Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-04-28

large CORPS VI Lag, "a az ,so.o H.
bout the 10th of November, 1878! a'ter
4 was known the enemy was IN ms rear
and disposed to assail it; and IN not mrs, :,
taking competent measures to defeat anu
destroy the corps of the enemy thus hang
ing on and disturbing his rear; or alter
wards to form junction with the troops
thus detached. as soon as the object OF
the detachment was effected, but on the
contrary, exposing the service to imini-
nent hazard and to great actual injury,
lby unnecessarily engaging the enemy
with portion of his army only, inferior
to that of the hostile corps, which hung
on and reatened his rear at the time OF
the detachment of General Brown as a.
foresaid.
| Specification s. In falling to adopt
such measures az were proper and practl-
cable, on or about the seth of March,
1914, to reduce TIE British post at La
Cole mill, in the province Of Lower Ca
NADIA, and to capture the garrison there
of, especially in remaining inactive four
hours, and upwards before the said post,
with an effective s. well disciplined force
under lis command, far superior in num-
Der to the enemy and fully adequate to
the reduction of the said place; in omit
ting to demand the surrender thereof,
and to carry the same by storm; and IL
nally withdrawing his troops in a hasty
and disgracefll manner under cover OF
the night from before the said post, de-
Tended by small body of the enemy,
thereby deeply wounding the feelings OF
his subordinate officers, destroying the
spirit of the soldiers, and exposing the
army to modification and disgrace.
CHARGE II.
Drunkenness on duty.
Specification l. In being Intoxicated
by wine or spirituous liquors, or both, on
or about the 9th of November, 1878, in
tire vicinity of Osdensburg, and while the
hotilla and army under his command
were preparing to pass, and were en-
gagged in passing the enemy's fortress at
Prescott, and to suChsa degree as to dis
qualify him from correct, regular, and
faithful discharge ofhis duty as command
ing general, whereby pernicious exam
pie was given to the officers and troops
under his command, the discipline of the
said troops in danger of being relaxed,
their confidence in the discretion Of their
commander diminished, and the said ar
nay exposed to the hazard of disorder and
defeat.
Specification 2. In being intoxicated
by wine or spiritaous liquors, or both, on
or ABOUT the 7th of November, 1915, in
the viS:aity of Ogdensburg, ing the
said e.r,>cdition under his command, to
degree disgualifying him for the faithful
discharge of the duties attached to his
station, and highly degrading to his cha
ractcr as q gentleman and commanding
officer of an army, in the presence Of Sc
veral subordinate officers end other per-
sons; thereby wounding che just pride of
the officers underhis command, exposing
them TO great modification, impairing the
confidence in their commanding general,
and also thereby exposing the prosecution
of the said expedition to great hazard,
shame, and disappointment.
CHARGE Ill.
Conduct unbecoming an officer and a
gentleman.
Specification /. In declaring, on or a.
bout the first of November, 1878, at or
near GrenaGier Island, that his orders
were positively to make Montreal the OBJ
iect of Ills attack, and that they left no
thing to his own choice; thereby wilfully
and falsely disappearing the orders
under which he acted.
Specification 9. In speaking very dis
respectfully and improperly of the army
and of the service in which he was en-
ployed on or about the 9TH CT November,
1918, in the vicinity of Ogdensburg, by
damning the army, the expedition, and
himself.
Specification 8. In writing letter, on
or about the 10th Of June 1918, and af-
ter his designation to command in the
ninth military district, to major general
Morgan Lewis, then serving in that dis
trict, tending to induce that officer to
avoid danger in battle, under the pretext
that he, the said major general Lewis,
and he himself, major general Wilkin-
son, were master spirits, and not to be
exposed to such danger, into which the
Younger officers should be pushed, or
words to that effect; thereby striking at
the very foundation of military character
and service, and calculated to bring
shame and disgrace upon the American
arms