The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-06

| him to order ne supply. He replied thas
he would order his ammunition examined.
and would endcavor to furnish me part OF
what was required To complete the IL
rounds. My Brigade quarter master at
tended this day and returned in the evening
with the information that no ammunition
ovuld be had. Early the following morning,
l ordered the horses saddled for IA march,
and repaired to general Wmchester's quar-
tcrs and requested supply OF two Thousand
cartridges, being about one third OF the
quantity required; without which I could
not feel myself justihahle in proceeding OH
the expedition; in answer he Stated 10 me
that he had but six Thousand cartridges not
ISSUED, that his men had very few la their
boxes, that he had good supply ofpowder
and ball, but no paper. the latter was in
Wagons expected TO arrive that. or the day
| following, and then directed me to return to
NY Camp and make Il report of the actual
quantity on hand, and he would then inform
me whether he would deliver the two thou
sand cartridges. FASTENED back to my
| camp, and gave the necessary orders for
; furnishing the returns but in a few minutes
/ after, received from general Winchester the
| following order.
| GENERAL TUPpER.-
| Longer delay consistent with strict mi
| iitaty principles cannot be INDUCED, YOU
will therefore proceed Immediately on the
accommodating duty ordered yesterday with
the troops under your command, except
colonel Simeral's corps, who shall return
without delay to the settlements to recruit
their horses, agreeably to general lfarri-
| sons orders. I, 1855
| Signed) j. Manchester. Brig Gen. sc.
| When col. SiHierafs reg't moved OFF,
large proportion of. two companies of major
Roper's battalion from Kentucky followed,
which reduced that battalion (being the
whole force now remaining from Kentuc-
Iky) toless than eighty men. ,7as intlebt-
ed to col. Simeral ff al'the cartridges he
HAD, excepting two rounds but as the
most OF them had damaged and dried, they
! didno add one sound round to each man.
was on the point Of taking up the lire of
march to execute gen: Wnchester's orders,
when col. Allen commanding a regiment of
Kentucky troops in gen. Winchester's camp
came up and informed me he had obtain
ed leave to accompany me from the Rapids
| in any station Thought proper to place him,
fom soldier upwards. | thankfully &C,
cepted his services and caused him to be
announced as an ad-col. Allen proposed,
that rs 1t was gen. Winchcster's wish the
Troops should move on the direct route to
the rapids, that none should be taken but
such as would go frcely-the experiment
was made, when about 400 volunteered for
the service /; scarcely had those troops mo-
n
len beckoned me aside and she we'd me an
order which gen. Winchester had that mo-
ment forwarded to him. giving col. Allen
the command Of the men ordered 20 the ra-
pids-I requested of col Allen a copy OF
this order which he declined giving. 1t
would be difficult, sir, for me to describe the
state of my feelings at this moment turn
ed to the troops who had refused to volun-
! teer, aud ordered them across the Auglaize
on the route you directed me to take, as the
best calculated to carry Your orders into
| effect when 1t was found that gen Winches
ter had suspended me n the mmand, he
| whole force from Ohio broke off, crossed
the Auglaize and refused to march as di-
4 rected by gen. WINCHESTER; col Allen o.
maj. Brush returned to gen. Winchester
who assured them he had mistook the Oh
ject of col. Aliens request: gen. Winches-
ter then proposed to DIVIDE the force, par
ty to proceed on the direct route from Def
ance TO the rapids, the other by Tawa-towns
TO unite at a certain time, twelve miles a
bove the rapids. was unwilling to consent
to this measure the force united was not
halt the number you thought necessary to or
der on the most secret route to effect the OBJ
lJect OF the expedition (; a division of less than
500 men to meet in an enemy's country,
where many circumstances might prevent
ltheir Junction, was to me measure could
Koniy consent to by compulsion---this meas
ure was IN the end abandoned.
1t is duty owe colonel Allen, to say
that have not the smallest reason to be-
lieve he was privy to the orders of general
Winchester, giving to- him the commando
HIS character, and every part of his conduct
on that occasion, convinces me he is above
lit.
The whole force now proceeded to ,rawa
towns where we reached the day following
early on the morning of the 9th ordered
the march for the rapids, when at the dis
tenCe of a half mile 1t was found that our
whole force was reduced to 200 men, exclu
sive ut officers the other part of the force
had refused to march, and remained in the
encampmen', scarcely man marched from
the ID battalion of Colonel Findley's reyi-
ment, commanded by major Taylor Ma
n.ry's company of u. S. rangers, both off
GERS and soldiers refused to march When
it was found that our force was thus redu
ced, called council of the officers to de
termine whether it was our duty to proceed
to the rapids the council considered that
our force was not sufficient to carry'the first
| object of your orders Into effect that we
/ were too numerous to act as "A spy party
and too weak to carry offensive operations
into the cnemy's country that it would be
improper and unadvisable under those cir.
cumSlanccs to continue the expedition.
! With the :hca remaining force procee
id to this place where directed colone
| findicy and major Roper to discharge such
men only as had continued to their duty.
Thus, sir, has terminated an expedition
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