed By General Wilkinsou
as successor to Mr.. M'Cnlloch, and cont.
nusd to discharge the duties of that oSics
under the instructions given to MIR. M'Cu-
loch, until the removal of the troops Ircm
che eaeampment at Terre al -Beuf.
, (L) No. ~ 8. -,
The secretary Of war, in a letter address
eG to- The committee bearing date the 18th
April, 1910, says" representation being
made to- the accountant Of this department
tha, many articles in the ceounts rendersd
by Mr.. A., d. Abrahams, the military .
gent, were charged at ex:rsvagant prices,
the necessity Of some of which did not p.
pear, and.the prices Of others being deem
ed exorbitant, the military agent was m
formed on the 10Th Of August last, that be
was not authorised To- comply with such re-
o,iai,ion In h,tnre. .Ehis is the only limi.