The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-11-18

Salu report.
The said major gen Gaines, by said
representations, wiiiui!y-iBcorre ct state.
meats, and designed suppre ssion ce
facts, in his said official report, ascrib.
ing services to officers and men which
they did not perform displaying ser.
vices, some Of then performed in Forr
Erie, with disproportionatc emphasis
aDd minuteness. and Improper PARTIAL.
s., and unju>,ly coacealing other SER
vices Of much greater importance and
usefulness, performed in Fort Erie.
GROSSLY injuriDg and Insulting major
Irimblc and the officers and men oe
the said detachment Of the 18Th ists,s,
try, and very materially misreprcse1t.
ing tho battle oil For, Eric TO his gos
secOn'crt ,othc injury of he service.
. Sterilization sf6. In this-- That tho
said mai. cen Gaines, in his Official
i'cporl foiesaid stated that at this
moment every operation was arrested
by tho eSpiosion OF scmc cartridges,
deposited IN the end CT the stone built>
ing adJoining the contested bastion. Tho
explosion was Tremendous, il was deci.
sivc the bsstioB ives restored = here.
b. very improperly misr presenting
lie place OF the eSplosion--the cac-
ridges that exploded not being in INC
2nd OF the stone building, adjoining
The contested baslicn, but under the
platform or the ba,,ion and The end
oil the stone building being occuried bv
has own troops, part oil ihe 1853 in!su-
ny, who pouro d nom il a cscrsian, aud
destructive fire GIL the eHemY arC ,4r-
'hcr by SAID stateDcii Gulge!3T aaG 10
ihc great luluy oi part 81 ms army, as
ciiblnR 80 au unlGwdrd accident yiclo-
- which lad bten insured bv tire valor
and good conduct Of his troops. WHO
bad fought the enIuly without ir:sr-.
mission, aud al iirs, under the nosE
eisadVon'aBeous circumstances, tor
mote than two hoGiS--ard tie SAID
najoT gen. Gaines knowing, Or IL be-
ing his duty 10 have known. that Inc
enemy bad been repeatedly rcpulsed
and driven from the interior of the fors
THAI they had Suffered extremely from
the FIRE OF the garrison 10 which they
could 90 hut little injulyi and that had
they remained in the basiion a few MI
mites longetI their cap,ure or destrut-
ZION. might have been made certain.
Specification 9sh. IN this-That the
said maj. gen. Gaines, in his principal
oiiicial report aforesaid 81 the battle Of
fort Eric, honorably mentioned nearly
all ihe sfhcers VINO were in action in
said bay,le, aud eulogizad and honora-
bly, mentioned ofRccrs and E.en, some
OF whom were bu, partially engaged
and othe.s GCi az all and with malicss
sud uejus,iy and irjuriously emitted to
mention major T,inlble, several of the
officers and tbs men of the detach-
mcHr of the lAlh iatantry, which was
stationed in For! Erie during said hat
tie IN tho honorable manner in which
their services in said battle entitled
'hcgl TO be mentioned in said report :
ar' altogether omitted 10 mention nosr
o. said othccrs--the good conouc, in
battle Of said officers and men having
been scporled TO the said major gen.
Gaines by mai. Tiimble.,
Specification loiA In this-Tha, The
said ma gen. Gaines, in his addition.
al 'epoIt,o ne secretary af war OF the
said batlis Of fort Erie, dated August
26ih 1914 written for the purpose Of
honorahly mentioning cificers for their
couduc, IN said battle, whoGr he ss,es
H. said report, he inadvertently omitted
70 mention in his principal report, S, a..
50 10 mention the services Of corps ia
said battle, which he had omitted in his
principal report. &c. did sill, in his
sod additional report, with malice. and
contrary to his duty, omit to mention
m jar Trimbie, or any Of the officers
OF the detachment of the 10Th irfantrv
which Vas in fort Erie during sa id bat.
he, and TO mention said detachment
hereby sggssvating the injustice and
injury he had already done to said Off.
GERS end detachmen.--to the injury Of
the service.
Specification Ilih. In this-Thea
the said Maj Gen. Gaines made
written Official statemen; 10 the Hon.
James Monroe, then acting Secreta-y
IF War, dated Hyde Park, N. y,
September 3Olh, laI4,' In which he
1tfted. that several causes had pre-.
sented his placing the conduct of the
Ulcers under his command in that iusr
point Of view which lhcir relative Sta.
lions and services merited,' (meanine
their relative stations and services its