[Major Henry Gaither to the Secretary of War. Fort Fidius 11^th October 1793] Sir, Yours of the 5^th Ultmo I have received and shall strictly attend to the contents thereof; and assured I never had the most distant thought of acting contrary to my instructions, neither had Governor Telfair any right to intimate any such thing, for he well knew I would not obey him in any order contrary to the orders I have heretofore received from the General Government. There are no preparations yet made by the Governor for raising the hundred Cavalry and hundred infantry so long ordered; neither do I expect there will by his letter to me dated the 7^th September, which I have enclosed. We are all in health and peace at present. I have the honor to be &c. (Signed) Henry Gaither. State House Augusta, 7^th September 1793. Ordered, that Major Gaither be notified, that the critical situation of the frontier settlers at this period will not admit of any departure from the present arrangement. [notation] Attest: W. Urquhart SED. Extract of a Letter from Major Gaither to the Secretary of War dated Augusta September 3^d 1793. "The Militia now in service, appears to me to be improperly called by the Governor, and in a greater number than is actually necessary. I have urged the necessity of making an arrangement for the defence of the frontier, with the federal troops and the hundred Cavalry and hundred infantry ordered to be raised and put under my command by the President of the United States, and should that number from [undecipherable: possibly 'insufficient to guard'] the frontier there to call out as many Militia as would be thought necessary. These measures did not meet with his approbation nor has he made any appointments, arrangements or any attempt to raise that number of men. Therefore I do not wish to have any thing to do with the militia now in service, unless they are subject to my orders." The