Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1813-10-07

\Jng it impossible that you could
ed of the motives of their conduct,
led YOU TO draw conclusions c
aiken and unmerited
done me the justice to declare,
Tres pursued by me, evince a
ermit in my troops no abu-
or the laws Of civilized war.
)t the existence OF similar
you, have a right to ez-
measures equally decisive
Ii | had deemed it
penly to my whole army
1sty (: and to direct pub
charges believed to be
Ing the sanction of your
your capdor to deter
your troops, admitted
be Of them of the most
should pass unnoticed
Jar declarations give me
these excuses be punish
Ill then learn the abhor.
kcb acts, and be restrain
our Indignation from 81
Iut il these admitted
BY, the IMMUNITY OF the
ued by your troops into
of future outrages, and
he intentions be completely
her can YOU be unmindlul of
of taking from my army the
1mpropriety by knowledge Of
,straints oil yours.
- fully impressed with the liberality
Or conduct IN promising to remove the
ps who committed the outragesa at
mpton from the opportunity OF repeAlllg
|se enormities But besides that nlg
pntidence in the gaIlantry of the Amer
IN troops forbids me to desire any diminu
tion Of your force, such measure, being
liable to misconception by own troops,
might not attain your object The rank
and file OF an army seldom reason very pro
foundry and. however enormously, nigh;
ascribe their Withdrawal to the assertions
which have on every opportunity taken
place in that corps, and in their unwilling
ness, il any should have been displayed, TO
fire e,l the American troops Ii this should
unfortunately be the case, your force will
be diminished, without securing the great
ends of discipline and humanity for which
you had wish SO much liberaity made the
sacrifice am the more pressing on this
subject. because have reason to believe
that even since retir assurance though un
questionably aganstx IN good wishes, se
ry improper acts av1 <en committed by
the troops on James River The domestic
property of pcaceable private citizens, res
aspesed by all civilized nations has been pill
JqKet. and what furnished no alurement 70
N8IasA't .Sl,as been wantonly detaced and
M&9#Wi Ii such acts are either directed or sand
TONED, il is important to US and to til
world to know, what species of warfare ~
arms OF Great Britain mean to wage. =
authorised, it will be of little practical a
vail to know that the director of these arms
entettans The most liberal personal dlsposi
tons while these dispositions remain dor
n,ant and imperative.
lei am troublesome on This subject
charge it to my anxious desire that nothing
NAV occur to embitter our own feelings and
I'D those OF our respective nations. In the pro
aressof the war charges ofinhumaisty have
unhappily been frequent and reciprocal II
am not indifferent To the iniamy, which
scch charge likes on the officer, who eli
Their encourages or permits 1t. | derive the
highest satisfaction from the assurances you
have given of similar sentiments We have
sir. become enemies by the sacred obliga
tions we owe our respective countries But
on the great and expanded subject of human
happiness we should be friends by the sym,
pathy OF our feelings Let Us then cordially
unite, and exercising eilectually the powers
with which our governments have invested
US, give to our warfare character of mag.
nanimity comforting equal honor on our
selves and on our countries"
EXTRACT FROM GENERAL ORDERS
Asst, Adjt Gems Office, Norfolk July /, 1913
Tie General conmanding has deemed ii
proper to demonstrate against the excuses
committed by The British troops, who took
possession of Iampton.-lt has been at
tempted to justify or palliate these excesses
on the ground Of inhumanity in some of the
troops at Craney Island, who are charged
with having waded into the river and shot
at the unresisting and yielding foe, who
chung to the wreck of boat, which had