The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-19

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essential to the public service The number oe
gocns, three OF heavy ARTILLERY, one oil light =, t,l,
~, one ofrihemeu, aud foi y Ave Of in.antry max
lins together fifty two regiments. =
ne Simplest organization 10 ever the best. Hence
h t:t as regiment consists of tw batlionr MI .
prs'ue sh"Sm CONSIST vi two regiments, and q d,t-
sor OF two oiigades. -
his sphere OF command will be fo.nd in pr,c,;ss
suticentiy large Tae nana.em. nj Of tive, ,nu,,,s
men ia the Held will lee ampc .lnty for !, h,i,.,,..
and the direction oi disable that number viii. .,y. nus,
occupation To "a nsjor-Genersl. To enlarge the
sphere ct command IN either grade, would not be
Means OF beat promutiny the public good
! Taking these ideas as the basis OF the ruiz. mud
t'S'nS for granted also. that rask. are flied ,s
present establishment would requ,re tweuty-6ya
brisa,ers aud twelve major genersls. But the ta,-
Ter H"iss'on requires Qualification, aid u,,,er exs-
ing circumstances. IT may be sufficient that the
h'yher stii should consist OF eight major generals.
a"i sixteen brigad;cis
The sriers ar.rincnt, this head, mitht lie
torthe, 6t orr cwi practice during She war Of ne
re'""ion, a'n' hy that et Europeon nations az .,t
times i'el'cs'ox, however. tl,at this vi.w OF the
s-'Irst mas oreh already ,sle" by tho Ad,uiAet
Ntnctal In Il late ~Otnmu,. atun TO ou / tt,L.ay
more than ss.,st H. 80
90. The recruiting service would he much pro.
NOTED were the bounty ht tamil cor,uut able into
money, at the option OF The soldier. .ud Nj ,e end
| OF h's service. The modification would be sbdrr,x
ca. TO both descriptions of men-those who would
prefer money and shcn rs would prefer land. - =.
4 al tla a [ta
service, have many advantages over those given be-
iore service begins. The former tie men down tc.
their duty the latter furnish, il not Me motive nc
least the means Of debanch aud dcsertion.
Another and public reason for thS preferences
! may he found, in the greater. convenience with
| which money may be paid at the end, than At the
commencement efa war.
/ have the honor TO be. with great respect, air.
your most obedient humble servant. .,,f a.
Hon. Dapid r. Williams. $500 ','."1
Chairman Of the Committee on NfilfaTu
| .4Gairs. -
| Mr.. WMianis explained the progress of
this bill, &c. He took occasion to advert to
declaration recently made in debate By
Mr.. Quincy, that it was intended to an
point Lieut.. General to command the ar
mics OF the y. States, to which MIR. w.
said he was precluded by illness from reply-
ing to at the time. He now declared that
no suck intention had ever existedin thu
minds-of administration that the late Sec,
rotary OF War (Mr. Eustis) had declared
to him (Mr. W. that he had endeavored To
impress on his colleagues in Office. the ne
lcessity OF appointing a commanderin chief.
but that, to use the Secretary's own words,
he could not get the people in the 4vhife
house the Presidents house) to assent to.
llt that cy, the gentleman who tempmari>
Fly succeeded Mr.. E. in the War Office. he
had been Informed, that no such thing was
in contemplation, or would h.. suggested in
any manner to Congress. An& al this Mr..
w. said he had heard long kcfore the dec
laration made by Mr.. Quincy. and should
then have stated, had not severe and sudden
indisPosition prevented him from replying
az he had intended, to that gentleman'x
speech.
Mr.. Quincy expressed his qualification
at this information observing that he had
been by no means alone i'm the imDres sions
he had entertained on that subject, which,
prevailed pretty generally on both sides os
tho House.
| After some further consideration
| The blanks in tte bin were filed with
SIC major-geaerals and sir -brigadier-gen-
erals.
The committee then rose & reported the
| bill which was ordered to be cngrossed &
read third time to dav.
FURTHER INCREASE OF NAVY.
| On motion OF Mr.. Basset. the House re-
solved itself into a committee of the whole
Mr. Nelson IN the chair, on the bill supple-
mentary to the act for the increase of the,
navy and the bill was discussed, amended
and reported to the House, where the a.
amendments were agreed TO.
| An amendment was aisp added, on mo-
ton OF Mr.. 1 allmadge, authorising the SALE
OF such OF the gun-boats as may net be ne
cessary to the public service.
| .pH otoIp moved TO strike out so much
OF the bull as authorizes the purchases OF
private vessels for equipment, which wa.
negatived.
And the bill was ordered to be enrrossed
for third reading.
The bill authorship the appointment os
additional general officers in the army of
| the u. s. was read a third time and passed
by yeas and nays as follows:
For the bill SIS }
Against the bill 40
The House then resolved nselfinto a
committee of the whole, Mr.. Lewis in. tho
chair, on the bill directing the Secretary
OF the Treasury to remit certain fines, pe
nalties and forfeitures, therein mcntionefFs
| lFor the relief of merchants having i'm
ported goods recently fr,n ne depen-
denotes of Great Britain.l The bill was
amended, reported to the House, and Or
dered to be engrossed for third reading.
Monday, Fe5. IS.
| Susfiension fine Non Inhorfafiou.
| Mr.. Cheves, from the committee %
| ways and means, ,hade the following re-
port -
The Committee ofWays y Mssss
REPORT. ".
| That they have deemed it to be the5r