Department of War Accountants Office Decemb. 15. 179[—] Which leaves a Balance to be remitted of twenty two thousand five hundred and five Dollars and nine cents to enable the Agent of the War Department to satisfy the above Claims. The Secr.^y of War. William Summ[ons] Department of War Accountants Office December 15 1[7—] The Secr.^y of War. 2^d I have the honor to enclose an Estimate of such part of the Militia and Scouts of the State of Georgia employed for the protection of the frontiers as are expressly Authorized by the President of the United States [strikethrough: by the letter of the late Secretary of War to the] Governor of that State amounting to Dolls 56,565. [undecipherable] and after deducting therefrom the Sum of 34,000 Dollars already sent to the Agent of the War Department on that account, there remains a balance of Dollars 22,505. [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] to compleat the amount of that Estimate. In addition to the above the agent of the War Department in Georgia has forwarded [by] his letter of November 1794 to the Secretary of War and Accountant, extracts whereof are herewith marked [Δ] Pay [&] Muster Rolls for Services of the militia in 1793 and early [part] of 1794 accompanied with an Estimate thereof amounting to Dollars 82,513 [34/100] which the Agent says is imperfect as the Pay of the Officers has not been calculated on many of the Rolls because their Rank bears [no] proportion to the men they have actually comm[anded]. In regard to this Estimate I have to observe that although a part thereof may in some measure be considered as authorized by the late Secretary of War's letter of the 10^th June 1793 (extract whereof is herewith marked B in answer to one from The Governor of Georgia of the 8 May in the same year (Copy whereof is also marked B) yet as the Governor expressed a wish to the agent of the War Department [by] his letter of 7^th November 1794 (extract whereof is as above marked A) that no discrimination should be made but that they should all be placed on the same footing, and as the late Secretary of War in his letter of 22^nd February and 14^th May 1794 (extracts whereof are herewith marked C) expressly informs the Governor of Georgia that the Rolls would have to be submitted to Congress, who he deemed alone competent to decide on the propriety of compensation or any portion thereof; and the Governor by his letter of 8^th May 1795 (copy whereof is herewith marked D) was of opinion in consequence of that letter from the Secretary of War that the whole would have to be submitted to Congress.— I have under a full view of those circumstances, and conceiving it impossible to select from the Estimate any part thereof that might be considered as Authorized — Suspended the Whole, conceiving it proper that they should be Submitted to the President of the United States or referred to Congress. I am Sir Yours & William Simmons The Secretary of War. [A] Extract from Contact Freeman's Letter to the Secretary of War Dated Augusta 7^th November 1794. The Governor has has returned to me the Muster Pay Rolls for the Militia who have been called into service for the protection of the frontiers of the State agreeably to your letter to his Excellency of the 22^nd July. I have instructed the pay master of the Militia not to receive any Rolls for Services performed after the 21^st March of the present year; as I supposed it was the time that your letter had been received by the Governor. His excellency has been informed me that the Militia of the Upper Counties have been continued to the tenth May and those in the lower to the first of January, and that they have drawn provisions to those periods. He therefore desires that Pay Rolls should be forwarded for protection afforded from the first of April to the [undecipherable] of May. I have not thought myself justified in accepting these Rolls unless I should be further instructed by [undecipherable]. I have however told him I should write to you upon the subject, and that if the Rolls should be collected before I could receive an answer from you, that I should then receive them. Now I enclose a list of [the] Musters and Pay Rolls which are forwarded to the Accountant under cover [to me]. I have addressed them to him, as I supposed delivering them for the inspection of Congress would be done in his Office. You will so be pleased to observe that many of the rolls the Officers pay has not been calculated as the number of men they have commanded are not in proportion to their rank and in many [in]stances there have been more Commissioned Officers [than] ...than might be deemed necessary— these blanks can only be filled up under your immediate directions. It is also to be observed that this list does not comprehend all the claims against the United States for Militia Service— although it is now more than twelve months since the forms and directions were delivered for the Muster Payrolls. None have been returned for the Counties of Chatham, Effingham, Burke, Columbia, Washington, Franklin and Elliot— It is highly probable that the Militia of those Counties will come forward with their Claims. Governor Telfair did not organize the hundred horse and the hundred foot authorized in your Letter of the [undecipherable] of May 1793, and it was not until the month of December that Cap^t. Armstrong was called into Service by Governor Matthews— these troops therefore may be considered as included in the list now transmitted, prior to the twenty fifth of December.— I have also she inclosed an Estimate of pay due to the Spies for Service in the year 1793 [&] 17[9—]. [A] Extract from Contact Freeman's letter to the Accountant of the War Department dated Augusta Novem^r 7^th 1794. Now enclose you an Estimate of the pay due to the Militia which have been called into service by the Governor of this State, for which no appropriations have been made the United States. It is not perfect, as the pay of the Officers has not been calculated on many of the Rolls, because their Rank bears no proportion to the men they have actually commanded; the blanks have therefore been left to be filled in the War Office, as the whole will probably be submitted to Congress for their decision.— I do not apprise that I have arranged this business in proper order for their inspec[tion] ...tion, I have however endeavored to do it in such manner as to give you but little trouble.— You will be pleased to observe that I have not many duplicates of the Rolls now forwarded. I therefore request that you would return all the Payrolls to me should government order them to be paid.— I have been obliged to make them up into several packets as they have been folded into various forms. Capt Randolph's rolls are included.— The Governor desired me to inform you that he wishes that no discrimination should be made, but that all the Militia should be placed on the same footing.— There can be no doubt that Cap^t Randolph has rendered essential Services; is however of Opinion that there are others who have also claims on the public.— I also enclose you an Estimate of the pay due to the Spies for Service in the years 1793 [&] 1794. As these have been authorized by the President of the United States, I request you would send the money as soon as the rolls shall have [passed] through your Office. I shall also be obliged to [have] returned me the payrolls, as I have not any duplicates for many of them. [B] Copy of a letter from the Governor of Georgia to the Secretary of War Dated Augusta 8^th May 1793.— Such is the havoc and carnage making by the savages in every direction on our frontier, that [re]taliation by open War becomes the only resort; the horrid barbarities recently committed (some recitals of which the enclosures contain) have compelled me to cause additional [two] [companies] of [undecipherable] Troops of horse to be drawn into Service to range on the frontiers, and also to establish a Camp at Shoulderbone to consist ...three Battalion companies; and I have directed a General Officer to repair to the said Camp[s] to be reinforced as circumstances may require. The late neglect, is only to be attributed to the height of the Waters, and as soon as they subside I have nothing to expect but an immediate renewal of the like barbarities; every measure in my power to repel and annoy shall be taken, and as far as means will extend shall be carried into effect. Let no idea of peace, so far as to divert the necessary and immediate preparation for War, any information you may receive tending thereto must proceed from ignorance or design; the field is now taken, — the people must be protected, and a failure in this juncture will affect the operations of Government in a serious degree. The Agent for Supplies has afforded much relief by furnishing the men called into service; — and only a continuation of such supplies will depend the fate of Georgia. I am Sir & (Sign^d) Elias Telfair [B] Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War to the Governor of Georgia dated War Department June 10 179[—].— "The State of Georgia being invaded or in eminent danger thereof, the measures taken by You[r] Excellency may be considered as indispensable. You are the judge of the degree of danger and of its duration and will undoubtedly proportion the defence to exigencies. The President however confides [his] confidence that as soon as the danger which has induced you to call out so large a body of troops shall have Subsided that you will reduce the troops to the existing State of things, indeed to the number mentioned ...in my letter of the 30^th [ult].— Duplicates of which have been forwarded. Regards the safety of the frontiers well [will] admit the measure. [C] Copy of a letter from the Secretary of War to the Governor of Georgia dated War Department Feb. 22^d [1794]. It has been understood by the President of the United States, that a body of Militia has been up upon the frontiers of the State of Georgia during the greater part of the last year, considerably greatly the number which according to information received at this Office would seem to be required by the State of things in that quarter. The number has been reported from one thousand to twelve hundred men. If this number is indeed any excess of the force has been assembled, should be continued to be kept up in ordinary cases, the President of the United States desires that it may be explicitly understood by your Excellency, that the General Government will not be pledged for the expense thereof. If indeed there should be [a] powerful Sudden invasion of the State of Georgia by [Indians] a case must be referred to the provisions contained in the Constitution and submitted to the Consideration of Congress. The enclosed letter was written to your predecessor [on] the 30^th of May last. The President consents that the hundred horse and the hundred foot therein described should be in addition to the Continental troops posted [in] Georgia be kept up at present or during any considerable danger on condition that you should [make] a return to this Office in order to be submitted to [undecipherable] you reasons for the continuance of this force [and] Instructions are also transmitted to M^r Habersham the ...Agent for the Contract in Georgia prohibiting his making any provision for Supplies of any sort to a greater number than the said hundred horse and hundred foot in addition to the regular troops.— No returns have been received at this Office of the number kept in service during the last year excepting the information before mentioned, from M^r Habersham of the number being from one thousand to twelve hundred. If it should be expected that the said Militia are to be compensated from the United States, it would be necessary and proper that returns, Musters and Payrolls should be given to the Agent of this Department in Georgia, in order that the whole case might be submitted to Congress. For it is deemed that Congress alone are competent to decide upon a full view of the circumstances of the case whether any expences incurred or what proportion of them are to be defrayed by the United States. Hitherto no estimate could be formed of the amount of the charges of a Corps of which no returns or musters have been transmitted. (Signed) H. Knox. [C] Copy of a letter from the Secretary of War to the Governor of Georgia. Dated War Department May 1^st 1794. The President of the United States consents to your propositions relative to the defensive protection of the frontiers of Georgia so far as to the establishment of a Block house every twenty five miles of the line exposed to danger and garrisoning the same with one Subaltern one Corporal and fifteen privates. These men to be of the Militia of Georgia and to be engaged until the first day of January and [to be] discharged. It is to be understood that the hundred foot therefore ...ordered are to be considered as part of this arrangement. But the President conceives that the hundred horse also heretofore allowed will be all that will be necessary at present. I have also written to M^r Habersham to furnish provisions to those Block houses as you will perceive in the enclosed.— It is understood that each Garrison will erect their own Block house for their own security. M^r Habersham [is] to find the tools. Your Excellency will have the goodness to make a return of the number and precise situation of the Block houses you may establish in pursuance of this letter. The regulations which should be established for these small Garrisons ought to provide for the regular inspection and muster of the Men. Indeed it will be necessary that a Continental Officer be appointed for this purpose and I shall direct M^r Freeman accordingly with instructions upon the subject.— As to the number of Militia kept up by your predecessor during the last year no returns or Musters have been received, of course no judgment can be formed of their amount— some Reports have made them the number before mentioned to you. When the returns and Musters shall be received the question will be considered by the President of the United States whether under the circumstances of the Case he can consider himself as authorized to pay them. If he cannot which some probable the question must be submitted to Congress. [D] Copy of a letter from the Governor of Georgia to Contact Freeman Dated Augusta 8^th May 1795. I had the pleasure of receiving your favor of the 28^th [ult?]. The answer to that part which requires a certificate, I have to say, the services performed by the Militia under the orders of my predecessor Governor Telfair, in 1793, were founded on the most pressing exigencies, and continued on the authority of the Secretary of War's letter to him of the 10^th of June 1793. The defence was continued by me on the principle of that arrangement, it being, I conceived, indispensibly necessary for the protection of this State until I could receive [a full] answer to my letter written to the Secretary of War, on the subject of an uniform plan for the protection of our frontier; had as that plan was in a measure [undecipherable] to me, I conceive it justified the forms adopted for defence. The alarming situation of the State was in from the first of January 1794 until November following, [and] fully justify the measures pursued— all the services performed were for defensive purposes or in pursuit of the enemy, except the expeditions under the command of General Twiggs which were performed Voluntarily. I feel myself justified in saying the service was indispensably necessary. The letter of the Secretary of War of the 1^st of May 1794 says when the pay rolls come forward they should be Submitted to the President and to Congress and the being finally decided on— as the information of an Official character ought always to be relied on I conceived I should have had no reason to doubt but that that measure would have been pursued, and the Citizens of Georgia received their hard earned wages before now— to [him] after the receiving and passing of the ration and forage Accounts, no doubt ought to [undecipherable]