The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-05-11

States ard the said rti;cial correspsnd-
ence. and the said must. r rolls, reports and
returns of the numbers. state and coalition
of the said army, came TO the possession,
Knowledge and use OF the enemies Of the u.
States. to the great injury OF the said U.
States.
Third stccifeatioa.-And, also, in this
That during the said war, so as aforesaid
carried ON and prosecuted by and between
the said United States cf America and their
territories, s the said United Kingdom Of G..
Britain and Ireland, and the dependencies
thereof. the said brigadier general William
Hull having arrived, with the said north
western army OF the said United States un-
der his command aforesaid, at Detroit,
10 the territory of Michigan. on the seventh
day of July, in the year one Thousand eight
hundred and twelve aforesaid, and hay-
ing the possession and command of the
said fort OF Detroit, from that time,
constantly, until The abandonment and sur
render thereof to the BRUSH forces under
the command of major general Brock, on
the sixteenth day of August. in the year one
Thousand eight hundred and twelve afore-
said. and finding upon his said arrival at De
troll. aforesaid, that the works of the said
Tor. Detroit were greatly damaged and di
iapidate6. and that the guns and gun car
riases belonging to the said fort of Detroit
were also damaged and out of repair and,
moreover, well knowing the Importance of
the said tort Detroit tn the service OF the
oaio United States in the operations of the
said ws-, and that the same together with
the said guns and gun -csrriages) should be
put and kept in proper order and repair,
was guilty of neglect of duty, by neglecting
and emitting, during all the time of mis- pos
session and command as aforesaid, in pro
per and sufficient manner to repair and
strengthen, or cause to be repaired and
strengthened, the works of the said fort
Detroit, by neglecting and emitting, in
proper and sufficient manner, and in due
time for the service Of the said u. S. to re-
pair or Cause to be repaired The said guns
and gun carriages, and generally by neglec-
ting and emitting to put, or cause TO be put
the said fort of Detroit, in a proper state &
condition for resistance and defence in the
event of an invasion and attack by the enc
my; whereby, the said fort Detroit was
left an easy conquest to the enemy the
said guns and gun carriages being after
wards required for the service Of the said
u. States. in the British province of Upper
Canada, were still fousd unfit for transpor-
tation and use great time was consumed
in preparing and fitting them for the said
service & the operations of the war were
fatally obs;ructed and suspended
Fourth SPECIFICATION. And, also. in this {:
That during the said war so as aforesaid
carried on and prosecuted by and between
the said United States of America and their
territories, and the said united kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, and the Deepen
denotes thereof, the said Brigadier General
William Hull, declaring and avowing an in
tention and design, with the said north ives
tern army of the said United States under
his command as aforesaid. to invade and en-
ter the British province of Upper Canada,
to invest and attack the British fort call
ed Maiden, otherwise called Amherstberg
In the said British province, and to maintain
and enlarge his position and possession in
the said British province, and well knowing
that expedition, resolution, and energy we're
indispensable to the prosecution and accom-
plishment of such intention and design, and
having arrived at Detroit aforesaid In the
territory of M chigan aforesaid, on the Sc
yenth day of July, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and twelve aforesaid, and ha-
wing invaded the said Briti.h province of
Upper Canada, on the twelfth day Of July,
In the year aforesaid, and therein taken pos
session Of the town of SaBdwi h aforesai
and having with the main body of his said
army evacuated the said British province Of
Upper Canada on the eighth day of August,
in the year aforesaid. was guilty of neglect
OF duty and unofhcerlike conduct. by not
seasonablY repairing, fitting, and transpor
ting, or causing to be repaired, fitted, ard
transported, the guns and gun carriages
which were necessary to the operations of
the war in the said British province of Up
per Canada, by an useless and injurious
waste of time and opportunity at Sandwich
aforesaid, in the said British province of
Upper Canada without making an attempt
to reduce the said British fort called NAL
den, otherwise called Amhers;berg, by an
unnecessary consumption of time, ia pro-
jects to concilate the British inhabitants of
the said British province OF Upper Canada,
and the neighboring Indians, without resor-
ting to more eHecual display of a military
power capacity, and disposition TO maintain
the acquisitions of conquest, and to perform
the promises of protection by postponing
IN the first instance, and by abandoning in |
the next, an investment and attack upon the |
said British fort called Maiden, otherwise
called Amherstberg, and by finally evacua- |
ting the sad British p ovince of Upper Can |
ada, without having provided effectuaIly, in |
any re speet, for the safety of the inha bitants
thereof, who had accepted the said Briga- |
der General William Hull's invitation to
i. in the American standard, and without
having in any degree, accomplished the said
intention and design of the said Brigadier
General William Hull. SO as aforesaid de
clared and avowed upon the invasion oft
said British province as aforesaid where
by an opportunity was afforded TO the enc
my to bring into suspicion and contempt the |