Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-01-17
FRIDAY, JANUARY II.

the particulars and the issue of the expe-
d;tion under his command against the hos
8 file Indians on the Wabash, and to whom
also was referred the memorial OF the Ge-
neral Assembly of the Indiana territory,
and the memorial of the officers and soldl-
ers of the militia of Knox county, In the
Indiana territory, who served In the late
campaign under the command OF Governor
Harrison,
REPORT
That they have had the several matters to
them referred under their consideration, and
have given to them that attention which their
importance seems TO merit.
Il appears to the committee, that the troops
under the command Of governor Harrison
NAV very properly be termed raw troops ):
very few Of the officers and almost none OF
the men. had ever been in actual service; and
a considerable portion of them had been only
a few weeks withdrawn from tho pursuits OF
civil life. The attack made on this quickly
assembled army by the hostile Indians on the
). Wabash, when viewed either as 1t relates to
the nature of the enemy, the time, or the,ylo-
lence with which the attack was made cannot
hut be considered of such character as would
have severely tested the collected 6rmness Of
attaek. violent and unexpected as II seems to
have been, was repealed by the troops under
the command of governor Harrison, with
gallantry and good conduct worthy OF future
imi,ation The whole transaction, in the OPT
Mon of the committee, presents to the hme7
rican people new proof, that the dauntless
spiri< of our ancestors, by whom the war OF
the rev0Sstion was so ably and successfully
kea, III pirha hy mn
than thirty years of almost uninterrupted
peace, bntthat it has been handed down unim-
paired to their posterisy.
Tn estin,atinqc the cl4lms OF the arnnr, ont the
government OF the United States, 1t is worthy
oofremark, that the nature of the country, as
wellas ofthe enemy to be encountered, sub
;ecteJ the army to many extreme hardships,
.na equal dangers, where every thing was ha-
zarded and but little could be gained exoept
the regard oftheir country.
The volunteers and militia Go whose claims
the memorials referred to the committee par
ticularly relate) were IN actual service but
short time, for which alone they are entitled
], TO pay by law tue compensation therefore
to which they are entitled, is not at ali CON
mensurste to the services rendered and the
DANGERS, incurred. Besides, many of the eff
GERS and the men who fell or were wounded
in the battle Of the 7th November, 1911, ", -
purchasers of the public lands, for which tbs,
were indebted to the United States, whic'
debt falls due In q short time, and the penait.
of forfeiture will be incurred it the debt is not
I paid. 1t would be unjust to lnfiict penalty
so severe ON the discensolate widows and Or
+ phans of those officers and soldiers OF the vo-
lunteers and militia who, III common with
their brother officers and soldiers OF the regu-
lar troops, fell in their country's cause, In a
manner so distinguished, that nothing was
wanting but a great occasion, interesting to
the feelings of the American people, to have
crowned their names with unfadlng laurels.
AS ali evidence, therefore, of the regard
due TO the bravery and ability displayed by the
troops udder the command OF governor Harri-
son, in the battle of the 9TH November, 1911,
as we'll as to relieve the representatives OF
those who were killed In the action, from the
specuniary losses incurred in consequence
thereof, the committee respectfully submit
the following resolutions:
LIST. RESOLVED, That one months pay ought
20 be allowed In addition to the common al
lowance, to the officers, according to the rank
which they held) the non-commissonal off,
GERS and privates of the regulars, volunteers
and militia, and 10 TIC leSal representatives OF
those who were killed, or have since died of
their wounds, composing the army under the
command of governor Harrison in the late
campaign on the Wabash.
I'd Resolved, That five years half pay
ought to be allowed to the legal representa-
.tives of the officers, (according to the rank
which they held )the non-commissioned officers
!. & privates of the volunteers s militia, whowere
killed in the battle of the 7th Novenber,l 1911,
or who have since died of their wounds.
Sd. RESOLVED, That provision ought to be
made by law TO place on the pension list, the
officers, according to the rank which they
held) the non-commissioned officers and SOL