Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-03-12

cur in thinking three months the proper time
d service: we shall now show thar Gov biou"'
acouiesced in the propriely OF lha; time.
In letter dated January 8, 1914, 10 the
Secretary Of War, he expressly says:
aThs ;onr NJ doty mentioned, is most con-
canal N the feelings and expect atoms oil the
militia. hence the Setter 10 promote the fooo
of The service that term was mentioned, f'gf'h-
r w,tb The hope, III It, in that time, tnr Cam
paipn would be over. Inc Governor .he"
Id. "Tbe idea of longer term 10 militia
who believe are all alive 10 sense OF WY
and anxious for a vigorous and II c'ua' prose
cu,ion Of the campaign, TO hnai accomplish"
men, of thr objects nf government, Is as 'us''
ing; AND il required of him TO prriorm a long
err tour, their Disappointment might i'ao 10
great evils. which 1t Is very desirable 70 a'"'u'
We wish it To be borne in mind, mat on the
! Sd of January, 1914, hr SECRETARY Oh war
nrescribed three months the time OF service;
snd ON the s,h of The same month, Governor
Blount expressed the opinion that thai time
was mos, congenial 10 the feelings and expec-
,,,i n, ofthe militia. On The Sd Janu lry, 1914
Gov. cunt in a letter TO Mock, who had'
| issued orders 10 get out reinforcing body,
states. "that the tour OF the militia called oui;
from the Cd division will be, Tor THREE
MONTHS actual service, il, in me opinlnn OF ire
Pre- dent, pubic good should require such a
term Of service.
On the same dan, Governor Blount issued an
order 10 the eldest brigader of the I'd divls'"n
of the Tennessee militia, in the absence OF the
msi,r general, d rec,ing him to call out, &c.
$500 Of the militia of that division, To act a.
GAINS, the Creek Indians, to be "Detached, Or
ganized, armed, and Equipped, as the Sc' o,
congress respecting Detached Militia, passed.
til. 10th Of April, sl2, requires, Tor TOUR o.
three months actual service
T 1t is thus m lnif, ST. that the orders OF liov.
Blunt .mphaiically specified the time oil ser,
, vice Of these detaChn,ents, and mat ne hAea
, that time at thrt e months.
On The nm January. 8l4, the Secretary oil
War, gave general authority to Gov. Is cunt
",o supply, $50 runs the Secretary's letter. ~!
miiia dr ats or by volunteers; any d'hc !enciea
which may arise in the militia division under
, the command of Mai. Gen. 'kson, without
referring, on the head, to this depart mrht.' In
, this letter the Secretary observes, II may DC
we'll that your exccllency should consult Een'
P,nkney on such occasions, as he can best
Judge the whole number necessary TO the al
n lsinment of the public objects.
y THIS general order is sized upon with the
: utmost avidi,y by The COMMITTEE, in spiri' oil
e dsingepuousns S., which nothing shor' Oh aes-
# pcratioh could have inspired.
,. The Secretary of War; as we have before
= | shown on the Sd Of January. 1914, expressly
stated, that The militia were to be considered as
. having been called gu, under The act OF 1873
which limie ed their time "f service ~ three
= months; but notwithstandi his explicit
- yowal uf The intention of the president, on the
p mart of HIS Secretary, the Committee cling &c
The ls,ter Of the llh January. because OF the
discretionary power it contains, and CONSIDER
RlAHfh ~ yedi dc saaalsa &Sy ;sS%ss
: any thing
J. We contend that the latter Of the 18th Jan
S 1914 from Gen. Armstrong 10 Gov. Blount
J. conf FRED power upon The letter, save merely
IS that of p'edging thr general government to pa!
e and sub,is such militia as Governor Blount
with the advice OF Gen. Pinknry, might choose
a 10 call out. Our readers by ref ring TO Gov
IT Blounl's letter Of tn 24tn Dec. 1914, will sce,
II tina, he had, as tx ofcio he well might b, tore
E, called out and employed certain bodies Of m IL
II tia whom he Afterwards recommended as wor-
y, thy Of being received into the service, and o
Is compensation. Gen. Arms rong's letter re-
,i .'ev,d him from the necessity of referring there
r etlrr To the department on such subject. II
IS did and could do, no more. 1t alludes in nc
e WISE TO the term of service
! The committee conclude because there is
e nothing in the act Of 9Th April, 1914, (2assed
., three months and seven days after the Secieia'
:y's order, granting certain restricted dis
n cre,lonary prwe: TO Gov. Blount,J preventing
e the President from expressing his opiuio,
al "thro' general inst uctions, To governor oil
Ct state" that gov. Blount had, by the vague or
m der of the ll'h January, 1914, been clothed
g with the Same power the president: in The
J. choice of the time of service. Giving thus te
81 the law of April 10, 1914 retroactive efficien
n, cy, they make il as much ike an ex post factt
n, one, as any we remember 10 have heard oil
n Such is thu soph,stio al character Of this re
at port, alike discredi,able 10 those who draf'es
m it, and to the body who permitted its publica
s, ton.
ir The order Of Gen. Jackson calling out th
Of drtac hnent Of which the six miitiamen wer
part, is dated on III" gath OF May, 1914; ant
8, purports to be issued in obedience to an ordr
IN from Gov Bioun,. 1t specifies six months a
&c the time Of service. Gov BImn''s order dor
r no, appear among the documents, and so ia
70 as we know, has never been officially mad
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