Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-25
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appeared from the War Department. in
Wiling proposals for supply ing, in bulk Tie
articles necessary for the subsistence of
the army, indicates the commencement
of the new system for the supply of The
army by Commissariai, instead Of hy
contract. This is an important change
III our military arrangements, which CoH-
gress believed, and we hope, will render
The subsistence OF the army something
less expensive, and will enable oar troops
10 move with more certainty and CELEBRITY,
than al present.
The order which we have published,
for the establishment ct gardens al al!
The military posts, ard cf plantations at
The more distant stations, comes in aid of
the system, and is founded In policy rs
humane as il is just. Tie necessity of
vegetables 10 the health of troops m gar
rison, oiih0se who are well, and those who
from thr want of them have become sick,
is suffc !entiy apparent; aud, in The cul-
'ivailOn al these productions, such time
only will lac employ ed aswoud otherwise
tir wasted inthal inacii,iiy which is pain
iul, II not ,lemorallzing 10 soldiers in "a
Time oil peace. Gardens already exist at
some Of the posts the order makes that :
Il duty which was before matter of IN
cinalion. But The other part Of the order
cont enlplaies an cninciy new arrange
ment-iiie csidl Iishucn, Cf farms around
our stations in the western Wilds. This
measure, besides giving healihtul employ
mcnt TO ihe soldier, and impartiug TO linn
habits of industry which viii make him
hereafter valuable citizen, will afford
supplies for the army a: those stations, at
;,n'uclI lower rate than they can be iraus-
ported iiifiIer w ltio army; and not only
The whole expense Transportation TO the
interior, int is risk and uncertainty, will
thus be avoided. But, the tio. important
consideration IL, that IN case of hoslilitics
witt, the Indians, III The intermediate
country, each post will have within itself
the means ofSupply, without being depen-
dami for IL on chance or circum stance
'ihc soldier is, moreover, paid by The gov
eminent, at fair valuaioa, for the pro-
ducts OF his industry, which are, at The
same time, appropriated 10 his OWN sub
sistence AMI comfort.
Some changes ara contemplated, we
believe, in The component parts ofiI,e army
ration, of which ore is daily furnished To
each soldier, by substituting, occasionally,
vegetable productions, beans, peas, rice,
dc. &c. for Il portion Of the meat which
has been heretofore allowed. This varia-
ton will also consult The coa!o,t of the
soldiers. Ii has even been supposed, that
the whiskey ar spiriluous par; Of the ra-
ton might be dispensed will, altogether.
with more bene!iito the health cilhc rcn,
than prejudice 10 their comior and 1t is
probable that experiment Viii be tried.
All these, 1t may be objected, by those
wedtIs'lt 10 OLD habits, are innovations 10
which we reply tat they arc Innovations.
Which, II sue eSsini in practice. VIII be
ser,tceabio io The individuals CONFUSING
the army, acccptah!e to iIe people GENE
rally, aud Ciedildblr 10 ihc government.
! ihcre is nothing which creates greater
! prejudice, III The minds &c lhr people,
! against military peace establishment
! (viiich, 10 a limited extent We lOtl 10 be
! Of indispensable lmportance) than Tie ap.
! parent inactivity and want Of regular en-
I ployncnt, III which The troops IN garrison
| generally Kill thcir ime--an objection
WHICH lhIS general order, with their eni-
! ploymeni, At other stations, in building
| Qualifications, demonstrating or r. pairing
roads necessary for military purposes,
! WI niircIy obvlaie. MAJ. Int.
An unusual number of British SLIPS
have arri' cd III the ports Of The u. States
within HE last month. In the port If
| Norfolk, particularly, there are "a great
many eight or zen having recently en-
tered that haTbor irouI the West Indies in
one day.
The Navigation Act Of last session, it
| will be recollrcted, provides that, from
and after HE 30th OF Sept. 1918, the ports
of The l.. 5. siial be closed against vessels
| owned by British Subjects arriving from,
any colony, the porIs of which, by The
ordinary Jaws Oi The county, are closed
against vessels OwHed by cIizpns of lie
| u. S.-tlIis provision not 10 be affected bv
such vessels having touched at n poft
which is open. Ihr law further provides
that, after HAT dale, the owEcr or agent
OF any British vessel loading with The pre-
duce OF The u. 5. within our ports (pxcept
necessary sea siores) shall give bond not
to and them in amy British colony or ter
rltnrlcs MOI open tO our flag.
III has been decided, and iscly decided
by The comptroller, that this aci cannoi
be cvdded by the establishment OF free
ports M Nova Scotia or elsewhe SO that
The object Of making Halifax free port
and throwing open the port OF St. Lucia,
DC. Is counteracted.
The object 0f the resort Of British yes
sells IN such numbers 10 our ports al Tins
moment, it wiIl he seen, is to take ni car
goes and depart before they shall be pre-
cIuded by tie operation Of tins law from
dong so. 10.
INDIAN TREATY - Gov. Case, Gov.
jennings, and Gen. M'Arthnr lett Zanes~
Vile OH The Isl inst. os their way 10 Fort
81. Mays, 10 negotiate treaty With Sc
veral Indian tribes. II is sad, tina, from
D TO 5000 Indians arc 10 be present at the
negotiation,