The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-17

cartridges tor the eIgiiteegS could be sent
down iforslered that he had long since di-
rected some grape shot 60 he prepared Cor the
Is 10. colambiads.; that n taklc and fail 10
mount the guns in the 5lccs-house should be
prepared /; that capt. Marsteller had jus, III
formed HIM, thu, good takle and fall were
at the fort when he left *, and tina. the plat
form was upwai rs OF 30 feet wide. Gen. Win
der, III = letter OF the 26th Iulv, from Pi,csta-
wsy, ADVISES the secrstary oil war, that the
enemy had descended both the Potomac and
fatuAent rivers that he expected HIM uo
the oay, and should net be surprised 60 find
Annapolis ms object, which lie feared would
t3il Before 500 men, and that he should ,-turn
TO Marlboro as soon as ne could ascertain the
movements OF the epeny. On the 9Th Of
July, general Windsr, in two iouers TO the
secretary OF Har from Piscatawas, states the
force nnder general Stewart at sec colonel
bsaits regiment a, Port Iobacce from $50 20
800 infantry, and 40 Irapoous ca.onel Hcw-
e" S regiment AT Nottingham at 500, and the
detachment oi regn,ars under command of
lieutenant cooue, scott, was also Mt Noting
haiO and from general Wm.ier's letter to
ene SECRETARY of war of the 1st OF August iron,
Port obacco, it appears that he had the de-
techment under lieut.. col. Scott, at Piscati-
way.
Co7Tcynordencs Of Gen. Umdlr, qsih tie
Governor ofPenrsUluania.
Ia relation to the quota of penns, ivapia IN
der the rc9uistion of the 4th of iu,y. ana
more especially as it regards the 5000 men
SUBJECT to the call Of General Winoler. and as
S'gned to his command, it appears that gene
raj Winder wrote to tae governor oE Pehnsyl-
vania, on the 9Th OF August advising him that
the Secretary Of War had destined par, of
that quota to act under his commend, in de-
iendInS the country embraced in the 10th mi
itary district and requesting that he might
be informed OF the place or places Of rendez-
vous which would he fixed for such trcc,s. &
recommending places most Contiguous to the
cites OF Washington and Baltimore On tie
9Th or August, Gen. NTilder writes agai, to
thc'governor Of Pennsylvania. stating that
SINCE ms hrst communication be he'd read
letter from the Secretary of War, dated the
18th of July, which had not reached him NJ
an earlier period in consequence OF dis having
been IN constant motion since that time
which informed him that Of the quota cf mil
tia OF Pennsylvania under the reouisition Of
the 9Th OF July. 5000 were destined for the
10th military distri t, subject to his call as
commanding officer, and requested that as
great proportion Of the detachment as DOS
sible should be rifemcn.
On the lth ut August, secretary EoiIesu
under the direction OF the governor of Penn
syivania, III answer togeneral Wmder, states
that IN consequence Of the deransed state of
the militia system. great difficulties occurred
TO the executive IN relation to the quota re
CURED TO be held in readiness for the service
OF the United States. The only effort that
could be made towards a compliance with the
TequisItio0, was TO have ordered a designation
Tor the service OF the requisite troops, under
tne militia law of 1907, and before the eo:pi-
ration OF that law which order had been is
sued by the governor, and was in course of
execution that the militia law of 1907. eypj
red on the first of August, ard that all
commisscns, Under il became void, EXCEPT cf
such officers as might DE in service on that
day; and that, by an oversight in the iegisla
ture, no complete organization Of the militia
could be legally made in Pennsylvania, until
the 18th Monday in October, when a ciassifca.-
ton was to take place.
On the 18th Of August, zen. Winfer makes
q requisitiop on the Governor Of Pennsylvania
tor ore regiment, to march forthwith to the
city OF Washington and on the day following
IN consequence of large reinf rceTnents Of the
enemy IN the mouth Of the Patuxe7t, he calls
Tor the whole 5000 Pennsylvania militia, by
virtue of his previous authority. The 5000
were ordered out, to rendezvous at York, in
Pennsylvania, On the 5th of Sept; of course.
not IN time To give any aid on the occasion for
which they weie called, nor was gen. Win
der's letter Of the 18th received BY the COVER
nor of Pennsylvania until the evening Of the
23d NT
Co're&fiondence ofthc Secretary of Irqr. ard
general Uindcr.
Tn the 18th Of August, general Wjnder. in
a letter 10 the secretary of war states, that in
consequence of the acceptance of the Cd rect
drafted from general Smiths division. unde,,
the requistion of April, for part of the reoui-
sltion OF the 4th of July the i,npracticabilitv
besides IMPROPERLY, of calling any portion Of
the drafted militia from the eastern shore of
Maryland, and the necessity of leavi.g ali the
men Immediately upon the bay, and low
down on the rivers of the western shore, for
local defence the remaining portion Of the
Maryland drafts to be assembled at Bladeu.-
burg, instead of being 1000, would not much |
exceed as many hundred-yet he -,oud re-
quTe the governor to order out all the drafts !
that could possibly be spared FROM the 9 lower,
brISades on the western shore but as the /,
whole number drafted on the western shore, !
exclusive ofthe brigade drawn from general |
Smiths division, did not amount to one thou
sand i've hundred men, heidi not expect more
than one Thousand under the second order
ut the government, that of the 4th of JuIv
The most Immediate and convenient resource
to supply this deficiency, was to take the mi
litia drawn ont under the state authority and
assembled at Annapolis, to the amount of one
into the service Of the United States
and to call on Pennsylvania for one regiment,
which would n ke his militia between . and
5000 men, besides the 9 regiments from Gen
Smiths division