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

0adcr the command OF the saiJ.rna;or
lrimbic, IL tic action aforesaid, whose
conduci on that occasion entitled them
70 De mentioned in that statement f;
thereby aggrayating the injustice and
injury he had already done to them--to
the injury of tho service.
= Specification 18th In this-Tha, tbs.
said maj. gen. Gaines. in his aforesaid
oMcial reports to the secretary of war,
OF TIE battle Of the 18th Aug. .sI4 a,
fort Erie, made wiliui misstatcmcn,s
on several material points, and design
eaIy concealed many material facts (,
ann thereby improperly misled his go
Sernment and country as to the matters
20 We'd, and grossly and unius,ly i,
Iu cd the officers aud men of the de-
.acnmen' ofthe 18Th infantry, who were
III tort Erie during said ba,tle---to the
Injury of the service.
SPECIFICATION IS. In this--That the
eaid maj. ger. Gaines, at Philadelphia.
between toe 4th and 10Th Of Dec. ia,A
acknowledged to major Trimble, who
commanded he garrison in lori Erie
during tie battle on the 18th Aug.
ASIA aforesaid tina, he had done prsa,
injustice TO him, said maj. Trinble, in
relation To said battle, and To the de-
tachmcnt Of the !etn infantry under his
command In said battle and received
ana agreed loa written arranp einent 90
Inc su5Ject, and pledged himself to Tor.
ward Il 20 the secretary of war wi,ho,,,
1885 OF time, accompanied by an expla-
hauon which would be satisfactory TO
'hs parties aggrieved, and to lequest
t"as the said communications should
be Immediately published; but the said
major gen. Gaines, the premises thus
made, and du;y of asloning acknowicde
cd injustice, hath not fulfilled, bu, al
together neglected and disrcgarded
cHARGE III.
80, Misconduct in office.
Shecifecti0n In this-rha; The
said major zen Gaines, at The fortified
encaMpment aforesaid. between tbs
!5'h and 23d Aug. 1914, being thcn &
there in command, as aiurcsaid imp, q.
Perly ordered gen. Ripley 10 alter mis-
official report of the conduct on his
command, IN the battle If for, Erie. -
forcsaid, so as to give the chief credit
to him, the SAID mel gen Gaines.
CHARGE Nv
WrS!ref ofduty, and misc due; in Office
Specification /. In this--rhat the
said Maj. Gen Gaines, in his princl
pal detailed Official report, to the Secre-
tary Of War, 0I the bsttle of For. Enc,
aforesaid, stated, that stle small un.
tinIsed tert Erie, with 81. 10, and
y Founders, forms the north cast, aud
the Douglas battery, with an I9 and
o FOUNDER near the edge Of the Lake,
the southeast angle of our right, there
beins,. as IL was the duty Of the said
MAJ Jos Gaiuss to have known, six pie
ces of canaon in Fort Erie, and bat
or an la FOUNDER. III the Douglass
battery.
Shecyfcasion 2. In this-Tha, the
SAID Mrjor Grn. Gaines, in his said
official geport, stated that the front of
our posiIcn had been Strengthened by
temporary, &c' and abbatis; there be
Ing "a. the time, as II was the duty OF
the SAID Major Gen Gaines to have
know, on what he denominated tho
from of our position, no abbatis, nor
any thing representing abbaiis.
SHecf.G.ion Ia That the
said Aiajo; Cen. Gaines, being il.
command OF tn. United States 4t Fort
Erie, and The adjoining certified CO.
Campmcnt, between the sin and l5th
of August, 1914, add having good rea-
son to expect an attack from The army
ni the enemy under The command Of 1t.
Gen. Drummond, greatly superior 10
numbers to his own army, neglected TO
strengthen and improve the defence
and works OF his said position, TO the
eX,ent he-5ad the means, and 1t was nj,
dur. 20 strengthen and improve them
Specification 4 In this--That the
saSd MAJOR Gen Gaines, being in com
mand as aforesaid, on the 18th of Au
gus, 1914, and having every reason
to expect an attack from The encmy's
armT, under Lieut.. Gen. Dsunmond,
neglected to make lhar arrangement
snd provision, for tne defence. Of Foft
L c, which the place required, and
which, by proper use Of toe mean.
at his disposal h.. might have made
and that he entrusted tue delencs OF
that place, the key of his position, 10
about sixty arliIlerists, and to abou. one
hundred AID eighteen infantry recruits.
who rad never seen service, and were
placed in the tort under fine most ern