Debate on War Department Reform and Military Staffing
Congressman H confirms that the war department suffers from disorganized clerks and overburdened leadership. He urges a three-part reform: general power to the secretary, details to subordinate secretaries, execution to a separate office, plus increased staff and funding to prevent war preparation delays. He cites historical boards and massive 1811 1812 mobilization efforts to justify a robust quartermaster and ordnance department.
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Coxemizr
Trove
War Department
Secretary of War
War Office
Eentisnda
South Carolina
Col
William
Revolutionary Board of War
Congress
Department
Board of
Ordnance Department
Indian Department
Et Paridd
Indian Hostilities At Our Doors Reported Near Wabash River
An April report describes attacks near the Great Carrying Place on the Wabash River about 30 miles from a referenced mouth. An express to the Governor relayed that a house was burned, a young man murdered in the yard, and the family disappeared perhaps taken prisoner. Additional notes mention a slain man found later near Driftwood Fork and two men missing for three days.
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Gov. Risom Jmien
N.W
Wabash River
White River
Bribe trial verdict in Albany imposes ten years prison term
The Albany court of Oyer and Terminer before Justice Spencer and Judges Ten Eyck Moore and Tiffany convicted the defendant of offering bribes to Silas Holmes and Nathaniel Cole to influence Assembly votes on a bank bill. He received a ten year hard labor sentence in the state prison, with witnesses Holmes Cole and the defendant's own confession supporting the verdict.
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Court of Oyer and Terminer
Spencer
Ten Eyck
Moore and Tiffany
Silas Holmes
Nathaniel Cole
Bank of America
Messrs
Holmes
Cole
Mr. Holmes
Mr. Cole
Martin
Justice Merchat
Justice Catfield
S. Holmes
Foot
Woodworth
Invasion of Canada 1775 recounts Arnold march and ambush
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Colonel Arnold leading a 14-company force from Cambridge to Quebec in 1775. It notes Arnold being wounded in the attack, the retreat to Kennebec then Knox, and captures, with mentions of Col. Bartholomew and other officers, plus the fate of Hinton and possible similar fates for others.
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Epior
National Intelligencer
Arnold
Quebec
Cambridge
Dito Will Dica Tant The Axis Ness Yica
The fragmentary text provides no clear names places or events. It lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities to summarize into a valid news item.
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Dito
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Senate
Tleman
Virginia
Nelson
Kentucky
Johnson
Harper
Thau
Magoria
Boston
3Co
Goth
Kersey
New York
Gerard
The
Albany Republican
John Martin
Nold
Enos
Chand
Chaudier Lake
Carrie
Morgan
Col. Arnold
Point Levi
Ole
Abraham’s
Abraham’s Plains
Point Trumbull
Montgomery
Montreal
Abrasham’s
Canada
Mr. Hinton
Wallonia
UA. T
Ead
Jogers
Bartholomew
Charleston
Capt
Beck
Harrison Conunty
Wood
Robinson
Green
Bigalow
Meigs
Smith
Harrison
Hendrick
Hanchet
Hubbard
Willi
Barker
Newburyport
Kennebeck River
Knox
Harrisison
Batteaux
Vincent
Grnes
St. Clai
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