Regarding Scouts and Garrisons on upper parts of Ohio River: Page #2 Original title: 1793/IGL13_2.jpg Protection: Open to all Expiration: Never Status: Completed Mark this revision as complete Cancel Regarding Scouts and Garrisons on upper parts of Ohio River: Page #2 Go full screenExit full screen Layout Reset But as it is effective that these Garrisons should be 97 immediately establish'd you will please to carry your own propositions as to the Strength of the Garrison into immediate execution. Your idea of placing a part of the said Garrisons the men least capable of active Service is a good one and which you will also please to execute accordingly. -- Perhaps it may be considered as expedient in case of active operations to relieve the said Garrisons and trans- port them down the Ohio there to serve as Garrisons to your Posts, so that your efficient force may be as great as possible. The Scouts I hope you have already order'd out, I conceive in case of all vacancies the Officers clearly intitled to those vacancies are to fill them as soon as they occur, but it ought to be well Settled that the successions are clearly intitled. -- I have receiv'd letters from Brigadier Genl Wilkinson stated the 4th title, by which it appears that Armstrong has resign'd. -- It must be explicitly understood by you that the Camp you shall form for the mass of your Troops if you conceive it effective to discipline to remove from Fort Washington, shall be at a position where the price of the Ration shall not be greater than at Fort Washington such positions may be found in abundance on the mar- gin of the river Ohio either above or below Fast Washington the excessive increase of the price of the Ration at a dist'ce from the Ohio renders an adherence to this injunction