A History of the Political And Military Events of the Late War Between the United States And Great Britain
A History of the Political And Military Events of the Late War Between the United States And Great Britain
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This was oflfered and acrepied, and the duties of the office of secretary at war, temporarily in-* trusted to the secretary of state* Cmues of the Capture of Washington. Afler the lapse of ten years, the causes which produced these unfortunate results- may be more distinctly observed by a comparison of the principal facts and portrayed with less injury to indPvidval reputation. They may be classed under three heads i a feil- ure of seasonably obtaining the requisite number of militia ; want of ...system in the plan of defence ; and want of courage.
Late arrival and insuffidtht nttmbers of the Militia. Of th^ fifteen thousand militia destined for the defence of Washington, five thousand were to be drawn from Pennsylvania. The orders for this purpose issued from the war office on the 17t^ of July, but did not reach General Winder until the 8tb of August, nor the governor of Pennsylvania until the 23d ; there was of course a total failure of that corpsr Despatches on which the safety of the capital might essentially depend, ought not to be trusted to the uncertainty and irregatarity of mails^ The ihilitia regulations of Pennsylvania were at this period in such a situation, that the orders could not have probably been complied with, had they been seasonably received ; but this fact ought to haVe been known, and the deficiency sup- plied from some other source.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
This was oflfered and acrepied, and the duties of the office of secretary at war, temporarily in-* trusted to the secretary of state* Cmues of the Capture of Washington. Afler the lapse of ten years, the causes which produced these unfortunate results- may be more distinctly observed by a comparison of the principal facts and portrayed with less injury to indPvidval reputation. They may be classed under three heads i a feil- ure of seasonably obtaining the requisite number of militia ; want of ...system in the plan of defence ; and want of courage.
Late arrival and insuffidtht nttmbers of the Militia. Of th^ fifteen thousand militia destined for the defence of Washington, five thousand were to be drawn from Pennsylvania. The orders for this purpose issued from the war office on the 17t^ of July, but did not reach General Winder until the 8tb of August, nor the governor of Pennsylvania until the 23d ; there was of course a total failure of that corpsr Despatches on which the safety of the capital might essentially depend, ought not to be trusted to the uncertainty and irregatarity of mails^ The ihilitia regulations of Pennsylvania were at this period in such a situation, that the orders could not have probably been complied with, had they been seasonably received ; but this fact ought to haVe been known, and the deficiency sup- plied from some other source.
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