Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-19

| iDu'louSly cinltteu to mention EIaior
irmble, several of TIE officers and The
men OF the detachment OF the 10Th inf.i,-
Try, WhlchwaS stationed in Fort Erie DIR
ing said battle in the honorable manner
IN WHICH their services in said battle en-
titisd them 10 be mentioned IN said report
ana altogether omitted TO mention rn,,.t
OF SAID ofiicers-tIie good conduct in ,.,t-
tie sad officers and men having been
reported to the said Mai. Gen. Gaines by
major Trimble. ~
SpecsflcatiOm 10th. In tlls@T'hat tle
SAID NAaj. Gen. Gaines, in his additional
| report 20 the Secretary of War ofthe said
; battle OF Fort Erie, dated August col,
| 1914, written for the purpose OF bonor,-
bly, mentioning officers for their conanet
III sad batte, whom, he states in said re-
port, he had inadvertently omitted 70
mention III Ing. principal report, and also
70 mention the services of CORPS in said
battle, which he had omitted in his prin-
cipsi report, &c. did still, in his said ad
diuonal report, with malice and contrary
70 iils DUTY, omit to mention major Trim
be, on any of the officers Of the detacb-
inent otthe 10th infantry which was il,
fort Erle during said battle, and TO men
ton said detachment thereby arr-ay,sL
ting the injustice and injury he had ~.
ready done to said ofiicerx and defach-
ment-to the injury of the service
.spee,fcatioA lltll. In this-That Tho
SAID MAJ. Gen. Gaines made written or
neal statement TO the Hon. James Mon
roe, tken acting Secretary OF War. dated
Hyde Park, NY September 3orh. Isia'
III which he stated, that several canses
had prevented his placing the conduct
oil tie officers under his command in ina,
Just point OF view which their relative
statlons and services merited,' (ineaning
" ct..fr ~
army under his command, as aforesaid.
at Fort Erie, on and about the 1911, An,
gust, :Si4) and further stated, that 'hay-
ing lately seen III the ga2ettes Il list Of Of
llcers which the President had been plea-
sed TO brevet, and finding that some of
the most meritorious have not been so-
nored with this pleasing evidence oflbe
residents appreciation, feel il TO be a
duty which owe to the public service
ana TO individual merit, TO communicate
to you without delay the names of those
ohicerS whose conduct IN action (mean-
ing the action at Fort Erie on the 1871,
August, 1914, aforesaid as well as in the
previous and subsequent bonibarimenf
and ski misliing, give them the highest
CLAIMS to the notice OF the PresideSt.-
Ana that the SAID Maj. General Gaines
win malice, and IN violation of his dutv
Id sill. c.llL 10 mention In eai1L aAs-.;.-,
III the action aforesaid, whose
conduct on that occasion entitled them
to be mentioned in that statement; there
by aggravating the injustice and injury
he had already done TO tlem-to the IN
Jury Of the service.
Specification 18th In this-That the
said Major Gen. Gaines, in his aforesaid
official reports TO the Secretary of War,
of the battle of the 18th August, 1914, at
Fort Erie, made wilful Measurements on
several material points, and designedly
concealed many material facts and there
by improperly misled his government and
country as to the matters reported, and
grossly and unIusfly Injured the officers
and men of the detachment Of the 10Th
Infantry, who were in Fort Erie during
said battle-to the injury of tie service.
Specification 10. In this--I'liat the
said Major General Gaines, at Fliladel-
phia, between the 4th and 10Th of Dec.
1914, acknowledged TO Major 1riiable.
who commanded the garrison IN Fort
Erie during the battle on tie 10Th Aug.
1914, aforesaid, that lie lad done great
injustice to him, SAID Mai. I'rimbie, in
relation TO said battle, and to the detach-
ment of the 10th infantry under his ccIn-
mand in said battle and received and Il
greed TO a written arrangement on the
subject, and pledged himself to forward i
10 TIE secretary Oh fNdi NiiilCtt loss 81
time, accompanied by all explanation
which would be satisfactory 10 the par
ties aggrieged, and to request that the
said communications should he inme6i-
ately published but the said Mai Gen.
Gaines, the promises thus made, q duty
Of atoning acknowledged injustice, hath
moi fulfilled, but altogether neglected and
disregarded.
CHARGE III.
| Miscondacf IA Office.
| Specification l.. In this--That tie said
| Mai Ger. Games, at The fortified en-
canpment aforesaid, between the 10Th
and sd August, 1914, being then and
there in commend, as aforesaid, impro-
| peIly ordered (ion. Ripley to alter his Of
| fetal report of The conduct Of his coni
mand in the battle OF Fort Erie, aGore-
said, so as TO give tile clhcf credit 20 him,
the said Major Gen Gaines.
CHARGEIy
Neglect II Duty, and Wis,ondac az O6ise
Specification /. La tbis--I'hat The sid
Maj. Gen. Gaines, in his principal detail
cd official repcrtto the Secretary ct WAR,
Of The battle OF Fort Erie, aforesaid, stat
Cd, that The small unfinished Fort Ere,
with a y, 8, aud IL Founders, ionns The
north east d the Douglass battery, with
an 10 and ponder near the edge Of the
Lake, the southeast angle Of Our right
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