The Enquirer

REPLY TO GEN. HARRISON.

In camp at St. Mary's. Oct. 6, 1812.

SIR--In behalf of the officers and soldiers of the 1st battalion of mounted riflemen from Kentucky, now honorably discharged from the public service by your order, after having served the time required by the proclamation of the executive of that state, I am to state that we cannot leave the army under your command without expressing the confidence we feel in your exertions in your Country's cause--We feel a satisfaction in expressing our high approbation of your conduct as a man, and your unremitted exertions as the commander in chief of the N. W. army--Next to having obeyed the call of duty and honor in serving our much injured country, we feel the highest satisfaction in having obeyed the orders of a commander who knows his duty, and who has capacity and firmness to execute it. Whatever may have been our confidence heretofore in your military worth and as a friend to your country, we never should have known the value of your services had we not been eye witnesses to them. We have but a few minutes to express the regret with which we take leave of you and the patriotic army under your command--that regret is however lessened upon a conviction that you have at this time sufficient forces to effect the great object of your appointment, and that the crisis which demanded the mounted riflemen have been met by their exertions--Without which considerations we could not have left the army; though our horses are worn down with fatigue and in fact many of them lost to us forever--May the army under your command continue their march to glory, to honor, to fame, to victory. May their arms and their valor avenge the bleeding wounds of their injured country. May they immortalize themselves by showing that they are worthy of defending the cause of their country, of independence, and of freedom. And may you, sir, continue in their confidence as expressed by them and administer to their wants as you have done--And may you survive the glorious conflict in which we are engaged, to behold the rights of a republic firmly maintained in war and in peace, and to receive the plaudits of your country in having been one of the distinguished warriors in their support.

Your friend and servant,

R. H. M. JOHNSON.