The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-15
ENQUIRER-OFFICE, JUNE15.


Officers should keep up the strictest dis
clpiine among their troops. We have been
so long IN the habit of feeling as Citizens,
mat It IS not extremely easy to act the part
of the Soldier.
Silence is almost as essential as Discip-
line. We have been so long accustomed
to talk freely of every thing that we see,
that 1T is no wonder when we see any thing
out OF the common range of life, we should
be solictons to communicate it freely to Cur
friends The habit is a very bad one for
the camp. What is written by {, soldier, is
gladly shown by his friends and the
transition is easily made to the newspapers;
which are like so many Maelstroms, eager
y absorbing every thing that Comes within
their reach, from grampus to straw.
IL these things could be kept to ourselves,
mere would be no harm done. But the pa
pers pass easily into the hands of the enc
M. Ihus, they also become acquainted
with the number and position of our troops,
'he state Of their arms, and of the sick. Ii
nothing else can put rein upon our pens &
our presses in this respect, it ought to be
snihc'ent that the enemy on their side are
not quite so liberal in their com munications
to ourselves.
we have no other means of gaining infor-
NATION OF them, than through our own shies
on their deserters. Deserters NAV deceive
us--'t is the duty of every troop, therefore,
20 nave ready a set of scouts, upon whose
eyes and tongues they Can place reliance.
o what else rs 1T owing, but to the loquaci-
" Oh our ofhcers or the superiority of the
enemy's spies, that our vessels on lake
Champlain fell the other day into an
unfortunate ambuscade?
Videtts and lines of Express should be
stationed from every important point to
every other-trom the North West to the
Niagara. & from each Of theseto the II. q.
at washington. Each hand should know
what the other is about, though each NAV
De ignorant of the designs of the head.
Every step should be taken to send on
the recruits to the lines as RAPIDLY as they
can be spared from the recruiting service.
Recruits ought not TO be raised for less
Than two years. Since the last Session of
Congress the Secretary at War has had
experience enough of the present system
to know whether the Pay, the Bounty, &c.
will answer the purpose:
Every attention ought to be given to soothe
the feelings Of the unarmed inhabitants Of
the conquered country.
AS soon as the General Pike is ready for
service, there should be a combined attack
by the lake and by the land upon Kingston.
Thus we lay hold of the enemy's stores,
."S hOMSl vi MS tToopS, & last, though not
least, his squs dron on Lake Ontario.
No man should be put upon any Post, un-
less they are fitted for each other. Asa
general rule. none but men Of enterprise &
fre should be trusted with com missions
Such rs, Chauncey, and Pike, * Hampton.
The times are at skies and sevens Men
of rapidly aud ardour, who are proud Of a
name, as well as proud of their Country, are
necessary to bestride the tempest and " di-
rect the storm"
FOR Home DefeHee let the militia be
made ready" for service. Set at rest fore
yer the constitutional question about the
use OF them--let the term rsqWsition be
used az sparingly as possibIy-and let the
Presidcnt, instead Of being merely empow
cred Ito require" the Governors to detail
their respective quotas, be authorised, as II
the Law OF IS " to issue his orders to sncf