Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-12-20
ABSTRACTS Of DOCUMENTS accom-.
PANYING TEE PREslDEN rs MESSAGE.

ABSTRACTS OF DOCU HENTS accom-.
PAVING THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
Major Generals RsborI.--The folio winR
tours Of inspeeuon hove, II appesrs from this
document, oesa accomplished duriag ths las,
year
tBreyet Ma ior General Gaines has accom-
plishsd tour Of inspection within the las,
year. comprehending the remote posts occu
pied by the 1,h Aeg.nFat uf Intsptry, Al lam
pa Bay, Pcnnsaco Q, and ths interior u Florida
Also the posts OF Peti'es COquies, 81 Philip,
New Orleans, Can,0nemen, Jssup Baton Rouge
Fort Smelling. Fort Crawford FoH Armslrong,
and he Jeife rsou Barracks
Bre set ~ sjor General Scott has ed toe
eosts Of Fortress Monroe, 9tloas Arssrai,
Fort severn, Fort Columbus, For Tvumsuii
Fort Wolcou Fort independence Port Con.
stitution, Fort Prebie, Fora Brady, Fort sa.k
NAV. sni For, Howard. $50, West PeiBt
end the ArsensIs az WstsStovz aud Water
vieil.
Breyet Brgsdier General Wsol hs4 insp-c,
ed all the pil,tsry po sts the Atlantic, igom
Old Point Comfort to Esspor,, including The
Arsenals at Richmond, BALTIMORE, Philads lphia,
WsseftoWH, Rome aud Detroit. Also, The
Annoy Of Harpers Ferry, and the posts OF
P!sttsSurg. Sscket's Hsrbor and Niagara.
During shs summer and Autumn OF 1926,
Colonel CrOEhaD MAIDS an inspection Of The
following posts the report Of which having
been received nee my last annual comrnun,cs
ton on this subjeet. they are here recspitula
sed;--vx;
FORT Atkinson at ,hs Council BUFF, Fort
grady, Fort h4ckInaw, Fort Howard, Fort
Smelling, Fort Armstrong, Fort Crawford, and
ae tFoops then stAti nod at st. Lewis. DLrng
the csvrent year, Colonel Groshsn has also 10,
spected the posts OF New Orlcans Baton
R"uge. Cantonement Jesup. Csntunement
foWson. Csntonement Gibson Fort SDrlhnz
Fort armstrong and he Jetierssn Rarrscks.
The Field Officers OF the At5dIery Regiments
are new gensrsy engaged ,he inspection
Of ,heu compsnies: No reports asvS yes been
received from them.
The Major General sdds tina, b.. con 10.
specton exhibits the Instruc'lon, Pol ce, Dis
clpiin~ and Administrator Of he Military Es
adjustment. IN ~ tAvorsble a condition IS can
be expected 10 its present orgaDiZs There
ia, bowevtr, a lament able dtfcienc, OF Artil
lsry Material AZ he Forts and Sea Batteries
Almost ali ,h= Auanuc posts 'sqmrs new SIP.
plies Of 1t. Ths Schools Of Practice EXHIBIT oil
the advantages eEpected from the coucentvs-
ton of the Psrsonnei of the amy. The late
movement against the Wnnebsgoes was az
illustration of these, and the moral effect I'D on
the lndisns is likely 10 be lasting. Desertions
continue in like numbers as during the preced-
ing wears they are always greater st the sickly
stations Of 'he South. An abridgement Of he
term OF service there, and thSt certain, 10 the
best mode of cur'rg this evil The attention
of Congress, is requred to the measures hereto
fore proposed far improving the condition of
the non'commIss oned grades of he army, ard
offe ing additional inducements for re enlist
mgDt.
Report from fhe Engineer Department.
"A 4 10 he
available to- Forutications Internal Improve.
msnt, and the Military Academy; snothe5, the
foFtihca lons which have been planned, but
not commenced. plan tor the defence of
: PensAncla has been prepared: others tor sha,
Of Charleston and Ssvsnn&h VIII he completed
duringphe winter. The following tortific ATOMS
| have been rnspec' ed: The Battery at Bayou
BienUens, and the several foruhcAIons in the
! Cur OF Mexico. the Mas ssippi, and Lake
| Pon'Chsrtrsn The former will b. finished y
the frs' Of January. Fort Adams, in Newpori
harbOnr, "t WHICH the inspection wss hlshS
satisfactory Fort Hasuiton, at Ney UHeehi
Point: the work equsily erst,f,ing. aud al.
vanc'ng with great rapdity Fortress Monroe
al Old Point ContsrI, where 5ery considerable
amount OF work bias been dore. Some neon
venIence and delay AAVe arisen here, from the
failure OF a contractor 10 deliver bricks. For!
CGho'n, at abe Rip Rap Sh0GiS cons derAt -
pr z. es' made. Port .Hacsn, al Bogue Point
Norm Carolina, where the operations wer sai
, hrs retarded nv the wapt of mechsn,c., (who
had to be procured from the Nor hero cities, J
and also OF laborces. The pTincipa loss, how
ever, Las ans from the violent storm Of Az
gust ,ss. Fort at Oak Island: cons ,derlbi,
progress, in the di,ohes and Masonry. No sevi
ous obstacle TO the YORK is anticipated. Fort a
Chef 'Hen'eHri viii be ready for the garrison
u 1 q IL. Ea~f AZ.
Piaq"emine BeHL The operations of the mos
satisfactory kind, ana sdvanc x rapidly; snc
ne same IS reported OF the Port at .sfsbsls -
hf Sea HdHfor he Protection # Geo, re Island
1o'io" Harbour, has been nearly .ou' ..e ed, d
~ mos substantial maaner; and the repair q
f"r' Constitution, .Ne.v Hampshire, has bee,
Ace"mp'ished. /, ,s suggested thsi it woulc
Hluch forward these works, could the appro
pnsuons be made early N the Session
lie Beard OF Internal Improvement have
,sen oeclpied during The pas. yssr, on tue fol
slowing obierta-