Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-19

1913
The next report made to Congress is
merely an abstract of the result Of aPpll'
cations for the release OF 9o3 seaneh.
This was communicated from the de-
partment of State April S, 1910, pursu'
ant to resolution of the House OF Re.
representatives. of the 9TH of March.
don't know that any thing more than the
abstract was communicated 1t Is as
follows.
Whole number of applications 9o5
Of which were original appllca.
tons 90
Duplicate applications 80
Discharged or ordered to dc dis
charged @oI
Not on board the ships as stated ~
On board of ships Oh foreig" stations 4S
Stated to be in snip not In COIN
Referred to the transport board
Deserted 81
Invalided ~
Drowned
Applications unanswered ls3
Rsfused 10 be Discharged.
Because they had no documents IL
Documents said to be insufficient III
Said to be natiees of England or Ire
Because they had voluntarily enlist
Cd "a
Because married in England or Ire.
land
Not answering the descriptions in
their projections "A
Imposters with fraudulent protec.
tions IL
Exchanged as prisoners Of war 2
No ground to believe them Amerl-
cans
Said to be deserters
Because totally ignorant Of the y.
States
Because taken on board priva;ecrs
Projections taken frnm them
Because taken when detrauding the
TCtCbuC
Because they had erased protec.
tons
Sent on board by masters of vessels
for mutiny 2
Irishn,en sent into the service for
misdemeanors 2
Because natives Of the West In
dies 3
Do. OF Africa l
Do. OF Canada
Do. of Hanover
9O5
The last communication made to con.
gress on the subject of impressment was
the report of January Is, 1912 pursuant
TO resolution Of The House of Repre-
sentatiyes of November 29 preceding.
This contains, lst. l.t of the names of
sesmen of whom information had been
communicated in the first instance, to
the department of state, since the date
ofthe last report of March I'd 1910, this
list contains 200 names, 1853 of whom
had produced the customary proofs Of
citizenship. No date of impressment
mentioned.
Cd. A detailed report of 1853 sppli.
cants IN cases OF impressment with the
result, in 6 quarterly returns from Mr..
Lyman consul at London, beginning A.
pril ist, 1909, and ending September 80,
1910. These like the former lists, cen
sisted partly of new cases, and was in
part the continuation of former applica.
tons, which haG in the first instance, been
unsuccessful. The relative proportion
OF these different kinds Of applications
cannot be distinctly ascertsihed. But as
more than 4-5ths of the dates of those
which have any date assigned are prior
to the year 1910, some as early as 1897
and 1898, it may be fairly inferred that
no lnconsIderable number of these ap-
Plicatlons may have been preferred be-
lore 1909. In $40 cases mention is made
OF the places to WHICH The parties be-
ionged. In about the same number, and
with only one o! two variations the same
individuals, the date Of the impressment
Is noticed, and In $40 cases, these also
OF the same individuals, with only few
omissions, We are informed of the placed,
region or quarter Of the world in which
1t happened. Of these $40, only % are
said to have been impressed at sea, and
about 90 more off or near, particular
coasts, capes, headlands, reads, coves,
rivers and harbors, and in the channel