WILLIAM L. OLEMENTS

Stevens collection, no. 386




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EDWARD DREWE,
LATE
MAJOR
OF THE
THIRTY-FIFTH REGIMENT OF FOOT.
Published by HIMSELF.
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HE following account was
tended for publication, on my
return to England, as appears from my
addreſs to my brother officers, which I
have ſtill preſerved. The general good
reception and undiminished efteem I
experienced from my friends, feemed
to render my executing that intention
needlefs. Mifapprehenfions, however,
have been formed of my conduct, and
it is neceffary to remove them. I have
been blamed for not accepting an ex-
change of my commiffion; for refufing
the affiftance of law; and for oppofing
my
Lieutenant Colonel. But it will be
found, that I could not exchange, that
I did not refufe that affiftance which a
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newly conquered ifland could not afford
me, and that I fuffered for declining to
oppofe my Commanding Officer. I
have, therefore, printed a few copies
of my Cafe, for the infpection of my
friends, in vindication of my conduct
in theſe refpects, and to fave myſelf the
vexation of anfwering perpetual quef-
tions, on a difagreeable fubject.
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this occafion, for my refolution was
formed fix months fince. I have uſed
fome names without permiffion, but
when character is at ftake, ceremonies
muſt be laid aſide. My well-wishers
will readily lend them, to fupport
to
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THE
OFFICERS OF THE ARMY
Who ferved in NORTH AMERICA and the WEST
CA and the WEST
INDIES, from the Year 1775 to 1781.
GENTLEMEN,
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HAVE, at laft, determined to publish my
to none
fingular cafe, and I can addrefs it to
fo properly as to you. With you I have!
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encounter'd the ftorms of ocean, and the
hazards of war; with you
endured the rigors
of northern winters, and the ardor of tropi-
cal funs; with moft of you I have lived on a
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footing of cordiality and efteem;
; and, in my
adverfe days, when fummer friends take
their leave, have experienced, from you, an
attention which would have flattered even
profperous fortunes. Altho' I am forbidden
ever more to fhare your glory and your toils, yet
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I cannot fink into obfcurity, without a wish,
that, if I live in your future remembrance,
your ideas of me may not be unfavorable.
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When I parted from thofe of you who
were ferving in the Weft-Indies, to throw
myfelf into the bofom of my native county,
you conceived it to be a ftep proper for injured
innocence, and defired me to publish my Cafe.
I delayed the publication. I found fuch a
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general good reception from all ranks of
om all ranks of peo-
ple, and my friends fo decided on my conduct,
that I was taught to think all publication
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unneceffary. But, under the fhade of this
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do abisser!
indolence, noxious weeds have fprung up;
reports have circulated to my difadvantage.
I am willing to beleive them the offspring of
idle conjecture, on a fudden reverfe of for-
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tune, the circumftances of which were known
only to few. But to have it even hinted that,
I loft my commiffion, by deferting the poft of
danger, when I have fuch proofs that an eager
defire

(iii)
defire to expofe my perfon, was the firft alarm
to envy,
the parent of malice, and the imme-
diate caufe of my ruin, would be a moft un-
pardonable neglect of reputation. bus soiv
This performance confifts of the minutes of
my court martial, a very few notes, and fome
original letters alluded to in the proceedings.
The arrangement refembles the cafe of a
ge-
neral officer lately published; in point of
form it could not have been otherwife, but
do not think I mean to ftand in competition
with that man whom I can only rival in mif-
fortune. In one point however I fhall differ
from him; instead of commenting on my
dence, I fhall leave it almoft in its fimple ftate
to your impartial opinions. And fince I
evi-
have been very tender of fpeaking ill of one,
whofe diftance from England deprives him of
an opportunity of reply, I doubt not you will
perceive, that a regard for my remaining repu-
tation is the principal object I have in view.
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( iv ):
I fear I must be condemn'd for
great im-
prudence, but that is not an error of the
heart. I meant all for the benefit of the fer-
vice; and when my perplexing fituation is
confidered, I can fcarce form to myfelf any
better mode of acting, confiftent with that
idea of obedience I had held forth to you in
my *publication at New-York. But after all,
perhaps, you may be inclined to confider me
as a heretic in difcipline, who wished to adopt
a liberal line of command, but was unlucky
in choice of time and fituation. As to my
defence or rather juftification, it will be found
very inaccurate. It was compofed entirely by
myfelf, within the fhort space of three days,
in a place where I could have no recourfe to
books; and its unguarded openefs will ac-
quit me of having confulted Lawyers, for
indeed there were none to confult.
even in my power to correct it.
It is not
It is not
It muft
ftand
This with fome other military effays I may perhaps one
day republish.

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ftand verbatim as a true copy from the Judge
Advocate's office; but all deficiencies in the
compen-
compofition of the defence, will be
fated, perhaps, by the noble teftimony of veteran
officers, over whofe heads I had been promoted,
a circumftance of all others the most aggra-
vating to a foldier. Thefe proofs of difinte-
refted honor have prop'd my falling fame, and
fhall live in my grateful remembrance.
The letters in the APPENDIX are moftly
without date or anfwer; the reafon is, they
were printed from foul copies, and the an-
fwers were directed to the profecutor, under
whofe arreft I was. I need not pledge myfelf
to you that they are authentic, fince they are al-
moft all directed to General Vaughan, and I
publish them whilft he is in England.
GENTLEMEN, I now bid you farewell! I am
fallen from the height to which I foar'd,
never perhaps to rife again. But let not my
fate deter you from fpirited exertions for your
country,

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country, yet let it teach you to be fpirited
with caution.
Much has been faid in praiſe
of the English legiflature; but, when you
read the venial trifling faults alledged againft
me as crimes, when you find that for thefe
crimes there is a law, by the conftruction of
which, a gallant officer, high in command,*
proud, tho' in misfortune, of the praiſes of his
Monarch, and yet in the vigour of health and
life, is robbed at once of rank and fame, and,
in the very crifis of our fate, fentenced to a dif-
graceful oblivion; you will then admit that
this law is an alien from the mild fpirit of
our code, or that the meaning of it is not
fufficiently understood.
Wishing you more profperous fortunes,
I fubfcribe myfelf
moft gratefully and affectionately
your moft obedient fervant
E.
DREW E.
Vid. No. 16, Appendix. ov

MAZ MIATTAD
CESTAHOLI MIATTAD
PROCEEDINGS, &c.
C.
A¹
Ta GENERAL COURT MARTIAL,
held on the ISLAND of SAINT LUCIA, in the
West Indies, on Wedneſday the 24th day of May,
in the Year of Our Lord 1780, and continued
untill the 2d day of June following, by Virtue
of a Warrant from His EXCELLENCY THE HON.
JOHN VAUGHAN, General, and Commander in
Chief of his Majefty's forces in the Caribbee,
and Leeward Islands, &c. &c. &c. directed to
Lieutenant Colonel EDWARD MITCHELL, of his
Majefty's Enniskillen (or 27th) regiment of foot.
LIEUT. COLONEL MITCHELL, Prefident.
1002
MEMBERS.
Reg.
LIEUT. COL. LORD VISC. CHEWTON, 87th
MAJOR KINLOCK GORDON,
MAJOR J. J. ELLIS,
MAJOR WILLIAM BROWNE,
MAJOR DUDLEY ACKLAND,
CAPTAIN HENRY MOORE,
CAPTAIN NICHOLAS PARKER,
CAPTAIN CHARLES LEIGH,
90th
89th
49th
91ft
27th
27th
49th
CAPT.

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CAPTAIN EDWARD CHANDLER,
CAPTAIN SAMUEL WARING,
27th
CAPTAIN RICHARD O'MEARA,
27th
CAPTAIN THOMAS GIBSON,
49th
CAPTAIN HENRY BABINGTON,
49th
CAPTAIN HENRY CROKER,
27th
49th
CAPTAIN JOHN NIXON, of the 49th reg.
Deputy Judge Advocate.
The COURT being duly conftituted and fworn,
MAJOR EDWARD DREWE, of his Majefty's
35th regiment of foot, was brought before it, and
accufed by LIEUT. COLONEL COCKBURN,
his commanding officer, for repeated Neglects
of Duty, and Difobedience of Orders, for fre-
quently abfenting himfelf from the Service of
the Regiment for Weeks together, lying out of his
Quarters, and quitting the Ifland without leave,
and for behaving in many other refpects unbe-
coming the character of an officer of his rank. M
(Signed) JAMES COCKBURN,
17th April, 1780.
Lieut. Colonel, 35th foot.
In Addition to the above Crime, MAJOR
DREWE is charged with breaking his Arreft. AM
(Signed)
27th April, 1780.
To all which the
GUILTY.
JAMES COCKBURN.
HE MAKIJIW HOTAM
Prifoner pleaded NOT
OHSIN MIATTAO
The Court adjourned till to-morrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
MATSKO
Thursday,

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Thursday, the 25th day of May. do 2
The Court being met, according to adjourn-
ment, proceeded to evidence,
5013
LIEUT. COLONEL JAMES COCKBURN,
of his Majefty's 35th regiment of foot, being
duly fworn, depofeth:
About the laft of October, 1778. while the
regiment was on float, under orders for the Weft
Indies, the prifoner came on board, and told him
he was appointed Major to the 35th regiment;
when he anſwered, it was the firft he had heard of
it, and was exceffively concerned at it, for two rea-
fons; the firft, the good of the regiment; the
fecond, for his (the prifoner's) private fake; fay-
ing, he thought he might do better in a ſtrange
regiment, than one he was known in. The Pri-
foner himſelf then feemed fenfible of the fame.
He added, that as the cafe ftood, he required a
double fhare of philofophy and refolution, on his
fide, to act the part of Major, and if he did fo,
he fhould meet from him every publick fupport,
and private advice, that he was mafter of. He,
the prifoner, declared he would do fo, and took
his leave. The next time he faw Major Drewe
was in Carlifle bay, in Barbadoes, the day the fleet
arrived, when the Major came on board his tranf-
port, and reported a lieutenant of the regiment
prifoner, for fome misbehaviour to him on the
paffage, adding, that that was the fecond time he
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was obliged to confine him. The Major at the
fame time urging him ftrongly to report him to
the Commander in Chief, and demand a court
martial, which he declined; telling him, as the
young man had only juft got a lieutenancy, and
he only lately made Major, it would have a bad
appearance before the Commander in Chief; more-
over, as the regiment was going on immediate
fervice. However, after the lieutenant had been
kept in arreft, untill after the capitulation of this
ifland, he obliged him to make a full fubmiffion
to Major Drewe, purely to fupport difcipline in
its full force.
That whilft the regiment was at the Cul-de-fac
he was taken ill of a fever, and whilft the adju-
tant vifited him daily, he afked him if he ever
faw the Major, or whether he ever appeared with
the regiment during his illnefs; he anfwered, that
he feldom faw him, tho' he called at his tent every
day, from ten, eleven, and twelve o'clock, and
received information from his fervant, that he was
then afleep in bed. That on the adjutant's re-
porting this to him, he added, it was no wonder
it was fo, for that he had heard, that the Major
was every night drinking with four or five parti-
cular officers, whom the reft of the regiment had
feparated from. Two of thofe officers (happily
for themſelves) are fince dead, a third has been
difmiffed the regiment by a court martial, a fourth
has given his refignation in, rather than ftand a
court

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court martial, and the fifth is at prefent under ar-
reft for misbehavior in the town. That when he
began to recover from the fever, he was obliged
to fend for Major Drewe to his room, and having
reprefented to him his behavior in general as Ma-
jor, told him that the example he fhewed was as
dangerous to difcipline as difgraceful to himſelf.
He promiſed to amend, and departed.-Soon after
this, the Major reported to him, that he had con-
fined a Lieutenant Graham (who was one of his
affociates and fince dead) on fome altercation that
paffed between them the night before in a hut.
He, the deponent, told the prifoner, he was dif
treffed, and forry to fay, that he only felt himfelf
Major over his cups, and never where he fhould do.
That at fuch place there could be no diftinction
between gentlemen of all ranks, provided they be-
haved like gentlemen, and therefore defired he
would releaſe the officer, receiving his apology.
The fick and weakly ftate of the regiment
obliged him (the deponent) to give a written order
out, that no officer of any rank fhould keep more
than one foldier as a fervant or otherwife, and fet
the example himſelf. Every officer obeyed but the
Major, whofe principal duty he conceived is to
fee all orders executed; obferving that the Major
ftill retained two foldiers, he defired the Adjutant
to ſpeak to him about it, as he himself was too
much hurt, to fpeak fo often to one of his rank.
The Adjutant reported to him that he had ſpoke
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to him (the prifoner) about it, and he promifed
to difmifs the fecond foldier; but did not difmifs
him, becauſe for many days after he obferved him,
attending him (the prifoner), which obliged him
(the deponent) to fpeak to the prifoner himself,
and tell him, he was afhamed that any officer
fhould attempt to deceive, and fly in the face of
all order; he (the prifoner) anfwered, it was his
fervant's fault, that the foldier was not difmiffed,
but that he would difmifs him in an hour.-Yet,
after all this did he keep him for fome days,
which obliged him to fend the Adjutant to the
prifoner and tell him, that if he did not inftantly
obey his orders, he would put him in arreft.-
The written orders of the regiment require all
officers to attend parade morning and evening;
yet while the regiment remained on the lower
ground, and fince it came upon this hill, Major
Drewe, very feldom, not for weeks together, made
his appearance on the regimental parade. This
he frequently lamented to the Adjutant in private,
the bad example it fhewed to the regiment, and
he was obliged more than once to reprimand
Major Drewe for his general mifconduct, but to,
no purpoſe.
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That about the latter end of December, or be-
ginning of January laft, the prifoner, Major Drewe,
abfented himſelf without leave, from the island,
which obliged him to report him (the prifoner).
abfent without leave, to the Brigadier General
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That on his return, after a ftay of about, from a
week to a fortnight, hearing, he fuppofes, he had
been properly reported, he (the prifoner) wrote a
letter of fubmiffion to the Brigadier General, which
the Brigadier fhewed him, and afterwards fent for
the prifoner; and the Brigadier having afked him
(the deponent) whether he would be fatisfied with
the reprimand he (the Brigadier General) would
give the Major, or whether he (the deponent)
would infift on more, the deponent replied, he
wifhed by no means to bring him (the prifoner) to
a publick hearing, and wifhed he might profit by
his reprimand. The Brigadier General then re-
primanded him, which the deponent thought a
deep wound to the fervice, as he believed an in-
ftance cannot be produced, where a man, poffeffed
of the refpectable rank of Major, ever merited a
reprimand. All this had no effect on the prifoner,
Major Drewe, who purfued the old courfe, and
the Brigadier General told him (the deponent)
that he was obliged a fecond time to reprimand
Major Drewe, for fome mifbehaviour he heard him
commit in a hut at an unfeafonable hour of the
night.
35 to 2500
That on the day (he believes the 10th of April)
the regiment was muftered on this hill, the pri-
foner, Major Drewe, (by chance) appeared on the
parade, having not appeared there for at leaft five
weeks before; he defired the Adjutant to tell him
(the prifoner) to fpeak to him (the deponent), and
in

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in the Adjutant's prefence, he demanded of the
prifoner his reafons for fo repeatedly infulting, and
abufing the fervice, and who gave him a difpen-
fation to do as he pleafed. After fome frivolous
excuſes on his (the prifoner's) fide, he concluded
by faying he would do fo no more, and amend ;
but instead of that, he never faw him from that
hour, untill he was a prifoner, having, in defiance
of all order and fubordination, abfconded from the
the regiment, tho' his name was that very day, in
written orders as a member of a General court
martial, of which he (the deponent) was to be
prefident. That court martial affembled, and
when the members were called over, Major Drewe-
was abfent; on which he fent the Judge Advocate
to acquaint the Brigadier General, as commanding
at this poft, that as Major Drewe was abfent with-
out his (the deponent's) leave, as his command-
ing officer, defired to receive his directions how
the court was to proceed. The Brigadier General
fent back word, that Major Drewe was alfo abfent
without his leave, and defired the court might
proceed without him, upon which Major Drewe
is noted on the minutes of that court martial in
thoſe words, viz. "Major Edward Drewe of the
35th regiment, having been warned a member for
this court martial, and abfented himfelf without
leave, is reported as fuch to the Brigadier General,
who has directed the court to proceed without
him."
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That from about the 10th to the 16th of April,
the prifoner, Major Drewe, was abfent, and on
his (the deponent's) hearing of his (the prifoner's)
return, he immediately ordered the Adjutant to
put him in arreft; perfuaded the impartial world
in general, and this honourable court in particu-
lar, will be convinced that he forbore to the laft,
and that he had nothing in view from the begin-
ning, but the fupport and dignity of the King's
fervice, which has been fo deeply wounded by the
prifoner. That after the prifoner had been in
arreft for about fix or feven days, he was told by
two officers, who inhabit a hutt near to Mr.
M'Dermott's, that they had heard, after ten
o'clock at night, Major Drewe's voice in his ufual
high tone in that hutt; this furprized him much,
as every officer, however ignorant, fhould know
the confequence of breaking an arreft; but upon
enquiry found it was true, and that Mr. Bulkley,
furgeon's mate to the 35th regiment, formed one
of the company.
This lieutenant M'Dermott,
having behaved unfortunately in fuch a manner
as to draw down the contempt of his brother
officers, and oblige them to declare they would
not rank with him; who (rather than ftand a court
martial fent him in his refignation many months
ago) has been the conftant daily and nightly com-
panion of Major Drewe fince the regiment came to
this ifland, notwithftanding his often reprefenta-
tions to the Major upon it, how difhonourable it
was

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was in him as Major, to countenance a perfon
whom the whole regiment defpifed.
Captain JAMES LAMB, late adjutant of the
35th regiment, being called on, and duly fworn,
depofeth,
That Major Drewe came in a different fhip from
the one he was in, to this ifland; that on his (the
prifoner's) arrival here, he went on detachment ;
on his return from which he was taken fick, and
continued fo, off and on, untill the regiment came
on this hill. That on this ifland Lieutenant-
Colonel Cockburn did twice give orders that all
officers fhould attend morning and evening pa-
rade; Major Drewe was fick the firft time this
order was given. Major Drewe did not attend
the parades of the regiment, has been abfent fre-
quently for one, two, or three weeks.
When he (the deponent) has been to fhow Lieu-
tenant Colonel Cockburn orders of a morning, he
(Lieutenant-Colonel Cockburn) has often afked
if the Major was at home, he anfwered yes, for he
had feen him; fometimes he was not at home.
That on a General court-martial being ordered
to affemble on this hill, of which Major Drewe
was ordered a member, he went to his room to
warn him, but found he was not at home; when
he aſked his fervant where he was, who told him
he was in the Carenage; he ordered his fervant to
go immediately, and tell Major Drewe, he was for
a

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a General Court-martial; which that fervant after-
wards told him (the deponent), in prefence of an
officer of the regiment, he had done; he aſked
him why the major did not attend; he (the fer-
vant) faid, he had gone on board the fleet.
Q. From the Court to the Deponent (Captain
James Lamb.)-Was it a verbal meffage, or a
written order from you as Adjutant?
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A. A verbal meffage, having frequently given
the Major's fervant verbal meffages.
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Q. From the Profecutor (Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn) to the Deponent (Captain James Lamb)
When Major Drewe was ordered down from the
hills to join me at the Cul-de-Sac, did he obey
that order by marching down the companies him-
felf, or did he ftay behind?
A. He ftayed behind. and fish evade
Q. Was not I obliged to fend an order to him
to come down forthwith?
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Q. During my illness, have not I frequently
afked you if ever you faw the Major, or whether
he interfered in his duty or not?
A. You have.
Q. What was your anfwer?
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A. Sometimes I have feen him, fometimes I
have not. Major Drewe never interfered in the
duty of the regiment in giving me orders.
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twelve o'clock, and was told by his fervant he was
a bed; and what was your reflection on that?
A. I have. And been much furprized at his
laying in bed fo late.
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Q. From the Court to the Deponent.-Whether
you know Major Drewe laid in bed, from ficknefs,
or any other caufe?
A. I did not conceive he laid in bed from fick-
nefs, as I have feen him walking out afterwards.
Q. From the Profecutor (Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn) to the Deponent.-Did you not tell
me it was obferved by the regiment, or yourfelf,
that Major Drewe had been, night after night,
drinking in a hovel near the lime kiln, at the Grand
Cul-de-Sac, in company with four or five particu-
lar officers?
A. I have faid that Major Drewe had been
drinking there.
Q. Do you recollect, that on my recovery I fent
for Major Drewe, to reprefent to him his neglects
and mifconduct, during my illness?
A. I think you did, and recollect your faying
you would give him either your opinion or advice.
Q. Did not I give a written order out, forbid-
ing any officer to keep more foldiers than one,
as fervant, or otherwife; and did Major Drewe
properly obey that order?
A. You did give that order, and after that Ma-
jor Drewe had two.
Q. Was not I obliged fometimes, after that
order was given out, to fend you to tell Major
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Drewe, if he did not obey me, I would put him
in arreft?
A. You did.
Q Have you not repeatedly called at Major
Drewe's quarters on this hill, to fhew orders, as
Adjutant, and found the doors locked, and no one
to answer you?
A. He and his fervant were frequently out
when I called.
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Q. Do you recollect, that about the latter end
of December laft, or beginning of January, the
Major was abfent from the island, and what was
the confequence on his return?
A. I recollect hearing Major Drewe fay he had
been on board the fleet; for he was not prefent
with the regiment.
He defcribed Fort Royal
Harbour.
his return.
I know nothing in confequence of
Q. On the 10th of April laft, at the mufter of
the regiment, did not I fend you for Major Drewe,
to come to me; and what paffed between us in
your prefence?
A. You did fend me for Major Drewe, and
afked him why he had been fo long abfent from
the parade of the regiment; Major Drewe made
anfwer, he did not conceive it was requifite for
him to attend, from the meffage fent him by the
Adjutant.-After fome further converfation, Ma-1
jor Drewe faid he would attend more cloſely for
the future.
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Q. How many weeks had Major Drewe been
abfent from the duty of the regiment, before that
day; or did he ever appear fince that day?
A. He was abfent between two or three weeks
before that day, and I do not recollect to have feen
him fince on the parade.
Q. As you have been Adjutant of the regiment
for above four years, has Major Drewe conducted
himfelf in any refpect in fupport of the difcipline
and reputation of the regiment, as his predeceffors
the Majors have done?
A. Certainly I think he has not, for I faw a
great difference.
I
The Court adjourned till to-morrow morning
at ten o'clock.
5 ni gaidon wond I ugdH
Friday the 26th day of May.
The Court met according to adjournment, and
proceeded.
BRIGADIER GENERAL SIR HENRY
CALDER, BARONET, commanding his Majefty's
forces in the inland of Saint Lucia, being duly
fworn, the queftion was put by the Profecutor
(Lieut. Col. Cockburn).
Q. Have you ever had occafion to reprimand
the Prifoner (Major Drewe)? how often, and for
what?
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A. I fent for Major Drewe twice, for that pur-
pofe. The first for quitting the island without
my leave; but in confequence of a letter of apo-
logy, I told him, as he was fenfible of his error,
I was perfectly fatisfied. The fecond time I fent
for Major Drewe, was in confequence of a riot at
Lieutenant Fitzgerald's, clofe to the hofpital,
which lafted moft of the night; and informed
Major Drewe that I was very much furprifed, that
he, as a field officer of the garrifon, fhould be
with fuch riotous company; that as fuch I fhould
hope for the future, he would prevent, and not be
olnido of
prefent at fuch improper doings.
Q. At the time alluded to, did not I report
Major Drewe abfent without my l
my leave?
A. You did. og hn woy nogu
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Q. When you fent for Major Drewe in my
Twins an
prefence to reprimand him, did you not afkme,
if I, as his commanding officer, was content with
that, or wifhed for more?
Silem aid
A. I expreffed myfelf to that purpofe, and full
as ftrong; the particular words I do not recollect.
Q. From the time the 35th regiment has had
the honor of ferving under you, from its firft land-
ing on this iſland, has Major Drewe, either to your
own knowledge, or from the different reports
made to you, acted as a Major of the army fhould
have done?omist on 101 0000s bildugs of mid
A. In my opinion he has not, in many par-
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LIEUTENANT

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LIEUT. SHAW, of his Majefty's 35th regi-
ment, being duly fworn, the question was put by
the Profecutor (Lieut. Col. Cockburn).
Q. Have you ever heard Major Drewe declare,
that he never would attend a regimental parade,
unlefs a General officer was there?
A. I have.
Q. Have you ever feen Major Drewe in any
houfe in Carenage, laying afleep; and what hap-
pened on that?
A. One morning I had the town guard; I went
to Robinfon's tavern to get breakfaft, Major
Drewe was in bed in the room; whilft I was at
breakfaſt he got up and breakfafted with me.
Q. Upon your firft going into that room, did
you fpeak to Major Drewe's fervant; and what
was his anfwer?
A. After I had been fome time in the room, the
Major's fervant came in. I afked him if he had
not better wake his maſter, to take fome tea; he
anfwered, he believed his mafter would rather
have grogg.
Q. Were you not one of the fubalterns of the
35th regiment, who waited on me fome months
ago, to tell me that the behaviour of Mr. M'Der-
mott was fo bad, that you could no longer think
of ranking with him, defiring that I would bring
him to a public account for the fame ?ad
A. Lieutenant Rofs and myfelf did wait on you
for that purpoſe, in the name of the fubalterns.
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Q. Did not I tell you then, that, in pity to the
man, I did not wifh a court-martial; and if he re-
figned quietly, it would anfwer fully your pur-
pofe? And did you not wait on Mr. M'Dermott,
to acquaint him therewith? nisaqe bib mis
-A. I did.ob
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RICHARD WILSON, private foldier in his
Majefty's 35th regiment of foot, being duly fworn,
the queftion was put by the Profecutor, Lieutenant
Colonel Cockburn.
no guion
50 Q. Has your mafter, Major Drewe, ever lain
out of his quarters on this hill ?
A. He has, on board fhip.
nool stam
Q. How many days, or weeks together, has he
been abfent from his quarters on this hill?
A. Near three weeks.
Q. How often was he on board fhip; or were
you with him?
A. I was twice on board with him. The firft
time I was there three or four days, and fent home
fick; the Major ftill remained. The laft time I
was there four days.
Q. Did the Major come on fhore with you that
laft time?
aid A. He did. MIED M
Q. Did your mafter, Major Drewe, ever lay at
night in the Carenage; and how often?
A. He has, twice to my recollection.
Q. Did he ever lay more than one night at a
time there?
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odA. I do not recollect he did.les I son bi o
Q. Do you recollect that he did not Pib Imm
A. I do not. vins blow at hoiup bong
Q. Before you went on board the fhip the laft
time, did Captain Lamb, as Adjutant, tell you
that your
mafter was in written orders for a Gene-
ral Court martial; and did you acquaint Major
Drewe with the fame? MORIIW CHAHOL
A. Captain Lamb did tell me, and I told the
Major at the Carenage; the Major faid he was then
going on board fhip.
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nisQvHas not your mafter, Major Drewe, fince
his coming on this ifland, been on the most inti-
mate footing with Mr. McDermott, frequently
dining and fupping together? yasm voH O
A. He has. no 21510p aid mon inalds and
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Q. Do you recollect the laft time that Major
Drewe went over to Mr. McDermott's hutt?
A. About five or fix weeks fince. id diw nov
Q. Was it fince your mafter laft returned from
the fleet?
A. It was.
Q. How many days after his return?d enw
A. I believe it was ten days. Mons bic
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LIEUTENANT M'DERMOTT, of his
Majefty's 35th regiment, being duly fworn, the
queftion was put by the Profecutor (Lieut. Col.
Cockburn). om 15: SHA
Q. Have you not been on the moft intimate
footing with Major Drewe, fince our landing on
this

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this ifland, frequently dining and fupping with
him?
A. I have.
Q. When did Major Drewe laft vifit
your hut?
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A. I believe about a month ago.
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Q. Who was prefent at that time?
A. I believe Doctor Bulkeley, I am not certain.
Q. Was it fince Major Drewe was in arreft?
A. Since that time I heard it was; I did not
know he was then in arreft.
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Q. Was it fince the laft General Court-martial
fat, before which you was called as an evidence?
A. It was.
Mr. THOMAS BULKELEY, Surgeon's Mate
to his Majefty's 35th regiment of foot, being duly
fworn, the question was put by the Profecutor
(Lieutenant Colonel Cockburn).
Q. Have you been lately in Mr. McDermott's
hutt, in company with Major Drewe?
A. About five or fix weeks ago I was fent for
by Mr. McDermott; after I had been there about
half an hour, Major Drewe came in.
Q. Can you recollect the day?
A. On Saturday the 22d of April, to the beſt
of my recollection.
The Court adjourned to Monday next, at ten
o'clock.
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Monday, the 29th day of May.
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The Court being met according to adjourn-
ment, proceeded; when, the Profecution being
clofed, the Prifoner, MAJOR EDWARD
DREWE, of his Majefty's 35th regiment of foot,
was put on his Defence, viz.
DEFENCE.
Mr. Prefident, and Gentlemen of this ho
norable Court,
I SHALL not apologize for the trouble I have
hitherto given you, fince I hope to convince you,
I have taken every ftep fubmiffion could dictate,
to avoid a fituation difagreeable to you, as men of
feeling, and difgraceful to me, as an officer: nei-
ther fhall I excufe myfelf to you for the long time
I may engage your attention. You will confider
the great ftake I play for; no lefs than that of
rank, fortune, private reputation, military fame,
and all my future profpects, as a citizen and a
foldier. Your equity, then, will afford me a free
and uninterrupted audience! It is in your breafts
whether it may not be the laft time I fhall ever
appeal to you as a fellow foldier. Let me then
have the comfort of unburthening myſelf, that
(when I may demand a copy of this court martial,
according to the articles of war) it may be known
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to my friends and parents, as well as my moft
gracious mafter, that though neglectful, perhaps,
in fome of the forms of fervice, my Character was
unimpeached in the effentials.
The faults of the moft perfect character among
men, brought into one point of view, are fuffi-
cient entirely to overfhade it. Mine being very
far from a perfect one, it will be requifite that
I fhould throw fome lights upon it, at leaft to en-
title it to be termed a mixed Character. Two other
reafons, I hope, will fufficiently prove to the Court,
the neceffity of my bringing forth my whole Cha-
racter as a Soldier. Firft, becaufe I chiefly ground
my Defence on my being driven into this fituation
by malicious vexation, originating in 1775, and
hitherto purfued with unremitting perfeverance,
and fecondly, for the information of the Court;
for, as the Profecutor has opened with declaring,
he was forry I came into the 35th, both for my
fake and that of the regiment, it is neceffary you
fhould know what my conduct was prior to that
time, which will otherwife remain a mystery to
this Court; and whether or not I had difgraced
the regiment. 61 5m
I must premife firft, that, in this Defence, I
fhall be obliged to fay many things I wish it was
poffible to avoid- but the Profecutor has his
reply.
Secondly, That my plea of fervice is by no
means held forth to vie with that of many more
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refpectable officers now in this Court; but they,
hitherto unblemished, are not forced to turn
boafters like me.
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Thirdly, I muft entreat you, Gentlemen, to
attribute e any words, which may appear too bitter,
or too bold, in this Defence, to the indignation
of a Soldier, who finds all his ambitious hopes
terminate, in being brought before you as a
Criminal.
I am the only fon of a gentleman of family;
my fortune independant of a profeffion. With
the reluctant confent of my parents, I purchaſed
an Enfigncy in the 35th regiment. I fhall decline
giving this Court a detail of the parades I then
attended; it will be fufficient for my Character,
to fay, that after little more than five years, I
purchaſed a Company in the regiment over feven
officers, with whofe fervices, mine, taken in the
moft favourable light, can never ftand in compe-
tition; yet none of them complained of my good
fortune.ong ebw Bulinos y dw won bluort
o: I lived thus refpected, when the regiment was
Lordered for Bofton. My parents offered every
independance, to induce me to quit the army;
but neither my pride nor my zeal would fubmit
to it. We arrived at Bofton, June the 15th. I
wifhed to be early diftinguished. The Profecutor,
then Captain of light infantry, refigned me his
company on the 16th.
Stunder his eye, whom I
Proud to be fignalized
then had confidered as a
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father, I led it to action on the 17th; my com-
pany was cut to pieces, to fix privates, almoft in
my fight. I received, on that day, three wounds,
two contufions, and had my fhoulder diflocated.
I languished near eighteen weeks, of thefe and
the diforders of the climate. With two wounds
unhealed, I embarked for Europe in October; and
thofe who remember that winter, will imagine
the anguish of a man in my ftate, in an ill mann'd
veffel. I was twice near being fhipwrecked. I
returned to my friends, was received with open
arms; was prefented with the freedom of a great
city. Independance again held out; I was told my
reputation was eſtabliſhed, nay, was appointed
by the Colonel of the regiment to an additional
company, and received a beating order. But
neither the dangers I had experienced, nor the
flattering profpects held out to me, could induce
me to quit the fervice of the ftate, when I found
myfelf calculated to fupport it. 1 excufed my-
felf to the Colonel, tore myfelf from my friends,
and embarked again for America, my health then
not re-eftablished. I reached not New-York
(being ordered on duty to Ireland in my way)
untill the 26th of October, 1776; and on the
evening of the next day, I committed the firſt of
thofe faults, which, having been repeated, have
ultimately brought me into this fituation. For,
on intelligence of an expected action, I left my
recruits for the army to my fecond in command,
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who now perhaps hears me, and paffed the danger-
ous ftraits of Hell Gate by night; but was ftopped,
by order, at New Rochelle, and thus unhappily
miffed an action, which might have given me
perhaps an honourable death*.
Thefe facts are well known. Yet it may appear
fingular to this Court, that a man of my perfe-
verance and enterprize, fhould ever have fallen
into the unmilitary character held out to it by the
Profecutor. They will imagine there was fome
caufe: I will give it them.-I there firft met with
the Profecutor, as Commanding Officer of the
regiment.
N. B. The Court thought the remainder of
my preamble unneceffary; I therefore with-
on drew it; but as I fince find it was very mate-
rial to fupport the pofition on which I found
my
whole Defence,-That I was driven to this
line of conduct by unmerited perfecution, ori-
ginating in 1775, I have thought fit to infert
it in its place.
[I have now in my hand a copy of a letter fent
by me to the Profecutor, then a Captain, at
Boſton. It is written from my fick bed. It is
expoftulatory, on his claiming a right to the
effects of thofe men whom I had led to the
flaughter. It will let the Court into the nature of
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the original difpute between us. If it is confiftent
with the forms of the Court, I ſhould be glad to
produce it; if not, I fhall juft remark, that the
vexation of fpirit occafioned by this ftrange pro-
ceeding, by no means haftened my cure; for we
had always been on a friendly footing, and the
greateſt confolation I propofed to myfelf was,
Captain Cockburn's applaufe and attention to me
in my ficknefs. But I keep not refentment in my
breaft; I met him again with great cordiality.
Some farcafms I had heard he had thrown out on
my joining that army fo late, which was "fur-
prized at feeing me at all." But thefe I either
disbelieved, or attributed to a latitude of fpeech
men fometimes allow themfelves without mean-
ing; my Character was too firmly fixed to be
fhaken by fuch airy trifles. The regiment foon
after went into the Jerfies, where I cannot but
regret, that the Profecutor's ftay in New-York,
from our first advancing to Prince Town, until
late in the enfuing feafon, prevented his being
witnefs of my zeal, my ftrict attention, and my
perfonal fpirit, in a crifis fo ferious and fo well
known; becaufe I think, he could not then, with
juftice, have treated me in the manner I fhall now
relate.
On the day of the action at Prince Town,
where I was again wounded, tho' very flightly,
the Captain of the grenadiers of the 35th was
unhappily murdered by the rebels. This was re-
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ported to us on the field of action; and I inftantly
applied for the company; but though I was the
earlieft claimant, and the eldeft competitor, the
Lieutenant Colonel, then at New-York, appointed
a junior Captain of that company, who, from com-
mon juftice and affection to his friend, by no
means wished for a command, which he has fince
filled with fo much credit*. 'Tis true, the Lieut.
Colonel offered me the light infantry, but I had
before refigned that company, my former wounds
rendering my future ftrength and agility, pre-
carious.
What added ftings to this difappointment was
the reflection, that but two nights before this, I
had obtained the approbation of my General, for
having pierc'd, with only fifty men, 18 miles into
the enemy's country, deftroyed a ftore, gained
intelligence of their fituation, carried off prifoners,
and, though their whole army was in motion to
intercept me, retreated without the lofs of a man,
or once bringing my little force to action. Thofe
of
you
who were at Prince Town will readily recol-
lect this: yet this weighed nothing to produce me
my juft right; and, with the lofs of the grenadier
company, ended my hopes of being diftinguifhed.
I will not trefpafs on your time.-To be brief,
I continued to fuffer fuch mortifications, that at
laft I was driven to fign a paper, with three fourths
*
Captain Hugh Maffey.
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of the officers of the 35th, declaring our ina-
bility to fupport the oppreffion of the Lieutenant
Colonel. This paper, as being the eldeft officer
on the lift, I was appointed to deliver to General
Howe; but a Captain, now out of the regiment,
feeming to waver, it was configned to oblivion.
The Lieutenant Colonel gaining intelligence of
this, I waited on him, avowed the paper, and gave
him my
reafons for figning it. I mention this,
becauſe I think it may be produced againft me in
the reply; and chiefly, becaufe this ftep con-
firmed that ill-will towards me which had no
foundation in reafon, and which yet will not be
fatisfied but with my ruin.
In fhort. After purchafing all my other com-
miffions, I was indulged with a majority, at a
price fo enormous, that it cannot confiftently
reach his Majefty through the regular channel of
a Court-martial; and joined the 35th, as Major,
with the firm hope, that my obedience and atten-
tion would remove ungenerous prepoffeffion, and
re-eſtabliſh us on our once friendly footing. But,
alas, how vain was that hope!]
*
I am now come down to that period, from
whence the Profecution commences. I have, I
hope, proved an early wish to mortify me in the
Profecutor; and this honourable Court, will not,
I truft, when they confider my perfeverance in
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the fervice, under fuch fevere difappointments,
think me an officer, who had then difgraced the
regiment. guise
The first part of the profecutor's charge is of fo
ftrange a nature, that I fcarcely know how to an-
fwer it. You are firft told of a private converfa-
tion between us; I differ indeed in fome points of
memory, but, as no witnefs was prefent, the affer-
tions of either party can have no weight. But,
from the profecutor's having told me, that he was
forry I was Major, for my fake and the regiment's,
you will judge of what I had to expect from fo
polite and friendly a reception.
He next produces, as a crime, my having put
an officer in arreft; but he does not inform you,
who was in the wrong. Next comes another pri-
vate converfation with me in Carlifle Bay, where
he intimates, that he begged me to releaſe this
officer, as we were on the point of fervice; yet,
that he was not releafed till after the capitulation.
I now with great reluctance produce this officer to
invalidate the teftimony.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS EYRE, of his
Majefty's 35th regiment of foot, being called on
in behalf of the Prifoner, Major Drewe, and duly
fworn, the queftion was put.
Q. When you was in arreft, on board the fleet,
was you in fault, or I?
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Q. Did I feem to lean favorably towards you,
or did I wish to opprefs you?
A. I do not think you meant to opprefs me.
H
Q. What time was you releaſed from your
arreft?
01
A. About ten o'clock, the morning after we
landed on the island of St. Lucia.
Q. From the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn.
Q. As you fay that Major Drewe appeared
to favor you, how happened it, that Major Drewe
reported you to me, a Prifoner, and requefted I
would apply to the Commander in Chief for a
Court-martial?
A. Becauſe I had not made an apology time
enough; when I did, he received it in a gentle-
man-like manner, and let me out of arreft that
morning.
bas
Q. At the time you were releafed, did not you
thank me for my interference, and the part I had
acted in your favor, in preventing a Court-martial?
A. I remember thanking Major Drewe, but
do not recollect ever fpeaking to Lieutenant Co-
lonel Cockburn on that head.
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I am next accuſed of affociating with five offi-
cers from whom the regiment had feparated.
Does the Profecutor mean, that thofe men were
unworthy its being connected with? why then did
the regiment fuffer them to continue fo long in
it? or rather, why did HE, as Lieutenant Colonel,
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whofe buſineſs it was to cleanfe the regiment?
His method of difpofing of them I admit of; two
of them are no more: and is it a crime to die?
Peace to their remains! I fcarcely think it fair to
moleft the afhes of the dead. The third, with
whom indeed I had no connection, was cafhiered;
but for what? fending a written challenge to the
Lieutenant Colonel, demanding fatisfaction as an
injured man. The fourth, neceffity has made im-
prudent, but I have received favours from him in
his profperous hours, and cannot defert him in his
adverfe ones. The fifth is confined for misbeha-
vior; but, till that is proved, his character muft
remain irreproachable. Thus it feems it is a part
of my crime, to have affociated with theſe five
men, becauſe two of them are dead, one is
cafhiered for fending a challenge, a fourth has re-
figned to pay his debts, and a fifth is confined for
mifbehavior, in which I had not the fmalleft con-
cern. But I will now refresh the Profecutor's
memory with the true reafon for the affociation,
viz. neceffity and a hate of folitude; for, when I
made offers to live with him, he declined it in a
manner, which fhewed a fixed defire of feparating
his intereft from mine.
But the ill confequence of this connection is now
to come; it made me lay in bed in the morning.
I never heard, for my part, that laying a bed in the
morning was inconfiftent with my rank. I thought
it the privilege of a great man; nor do I know
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under what article of war it falls.
But as the
Court may think fome duty was neglected by this,
I fhall prefently fatisfy them on that head.
Next comes a charge againft me for fupporting
my rank, by putting one of thefe affociates in
arreft, on which the Lieutenant Colonel fays, he
gave me this very friendly opinion, that I felt
myfelf a Major in my cups, and no where elfe,
when I fhould do fo! Here is a moft fingular
ftretch of power, when the Lieutenant Colonel
affumes an exclufive right of bringing officers to
juftice, of which I am the third inftance, within
about twelve months, while the poor Major is
to be trampled on with impunity, and yet is to
fupport his authority, and feel himfelf a Major.
This is one proof of the difficult card I had to
play. But what does the Lieutenant Colonel mean
by feeling myſelf a Major? I know I am one, (at
leaft at prefent); but what then? I did not rife
unexpectedly into my prefent rank: my birth, my
indulgent parents, and my liberal command of
money, entitled me, at leaft, to expect this ftep.
Why then ſhould I elevate myfelf beyond the fons
of men? but it feems I do, in my cups, and no
where elfe. I fhall prove, in my defence, that
prior to this friendly admonition, on a poft of real
fervice, and on this very ifland, my officers felt
my confequence; though it feems my fpirit is too
mean to feel it. But the next accufation will con-
vince you, Gentlemen, that the Lieut. Col. tried
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in all his power to fink that feeling, fhould I have
poffeffed it. You, who know that a Major is
obliged to keep a horfe, by the King's order, and is
of courfe entitled to two fervants, may be furprized
at a regimental order, attempting to deprive me
of that right when ill, and will beft judge, if the
Lieut. Colonel's conduct did not tend to leffen my
authority, and that I tried every method military
obedience could fuggeft, to preferve harmony be-
tween us. At that time, in want of more than ufual
attendance, and, on the other fide, threatened
with an arreft, I own, with fhame, that the love of
peace led me to make frivolous excufes. The
Lieut. Colonel fays he fet the example. What then?
my right is from the King. He was in health, and
had every man of the regiment at command.
The regiment was fickly! True. But is the
Major the only man whofe life is of no confequence.
If the Lieutenant Colonel means to prove, that
I acted in a manner unbecoming my rank, he
has uow given his ftrongeft proof; and perhaps
this honorable Court will fcarce allow illneſs, and
love of quiet, as excufes for fo very tame a fub-
miffion on my fide.
The word parade yet rings in my ears: There-
fore, before I call on the late Adjutant, permit
me honeftly to confefs, that I am no parade officer;
but had I been treated on parades, in the manner
that became my rank, I fhould have taken a plea-
fure in what I now behold with averfion.
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CAPTAIN LAMB, already fworn, being called
on by the Prifoner, Major Drewe, the queſtion
was put.
of honogger
Q. At the Cul-de-Sac, do you recollect the
laft day I dined with Lieutenant Colonel Cock-
burn and you together?
A. I think I do.
Q. What paffed at table that day, concerning
my living with the Lieutenant Colonel?
A. If I recollect the day right, I myself was a
gueft, and do not remember any thing particular
paffing, relative to living.
Q. Do you recollect my coming in to dine,
and Colonel Cockburn faying I might dine there
that day; but, in future, he meant to live by
himſelf on his fea ftock?
A. I cannot fay I do.
N. B. Here the Lieutenant Colonel allowed he
had faid fo, becauſe he did not like the Major's
mode of life.
Q. How many parades, with arms, were there
at the Cul-de-Sac?
A. I do not recollect the number; they could
not be frequent; the regiment was employed in
building huts.
Q. Do you recollect my mentioning to you the
Lieut. Colonel's frequently reprimanding me, for
not doing my duty; and my complaining, I could
find nothing to do?
A. I recollect fomething to that purpoſe.
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Q. Have not I frequently permitted the fentry
to be taken off my hut, for the fake of the regi-
ment, while the Lieutenant Colonel kept his ? no
A. It has happened fo.
Q. When the Lieutenant Colonel was con-
fined to his bed at the Cul-de-Sac, did he not
give out all the orders, without leaving any part
of the command of the regiment to me?
A. Lieutenant Colonel Cockburn never was fo
bad, but I could fee him; if he had any orders, he
then gave them to me.
Mr. ORE, late Surgeon to his Majefty's 35th
regiment of foot, being called on by the Prifoner,
Major Drewe, and duly fworn, the queftion was
put.
Q. What was the ftate of my health in general,
on the laft ground?
A. Mr. Drewe frequently had intermitting
fevers.
Q. Did you not tell me, you was fearful they
would, from their continuance, terminate in very
bad confequences?
A. To the beft of my recollection, for two
days you had a continued fever, and had a remif-
fion that evening.
Q. Was not my fervant ill a good part of that
time?
b 100
A. He was; and ordered to the regimental
hofpital by me.
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Q. Was he not in a weakly ftate, ever after, on
that ground?
A. I was in a fickly ftate myfelf. When my
health permitted me to fee the men, he was a
convalefcent.bob satis
Q. From the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn, to the Deponent.-In what ftate of
health has Major Drewe been, in general, for near
eleven months fince the regiment came on this
hill?
A. He had trifling fores on his foot, which
confined him for fome days.
Q. At the time Major Drewe's fervant was ill
on the lower ground, was he not replaced by
another foldier? bar and gastop to
A. To the beſt of my recollection, he was.
Q. To the best of your opinion, as Surgeon,
did you not conclude, that the moft of Major
Drewe's illneſs, in a great meafure, arofe from his
mode of life? 10 n
A. I do not know what kind of life Major
Drewe led: I was moftly ill myfelf. Moines
Q. At the time you made me regimental re-
ports, did
you not tell me, the life Major Drewe
led contributed to his illness?
A. I might have faid to Lieut. Col. Cockburn,
I feared the Major lived too freely.ing limo
I
The Profecutor now having brought me to the
before I attempt to answer a very ferious and
by important
hill;
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no

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important charge, I fhall clofe this trifling accu-
fation, by informing the Court, that (foon after I
was pofted here, on the Profecutor's again repri-
manding me, and expreffing the higheft contempt
for my rank, I three times demanded a General
Court-martial, and three times received a meffage
to ſpeak with him, in his room. At laft, by the
interpofition of a friend, now a member of this
Court, the affair was accommodated; we mutually
fhook hands, and promifed it fhould never be re-
vived. My character, Gentlemen, would then
have ftood the fevereft charges unbroken; I had
not then fallen into the toil, Momo
I next come to the only material charge againft
me: That of quitting the ifland without leave,
fleeping out of quarters, and breaking an arreft.
Moſt of the facts alledged against me, I ac-
knowledge; yet I reft my caufe on this, that they
are not of a nature fufficient to require leffening
authority, by expofing a man of my rank to the
public, as a culprit, particularly one, who not only
is confcious of no offence to the fervice, but who
even acted in committing thefe faults, to the beſt
of his opinion, for the public good. I fhall touch
on this in the clofe of my defence: at prefent I
fhall honeftly give you my ftate of the cafe.
I omit particulars; but, fince we came on this
hill, I kept on tolerable terms with the Profecutor,
won 10lubstor though
I stoled & Ilirt
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though I miffed fome parades, where I had no
command, and was of no confequence, to relieve
my mind by changing the fcene; of courfe con-
ceiving fome indulgence due to my rank. The
Lieutenant Colonel fays, he lamented this to the
Adjutant; but I was fuffered, it feems, to entan-
gle myfelf in the net without warning. You
I had not feen my friends on board the fleet, for
near twelve months. I had an opportunity of
vifiting them. The fleet covered the island, and
there was no duty for a field officer in garrifon or-
ders. I left a letter, late at night, for the Lieut.
Colonel, and went on board. The fleet flipped*,
and ftood to fea, after the enemy; which explains,
how I came to know Martinique harbour, as in
Captain Lamb's evidence. On my return, when
I landed in a furf, at the hazard of my life, I
waited on the Lieutenant Colonel, and, if I do
not mistake, he told me that I fhould apologize
to General Calder, but that, for his part, as I had
nothing to do, I might go where I pleafed. The
letter produced to the Court by General Calder,
he fays he received, as an apology fufficient.
This, then, was no reprimand.-The Profecutor
now remarks, perhaps too boldly, that the fer-
vice, never before that time, afforded an inftance
of a Major in the army having merited a repri-
mand; of courfe then, all his frequent ones, prior
20were
to that, were unmerited.
G 2
vigmi
Next
When a fignal is out for flipping, no boat can ever put
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Next comes before you, a fecond reprimand,
from Sir Henry Calder, for a riot, being in ri ot-
ous company, and improper behaviour. I fhall
not burthen your patience with evidences, for I
am fure Sir Henry Calder, if prefent, will never
deny that I made him this anfwer, viz. Sir, I was
happy in acknowledging my error, in going on
board the fleet, without paying my refpects to you.
I acknowledged on paper as the fulleft fatisfaction,
and always mentioned your polite method of re-
ceiving my apology. But in this cafe, being
confcious of no error, you will excufe me, if I
cannot fubmit to make any apology.-In juftice
'to my Character, as well as that of all the offi-
cers of the regiment, prefent on that night, at
leaft that I recollect, I muft call them to give their
evidence upon oath.
9300014 1913
CAPTAIN MASSEY, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment of foot, being called on by the Prifoner,
Major Drewe, and duly fworn, the queſtion was
put.
Q. Was you in my company the evening be-
fore the morning I was fent for by Sir Henry
Calder, to be reprimanded for a riot?
Wynologs
A. I was.
I was.
won
Q. As a gentleman, did there appear any thing
riotous, or improper in my behaviour, or that of
any perfon prefent?
A. A riot I conceive to imply a quarrel; the
utmoft harmony and unanimity prevailed. No
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improper diffentions in opinion, from the time
the company fat down together, until their break.
ing up.
Q. How long have you known me, and have
we been intimate?
A. I have kuown you more than nine years,
and we have been intimate.
Q. From the day of your firft feeing me (not
allowing for my moft focial and unguarded hours),
did you ever find, in any part of my conduct, any
propenfity to quarrels, riot, or buckifm, or any
point inconfiftent with the ftrict character of a
gentleman?or
A. Your conduct was irreproachable, to the
best of my opinion, and fuch as would bear a
fcrutiny.co
Q. Did you ever, fince you came on fervice,
fee me in a condition incapable of it, from liquor?
A. I never did fee you incapable of any duty
you was upon.
CAPTAIN WHEELER, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment of foot, being called on by the Prifoner,
Major Drewe, and duly fworn, the queftion was put.
Q. Did you fup with me at Lieut. Fitzgerald's,
the evening before the morning I was fent for, to
be reprimanded by Sir Henry Calder?
A. I did.
Q. Did you fee any part of my behaviour, or that
of any one elfe in company, riotous or improper?
A. I did not.
Q. How

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Q. How long have you known me?
A. Since about April 1774.
Q. From that time to this moment, have
you
ever perceived, in any part of my conduct, any
thing riotous, quarrelfome, or any thing unbe-
coming the ftrict character of a gentleman?
A. I have not.
LIEUTENANT FITZGERALD, of his Ma-
jefty's 35th regiment of foot, being called on by
the Prifoner, Major Drewe, and duly fworn, the
queftion was put.
Q. That evening I was in your houfe, prior to
my being fent for to be reprimanded by Sir Henry
Calder, was there any thing riotous, or improper,
in my behaviour, or that of any of the company?
A. There was not.
Q. When did you come into the 35th regiment?
A. Twenty-eighth of June, 1775-
Q. From that time to this, have you ever ſeen
any thing riotous in my behaviour, or unbecoming
the ftrict character of a gentleman?
A. L do not recollect I ever did.
Q. From the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn.-Did not the Brigadier General fend
for you, the fame morning he reprimanded the
Major, and put you in arreft? and did he not af-
terwards releaſe you, at my interceffion?
A. He did put me in arreft, and releafed me
in less than an hour, telling me Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn had fpoken to him.
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I
On the evening fucceeding this, the Lieutenant
Colonel came on the parade, and, without any pre-
vious hint of his intention, with a moft imperious
manner, and thundering tone of voice, of which
no conception can be formed, defired me to put
the men through the manual. Taken unawares,
feveral ftrangers prefent, and not having feen that
exercife practifed for above two years, I excufed
myfelf; on which he fell into a violent paffion,
which I avoided by walking off the parade. The
next day by letter I explained myfelf on his ab-
rupt manner, and intention of expofing me on the
flighteft errort. I told him, I fhould indeed con-
fider myſelf as a fervant of the public, appointed
to act under him, but could not fubject myfelf to
the caprice of any man exifting; profeffing the
utmoft obedience to command, but begging, at
leaft, to be treated with thofe liberal manners, with
which I treat all men myfelf. I believe in about
two evenings after, I came on the parade, and put
the regiment through the manual, I mean officers
and men; when, the next day, the Adjutant
waited on me, with a verbal meffage from the
Lieutenant Colonel, infifting on it, that I would
not intermedle in putting the men through the
manual, unleſs he was prefent. Though this
deprived me of that part of regimental duty which
+ Vide Appendix, Number 7.
is

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is moft peculiarly my province, I acquiefced even
under that. I came on the parade, hoping he
would give me employment, but he never thought
more of it. The judgment of the Court will then
conceive the intentions with which he first called
on me.-Finding no duty that demanded a man of
my rank, and an apparent coldnefs heightening
between us, which greatly affected the difcipline
of the regiment, I determined to refign all power,
to the man who wifhed to engrofs it, and to with-
draw from all concerns in the regiment: and how
little I judged this a breach of duty, you may
guefs, from my acquainting General Vaughan
with what I had done, and my reafons for it, by
letter, at the very time that I was applying for the
grenadiers, then intended for an expedition.
not
I did attend the mufter. It was, becauſe I would
not lay myſelf in his power. He never ſpoke to
me of my five weeks abfence before, and he would
have been better pleafed not to have feen me that
day. His public reprimand was a ftretch of au-
thority I could not fupport. I defire no enemies
but thoſe of my country. And here I mifs an evi-
dence, in the member I before mentionedt, to
whom in the morning I explained my intentions
of throwing myfelf on General Vaughan, to ferve
under him, in any capacity, without confideration
of pay, precedence, perquifite or promotion*.
+ Captain Nixon.
* Vide Appendix, to the end.
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I own the meffage about the Court-martial was
delivered to me, but my affair was of moment; my
boat was ready; many members, now of this Court,
would more properly have fupplied my place. Is
had my commiffion in my pocket; and, had I not
met with a favourable reception, and fome diftant
hopes, I fhould have refigned all profpects as a
foldier. I returned, and was put in arreft. I did
write to Sir Henry Calder, at my going, and re-
turning; but I fcorn attempting to impofe fol
pitiful an evafion, on the judgment of this Court.
It was my ardent wish to leave my command, and
never never to be fubjected to it again. mind
We now come to one of the moft fingular oc-
currences that has ever happened in any Court.
A man, who the Profecutor tells you is faved by
his pity from a Court-martial, is firſt, without any
crime alledged against him before this Court, held
out to you in the moft infamous points of view;
and then, to add refinement to cruelty, and ftab
me through his fide, is brought before you an
evidence or, rather a fpectacle, to prove that I
acted unbecoming my rank, in keeping him com-
pany. Now, Gentlemen, I firft understand the
Profecutor's meaning, when he faid, that two of
my affociates were, happily for them, in the grave.
The fubalterns will not do duty with this man. But
fifa bio I was
H
This alludes to a fpeech of the Profecutor's, before be
produced this evidence, and which is not in the body of the
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I was never properly informed of that, though
it would have weighed little with me. I knew
that man in profperous fortune, when many fat-
tened at his table, who have now forfaken him!
Adverfity overtook him. Too much hofpitality
and difappointments in life made him guilty of
imprudence for bread. In this fituation, a crip-
ple, deftitute of comfort, I faw a husband, a father,
a man of whofe plenteous days I had partaken.-
I fupported him, I gave him money and provifion;
all my converfation tended to find ways of paying
his debts, and reftoring him to his family, and
a patrimony, that runs to ruin by his abfence.
I will not drag hither that unfortunate man,
to avow it; the Court has had him once too
often before them: but this I declare, that, fo far
from defending it, I triumph in the act. To
have paid the debt of gratitude and humanity, fills
my heart with gladnefs; and if to fupport the
wretched, and comfort the unhappy, are actions
unbecoming my rank, I fhall refign it with the.
moft perfect fatisfaction.
As to breaking my arreft, I cannot conceive
that going fifty yards for fresh air, within the fen-
tries of the garrifon, can be fo called. My arreft,
as delivered by the Adjutant, I by no means
thought implied a confinement to my room: I
therefore muft conceive it merely a garrifon ar-
reft. Confinement in this country is deadly; nor
can I conceive, that the word arreft can imply
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impriſonment, unlefs in cafes of private quarrel,
or where a man is of an unruly difpofition, which
I hope I have proved is not mine. But, dropping
this fubject at prefent, we will admit all thefe
faults. But is not a confinement from the 17th
(I think at leaft) of April to the prefent day, fome
expiation; but if not, I have made fubmiffions that
have almoft difgraced me. I have offered every apo-
logy to the fervice, for my voluntary, yet well-
meant, errors. What would it with for more? The
Lieutenant Colonel has a letter from me, offering
to exchange. I was told by the honourable Mem-
ber already mentioned, it was all he wished; yet
he now brings me before you. What would he
have? He will neither let me remain at peace in
the regiment, nor let me leave it. But his accept-
ing the offer of an exchange argues, that he does
not act fo much from public fpirit as private
picque; elfe how can he reconcile fending me to
another regiment, whom he thought unworthy of
continuing under his command.
I now make a few remarks upon the evidence
of the Profecutor.
CAPTAIN LAMB (whofe candid evidence does
him credit) tells you of an order I difobeyed, in
not marching feven companies from the Heights,
ove the Cul-de-Sac, after the inland capitulated.
The Profecutor gave that order. I fent the two
companies at my immediate poft, home under
Captain Smelt, with a note, begging to stay in
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my old poft that night, to write letters by a packet
going to Europe in a day or two. When the
evidences, I fhall foon produce to you, fhall point
out my attention, and fatigue on that poft, you
will think this a trifling requeft. Yet it was de-
nied me, by a moft extraordinary note. I returned
that evening, and believe miffed my opportunity
of writing home. If the Profecutor means, that
I fhould have marched, at an hour's notice, all
the companies from the Heights over the Cul-de-
Sac from one poft, it would have been better, that
he had once, for curiofity only, vifited thofe pofts,
to have known the impracticability of it.
sd blow and Voy atolad om
gnin
CAPTAIN SMELT, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment, being called on by the Prifoner, Major
Drewe, and duly fworn, the queftion was put.
91Q. Do you recollect your marching two com-
panies down from the Heights, above the Cul-
de-Sacau adquods od mod
A. I do.
nomiga
eid rebat
55QyDid I give you a letter to deliver to Lieut.
Colonel Cockburn? did I tell you the contents of
it? and, if you recollect, what were they?
29 A. I do not recollect a letter; you fent a meffage,
that you hoped he would excufe your not marching
down, that you had fome letters to write, and
wifhed to collect your ideas. -sb-lui avo
ow Q. Did I not return, in confequence of a mef-
fage fent me that very evening.n
ni A. You did.d
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ano Dalsland Rolled ym to fled od of saul
CAPTAIN LAMB, with great reluctance, has
been forced to fay, he faw a great difference be-
tween me and my two predeceffors in command.
True. One was all mildnefs; the other kept a
dignity unimpaired, becauſe he negotiated an ex-
change the moment he entered the regiment. II,
like all men who attempt impoffibilities, by trying
to unite obedience with dignity, have well nigh
fallen to the ground. And it is in the breaft of
this Court, whether, as I am the third officer
brought to a Court-martial by the Lieutenant
Colonel, on this ifland, I fhall not be the third
Major who has quitted the regiment fince the
year 1777.
Mr. SHAWE has declared that he heard me fay
I never would attend a regimental parade, un-
lefs a General officer was prefent." I doubt not
Mr. Shawe's veracity, but am apt to think he has
miftaken my words. I never could be guilty of
fuch egregious nonfenfe. But, perhaps this was in
my cups, and is intended to prove that I was then
a great man. If ſo, it is a ftrong evidence.
I am now again produced to the Court in my
bed; and my fervant tells Mr. Shawe, that I like
grog for breakfaft better than tea. Is this brought
to prove that I am a Boftonian at heart? I think
I can fcarcely be accufed of that; or is it to
prove, that I am a morning fot? If fo, I declare
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future, to the beft of my belief, breakfaft on a
cruft of bread, accompanied by grog, punch, or
porter, any article of war to the contrary not-
withſtanding.
I ſhall now call on the body of Captains of the
35th to give this Court their opinion of me.
In examining them, the Court will find, I hope,
many points elucidated, and particularly, that I
was the only active field officer of the 35th, while
the enemy was in poffeffion of this ifland.
The Court adjourned till to-morrow morning
at ten o'clock.
Tuesday, the 30th of May.
The Court having met, according to adjourn-
ment, proceeded.
CAPTAIN FITZGERALD, of his Majefty's
35th regiment of foot, being called on by the
Prifoner, Major Drewe, and duly fworn, the
queftion was put.
Q. Have you known me from my earlieſt en-
trance into the army? and did I come over your
head as an officer?
A. I have had the honor of being acquainted
with you, from your first entrance into the regi-
ment, until this prefent time. A fpace of about
eleven years.
You did come over my head as an
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Q. What'

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Q. What has been my conduct as an officer
and gentleman?
A. To my knowledge you always did your
duty, with great alacrity, fpirit, and attention,
on real and actual fervice. I have always known
you to stick to the honor and principles of a
gentleman, and never knew you to deviate from
them in any reſpect.
Q. What was my conduct with the detachment
of feven companies, on the Heights, over the
Cul-de-Sac, to cover the fleet, before the capitu-
tion of this ifland?
A. Your alertnefs, activity, and diligence, in
daily vifiting thofe pofts yourſelf, though at a
great diſtance from each other, and the commu-
nication difficult of accefs, in confequence of the
woods, rocks, and precipices; and, in fhort, your
due and clofe attention to every part of your duty,
on that poft, was highly commendable, and ex-
ecuted like a good officer*.
Q. Have I not lived on the moft intimate foot-
ing with the officers of the 35th regiment, untill
I became Major to it? and did not I always fhew
the utmost respect to my commanding officers?
A. You
It is rather remarkable that, while on one fide of the
Atlantic, my conduct on this poft was produced, as a proof
of military attention; it was induftriously circulated, on the
other fide, that I was continually drunk,-a fituation rather incon-
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A. You have always been on the very best
terms with every officer of the regiment, from
the Colonel to the Enfign, and was highly
efteemed and refpected by all the field officers,
under whom you ferved, Lieut. Col. Cockburn
excepted. You have always paid the utmoft re-
fpect to your fuperior officers. vogns maling
Q. Did I ever mention to you my reafons for
declining the regimental parades? and if fo, what
were they?daislada no incomo naval
A. You told me that it was well known, on
your being appointed Major, you fhewed every
intention, in your power, to be on a good footing,
with Lieut. Colonel Cockburn; but finding it.
morally impoffible, and that Colonel Cockburn.
had not behaved to you in a manner that a Lieut.
Colonel fhould do to a Major, you declined at-
tending parades, left the men, in particular,
fhould obferve any difagreeable altercations, be-
tween the Li
Colonel and the Major.
Q. From the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn, to the Deponent.-Was it by fuperior.
merit, as an officer, or weight of money, that
Major Drewe happened to be put over your head?
A. I flatter myfelf, without the leaft vanity,
that neither the world, nor Major Drewe himfelf,
ever looked on it, that his fervices could be put
in competition with mine, in any refpect. And
Major Drewe, after being appointed, took the
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and spoke to me in the moft polite and genteel
manner; obferving how much it hurt him, in one
fenfe, to have come over me, for many reafons,
which he then mentioned. It is well known
Mr. Drewe gave an uncommon great fum for his
commiffion. darbas mid no si roide
Q. As you feem fo thoroughly well fatisfied
with Major Drewe's conduct on the hills; do you
recollect, on your being relieved, having reported
to me fomething about killing of a cow on thofe
hills, at which you feemed diffatisfied with the
Major's conduct? o mojeM
lub bas v
op
A. I did not at all complain or disapprove of
Major Dreew's having ordered the cow to be
killed, in confequence of the manner fhe was
brought to my poft, which I fully reported to
him; but I expreffed my difpleafure to Lieutenant
Colonel Cockburn, at a note Major Drewe wrote
me, in confequence of the diftribution of the
cow; as I had fome reafon to believe, Lieut.
Colonel Cockburn was acquainted with the killing
of the cow beforehand oot dom vo V
Q. Whether you ever expreffed yourſelf to me,
at any time, how grievous or lamentable it was, to
fee fo poor a creature as the prifoner, in poffeffion of
the rank of Major; or words to that effect?
MIAT
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This is the ftory of the cow.-A cow frightened by a
party Captain Fitzgerald fent out for water, fell, and broke
her leg. It was reported to me; and at the repeated inter-
ceffion of my officers, I killed her, and gave a Christmas dinner
to the brave fellows who ferved under me.

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IA.
A. I never did, to the beft of my recollection,
exprefs myſelf in that diſreſpectful manner of
Major Drewe.
emo
Q. Since Major Drewe has been in arreft, did
you ever tell me, he deferved it all, that he
brought it on himſelf, and that the world would
acquit me of any intended malice towards him?
A. I declare I did not. 2owsta toj ibiw
CAPTAIN CAMPBELL, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment of foot, being called on by the Prifoner,
Major Drewe, and duly fworn, the queftion was
put.
b to nislames is the Bib
Q. Fron. the time you first knew me, what has
been my conduct, as an officer and a gentleman?
A. I never knew any thing in prejudice of
character, before the prefent misfortunes on the
ifland of St. Lucia.
your
Q. Have not I always lived on the beſt terms
with my officers, and paid the utmoſt refpect to
my commanding officer?
odolo
A. Very much fo, to the beft of my knowledge,
and I never heard any thing to the contrary.
Q. When I commanded the detachment on the
Heights of the Cul-de-Sac, was my conduct that
of a good and active officer?
A. It was t.
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CAPTAIN
art
+ Captain Campbell's evidence in my favor is the more re-
markable, fince he was the eldest Lieutenant in the regiment,
when I first came into the army.
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Belloday of I
Taken
CAPTAIN MCALLISTER called on.
fick.
CAPTAIN MASSEY, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment, already fworn, being called on by the
Prifoner, Major Drewe, the queftion was put.
Q. What has been my conduct, as an officer,
fince my entering the army, to the beft of your
knowledge?
A. Unexceptionable, exclufive of the accufa-
tions now exhibited against you.
Q. Have not I taken every opportunity of
feeking occafions to be diftinguished? and did I
ever murmur at any duty I was ordered on?
A. You have fought every occafion to be dif-
tinguiſhed, and ever did your duty with fpirit,
pleafure, alacrity, and attention.
Q. Did ever I affign to you my reafons for
declining the parades? and, if I did, what were
they?
A. You did; and faid that Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn's ill treatment of you, was fuch, at the
head of the regiment, that you would not put
yourſelf in like fituation again; but would inform
the Commander in Chief, on his arrival, of your
motives for declining thofe parades, and the duty
of the regiment.
Q. Do you recollect the Lieutenant Colonel's
ordering me to put the regiment through the
manual exercife?
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A. I do

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A. I do recollect it.
Q. Was his manner fuch as is generally uſed by
one field officer to another, on a public parade?
A. Certainly not.
Q. Did you ever hear the Lieutenant Colonel,
at the public parade, fpeak of me in a manner,
tending to leffen my authority with the officers
and men?
UA, I can give one inftance where he did. som
Q. What was it?
A. The time I cannot be pofitive of; but, one
evening, on the regiment's parade, foon after the
companies were reported, the Lieutenant Colonel,
in a haughty, imperious, and overbearing manner,
unneceffarily loud, as the two field officers were
near each other, defired the Major to put the re-i
giment through the manual exercife. I was on
the right of my company, which is the right of
the regiment, the light infantry excepted, the
diftance fuch, that, as the Major did not reply
near fo loud as he was addreffed, I did not hear
his anfwer. The Lieutenant Colonel faid, he was
forry there fhould be fuch a Major to the 35th re-
giment, and fomething more, which I could not
hear diftinctly.
Q. From the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn, to the Deponent.-Have you not been
with the grenadier company fince the beginning
of 1777, during which time Major Drewe has
been with the battalion ?
A. I have

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A. I have had the honor of commanding the
grenadier company, from early in 1777, but I do
not know, whether Major Drewe was with the
battalion all that time, or not.
Q. On the evening, on the parade which
you
allude to, did the Major put the battalion through
the manual exercife, according to my order?
A. He did not. 1 ust.I
Q. Was Major Drewe or I neareſt to you, on
the parade? Jo Map 1
A. I did not pay attention who was neareſt me.
You were near each other*.
LATS
CAPTAIN SMELT, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment of foot, already fworn, being called on by
the Prifoner, Major Drewe, the queftion was put.
Q. From the time you first knew me, to the
prefent unfortunate moment, how ftood my cha-
racter, as an officer and a gentleman?
A. I always thought you was fpirited and zealous
as an officer; and never had any reafon to think
you other than a gentleman.
CAPTAIN WHEELER, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment of foot, already fworn, being called on by
the Prifoner, Major Drewe, the queftion was put.
Q. From
I ferved under Captain Maffey as junior Lieutenant of
light infantry, got the very company he wifhed to purchafe
In the battalion, and exchanged into the light infantry again
over his head, on the very eve of action.
mo

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Q. From the time you first knew me, what has
been my conduct as an officer?
A. Your conduct has been that of an attentive,
good and diligent officer.om seda lle nolated
Q. Have you ever been in company with me,
before this breach between the Lieut. Colonel
and myſelf, when, on fome converfation arifing,
to the prejudice of Lieut. Col. Cockburn's cha
racter, I faid I must quit the room; for, as a field
officer of the regiment, I could not hear it?
A. I have.
CAPTAIN WILLIAMS, of his Majefty's 35th
regiment of foot, being called on by the Prifoner,
Major Drewe, and duly fworn, the queftion was
put.
Q. What has been my character, in general,
as an officer and gentleman, fince you have
known me?
A. As a gentleman, I know nothing against
you. As an officer, I do not think you have ac-
quitted yourſelf as you ought to have done.
Q. Do you know any thing to my
know any thing to my difadvantage,
as an officer, prior to my coming on this ifland?
A. I did. I think you did not act as a com-
manding officer fhould do, coming here on board
the tranfport.
CAPTAIN LAMB, of his Majefty's 35th re-
giment of foot, already fworn, being called on by
the Prifoner, Major Drewe, the queftion was put.
Q. From

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Q. From the first time you knew me, until my
coming on this ifland, what was my character as
a gentleman and an officer?
up to
A. You always conducted yourſelf as a gentle-
man. As an officer, I never heard any thing
against you. When we embarked from New-
York, I was furprifed at fome things that hap-
pened on board the fhip, in which I was*. nomi
Q. What meffage did you, as Adjutant, bring
me, the morning after the evening on which I had
put the regiment through the manual exercife, sin
obedience to an order given two days prior to that?
A. Lieutenant Colonel Cockburn gives his
compliments to you, and defires you would not
attempt to put the regiment through the manual
exercife, when he is abfent; when he is prefent,
he will give you a full fcope, to do as you think
proper; or words to that purpofe. yao viupo to
cblow bus amol of
I have gone through my evidences. I fhall
make no obfervations on their teftimony. The
judgment of this Court, I have the firmeft re-
liance on. I fhall, however, beg leave to addrefs
you, Gentlemen, once more, before I close my
defence.
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To the evidence of Captain Williams, fee laft page, I
contraft that of Lieutenant Eyre, who nobly owns himself in
fault. What Captain Lamb meant, I neither know, nor did
I take up the patience of the Court with enquiring. There is
no man's conduct without faults, or fuch, at leaft, as may
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You well know, Gentlemen, that, in law courts,
where the letter of it is more attended to, than
in courts of equity, the act of putting a man to
death is divided into three claffes, ivizo murder,
manflaughter, and chance-medley. The act is
the fame, but the penalty is different. Again, in
actions of robbery, he who breaks a lock, to get
at money, is a robber, but he who takes it out of
an open drawer, where he has feen it depofited, is
only guilty of a breach of truft: The crime is
the fame, taking another man's property; but
the penalty is different. The Court knows on
what this diftinction is founded. The fact re-
mains the fame, but the intention of the perfon
who committed it, either heightens or leffens its
criminality.nsdyr
Shall we then fuppofe, that a Court, profeffedly
of equity only, fhould be more strictly tied down
to forms and words, than one which profeffes to
be governed by them? Is no latitude to be allowed
to this Court, in giving or mitigating fentence? Do
you imagine that the wisdom of a British parliament,
when it framed an Act for the better Regulation of
the Army, intended it as a pitfall for the unwary?
Did they wish it fhould be a vehicle for private
picque, to obtain ends by, and force zealous offi-
cers in the vigour of life, from their country's
fervice, on the commencement of a moft important
war, and that, for committing a few breaches of
form only? Shall a man, whofe mind is employed
arida
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in acquiring occafions to practice the art of war,
fall by the wording of the articles of war? Or
could Parliament ever intend that my vifiting a
fleet, which protected an inactive poft, fhould be
conftrued into deferting that poft? That my fleep-
ing, within my fentries, fhould be conftrued fleep-
ing out of quarters, becauſe I did not immediately
fleep in my barrack room? Did it intend I fhould
be dragged here like a coward, for quitting my
ſtation, in the moment I was petitioning for a
more active one? Did the wifdom of British Par-
liament intend, that my leaving my room, after
a long confinement, to take the air at a little
diftance, and that too within the fentries of the
garrifon, fhould be conftrued into breaking my
arreft, though in a country where confinement is
often fatal? However the articles are worded,
You cannot, Gentlemen, fuppofe, that the legifla-
ture intended the Spirit fhould be fo underſtood.
Examples are neceffary. True. But not fuch
examples, as may hereafter deter men of honour
and reafon from embracing fo precarious a pro-
feffion.
An officer of character, Gentlemen, may be
compared to an oak: In a very fhort fpace of
time its honours may be levelled with the duft,
and its root be grubbed up; but it may be the
work of years, ere the young oak, that fupplies
its place, will afford the comfortable fhade of that
which the axe of the woodman has laid low.
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GENTLEMEN,

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GENTLEMEN, I hear the 35th is to be drafted;
in what ſtate then am I? My laft return to my
native home was crowned with applaufe and ho-
nours! and, now, perhaps the curtain is foon to
drop, which may fhut them for ever from my
eyes. Confcious of an upright heart, I can bear
any ftroke of fortune, but I have two venerable
parents, whofe decaying years are cheered with
the honor of their fon; and who, whilft I ftand
before you a criminal, are, perhaps, preparing my
welcome to that home, where I never may return.
I fhall take up your time no longer. To you
I trust my ALL, with the moft perfect confidence.
my
If it fhall appear to you, that the faults of a
moment muft counterballance all my zealous fer-
vice, I fhall retire with refignation to oblivion;
happy if my fervices have been acceptable to my
country! May it find an abler man to fill my
place; and one who is equally attached to it! But,
if you fhould rather judge, that faults were
venial, unintentional, nay meant, in fome meaſure,
for the public good; you will then, I doubt not,
do juftice to a foldier, who has been driven into
inadvertence by perfecution, and who, under any
liberal command, would have been as attentive
to interior difcipline, as he has been active in the
field.
Whatever my fate may be, I fhall ever retain
the moft grateful fenfe of the patience and atten-
tion of this Court.
The

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The Defence being clofed, the Court adjourned
till to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock.
Wednesday, the 31ft day of May.
The Court having met, according to adjourn-
ment, proceeded; when the Profecutor, Lieutenant
Colonel Cockburn, having demanded to reply,
depofed,
That the Prifoner was appointed Enfign in the
regiment about February, 1769, fome time after
the regiment had arrived in Ireland; in 1773, the
March following, a fucceffion in the regiment was
recommended by the (then) Lieutenant Colonel
Allen, from the Majority downwards.
In this
fucceffion, Lieutenant Maffey, now Captain, de-
clared himſelf purchafer of the company; but,
on the commiffion coming over to Ireland, Mr.
Maffey found he could not raife the money, and
requested the Commanding Officer to intereft
himſelf with the Lord Lieutenant, not to publifh
thofe commiffions; for, if they had been publifhed,
he would of courfe been out of the army, by being
obliged to put up that company to fale. The
Commanding Officer did fo, and was told by the
Lord Lieutenant, that, as the Lieutenancy and
Enfigncy, in that fucceffion, could not be removed,
it was neceffary to find out fome other Lieutenant
in the regiment, who could purchafe. Confequent-
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ly, as the Prifoner was the firſt who had money, as
fuch only he was recommended. He was Lieute-
nant in my company for fome time; and the neg-
lects, and inattentions, at that time, did I look
over; imputing them entirely to his levity, and
want of thought. Nay, fince I have had the ho-
nour of commanding the regiment, whilft he was
a Captain, has he often neglected, and difobeyed
orders, in the care of his company, and attend-
ance on parades; which I alfo looked over, not
without fpeaking to him about it. But, when he
arrived at his prefent elevated rank, I was hopeful
the ſcene would have changed.
The regiment arrived at Bofton in June, 1775;
and, there I did refign the light infantry company
to the Prifoner, by the approbation of the, then,
Commanding Officer, in confequence of the infir-
mities I laboured under, from the gout having
afflicted me for a year before, in both feet. At
this time there was not a fufpicion of an approach-
ing action. So far am I from taking off the me-
rit of the Prifoner, or any man, that I wish always
to add to it. The Prifoner did march that light
infantry company, as their Captain, into the field,
at Bunker's hill. He had the misfortune there, to
be wounded in the multitude, and had the good
fortune to recover from thofe wounds. us? 1 btdT
Did he there difplay any judgment as an officer?
No. Does a wound mark the merit of the officer?
No. Yet, ever fince that day, it has been rung in
Our

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our ears, the military atchievements and exploits
of that Captain Drewe; founding his whole mi-
litary glory and atchievements on thofe accidental
wounds he received; not fet forth by the, then,
Commander in Chief, which would have been to
the prejudice of fcores of more deferving officers
prefent on that fpot. The Prefident of this ho-
norable Court had, that day, the honor of com-
manding his Majefty's 5th regiment: another
member of this Court, Major Brown, there led
on a company of light infantry; and many more
officers were engaged that day, who were poffeffed
of as much gallantry as the Prifoner could poffibly
have been, and I will be bold to fay, of much
more judgment. Some of thofe were wounded,
others not; yet no public mention was made of
any of them; the whole being engroffed by Cap-
tain Drewe, who has obtained the freedom of his
own city of Exeter for it. Thank God, every
Britiſh foldier poffeffes true courage-Something
more, I conceive, is required from the officer.
I come
As the Profecutor, in this part, feems inclined to leffen
my little merit, in the only day where he allows me any credit,
it is neceffary to obferve, that, if the Profecutor had no fuf-
picion of an approaching action, he poffeffed not his ufual
intelligence. It was in confequence of its well known approach,
that I petitioned for his company. And, though I by no means
wifh to leffen the credit of the gallant officers alluded to by
him, yet, in juftice to myfelf, I may fuggeft, that they were
all in the immediate line of their duty; but I volunteered that
day, and for the Profecutor.

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I come now to reply to that part of his Defence,
wherein he charges me with intended malice, and
that nothing would appeafe me but a Court-
martial; this I deny moft folemnly. For in two
letters which I wrote the Commander in Chief,
on the fubject, will appear my intentions, in anfwer
to notes he wrote to me. Thefe I beg leave to
produce here.
Lale SIR,
(NUMBER I.)
aid
ST. LUCIA, 26th April, 1780.
I HAD the honor of receiving your note, re-
lative to Major Drewe, whofe mifconduct has
given me much concern, as it has driven me to
the neceffity of taking the part I have, merely for
the fupport of the fervice. Jody
Though the regiment has called upon me aloud,
to affert its reputation and difcipline, which have
been fo deeply wounded by him, yet I am willing to
adopt any mild method that may be thought confif.
tent, rather than have recourfe to a Court-martial.
But, as he can never think of holding up his face
again in the regiment, I am humbly of opinion, that
the only alternative left is to fell; unless you are
pleaſed to remove him to another corps.g
I am too well acquainted, Sir, with your mili-
tary juftice, ever to fuppofe, that you would grant
that indulgence (leave of abfence) to officers who
mifbehave, that has been denied to many deferv-
ing

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ing ones. Permit me to add, though with much
pain I tell it, that Major Drewe the other night
broke his arreft, in order to get drunk with a
wretched man in his hut, that no other officer of
the garrifon would condefcend to ſpeak to.
I take leave to fubmit the whole affair to your
decifion; perfuaded that, while you feel for the
man, you will fupport the dignity of the fervice.
I am, &c.
His Excellency General Vaughan.
SIR,
(NUMBER II.)
ST. LUCIA, 2d May, 1780.
I had the honor of receiving your note yeſterday,
and, as I took the liberty, in my laft letter to your
Excellency, of humbly offering my opinion, re-
fpecting Major Drewe, have nothing now to add,
but to declare that I ever difliked Courts-martial.
And fhould one happen on this occafion, I can
with a clear confcience fay, it cannot be owing to
me, having only acted in the line of my duty,
free of all perfonal picque; by obferving which,
I have no doubt of meeting, on every occafion,
the approbation and fupport of my fuperiors.
If St. Lucia has kept the whole army in hot
water*, the world, I am confcious, will do me
the
* I am much obliged to the Lieutenant Colonel, for ge-
nerously holding up to the Court a circumftance fo much in
my favor, as the General's opinion of his conduct at St.
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the juftice to fay, that I have not been inftrumen-
tal; but, on the contrary, that St. Lucia has kept
me in hot water.
Permit me, Sir, to repeat what I told you in
my laft; that I fubmit the whole affair to your de-
cifion. Being, with the moft profound refpect and
efteem,
SIR, yours.
His Excellency General Vaughan.
After I had written thefe letters to the Com-
mander in Chief, I received a fhort letter from the
Prifoner, importing, that he wished to exchange
into any other corps; this I fent to the Commander
in Chief, with my official requeft, as Commanding
Officer; to which I received no anfwer, but that
of a Court-martial being ordered to fit.
diss.
The Prifoner, in his Defence, meanly infinuates,
that I fcreened myfelf by my prerogative, from
the effects of a challenge fent me by an officer; for
which he was cafhiered. He does not acquaint
the Court with the antecedent behaviour of that
officer. I am above making ufe of fuch maſks.
The Prifoner, in the courfe of his Defence,
pofitively declares, that I have reprimanded him
feveral times, without caufe. Why has he been
fo mean to put up with all that; particularly when
I told him, in private, I was his humble fervant,
on all occafionst.
He
+ The reader will judge how far this is probable, from the
fate of the officer cafhiered for challenging the Profecutor.
However,

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He next fays, the cauſe of Lieutenant McDer-
mott's giving in his refignation, was to pay his
debts. I refer to the evidence in my Profecution,
to prove the contrary. hold nad svar vs M
30 I perfectly agree with the Prifoner, that a liberal
command of money, procured him his prefent
rank. That, and that only has.no or to adgi
In anfwer to what the Prifoner fays about my
reprimanding him, on this hill, I do declare, I
did reprimand him; and, if he wished for a Gene-
ral Court-martial, I would then have indulged
him, having fubject matter enough at that time,
as I hope appears to this Court. At the interpo-
fition of Captain Nixon, the prefent Deputy Judge
Advocate, I dropped the affair, on the Prifoner's
promifing to adopt a different line of conduct for
the future. Whether he has kept his word in that
point, I humbly fubmit to the Court.amigo do
50 In anfwer to that part of the Prifoner's Defence,
I do declare, that one evening on the parade, I
Lwollot od svih A did
nog od ni dot to sellom
However, as I had rafhly avowed I would take notice of thefe
words, I applied to four feveral officers of rank and character,
to carry a meffage to the Lieutenant Colonel. They all pru-
dently declined it. At this inftant I received a letter from my
father, commanding me, by all the ties of filial duty, to re-
turn to Europe. I obeyed; convinced, at laft, that it was
more proper to meet my fate with firmnefs, and explain my
conduct to the public, than apparently to juftify the fentence
paffed on me, by ending a life of honor, with an act of folly
and defperation.
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did order him, as Major of the regiment, to put
the regiment through the manual exercife; not in
that manner which he and his evidence, Captain
Maffey, have been pleafed to affert, as evidence I
fhall call will prove*. I was then on the left of
the regiment, whilft the Major was near on the
right of the center; it was, therefore, neceffary I
fhould give my orders aloud, though, I hope, like
an officer and a gentleman. The Major's anfwer
to me was, that I took him then unprepared, and
that he was not then capable of performing it.
My reply was, I was forry for it, for the fake of
the 35th regiment. A few evenings after, I was
engaged at home, with fome friends, and did not
attend the parade; when I was binformed by
ftrange officers, of the garrifon, as well as fome
of our own, that the Major had attempted to put
the regiment through the manual exercife, not
with credit to himfelf, and with much prejudice
to the regiment. This I felt, and therefore fent
the Adjutant the following morning, with the
meffage fet forth in the Prifoner's Defence.
Slot to soiton set blnow I bowova viss bad I en veworl
Barado bas day to somo levovat tual os boilaga 1 Mr.
qin yadT Jesolo manesusi sit or og
182 01
* I was defired to queftion other evidence, to fupport Cap-
tain Maffey's teftimony, but declined it, thinking that however
Mr. McLeod, might be fkilled as a Surgeon, his knowledge of
the method of delivering commands on a parade, could not
counterpoife Captain Maffey's, in the opinion of the Court,
I am fince forry, in juftice to Captain Maffey, that I declined
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eewer oiMeling ad mort
Mr. NORMANT M'LEOD, Surgeon to the
Royal Artillery, being duly fworn, the queftion
was put by the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn.
91 70 Jigis ovoda od son bino 1.A
Q Was you prefent on the regimental parade
of the 35th regiment, any evening, when you heard
me give orders to Major Drewe bodas dad
A. I was.
factors to gbut ou
Q. What were thofe orders? and in what man-
ner did I deliver them?
s
annetusi.IllivsbasM
A. If I recollect right, you firft defired Major
Drewe to fee that the officers dreffed properly,
which the Major did. You then came up to Ma
jor Drewe, taking off your hat at the fame time,
and begged he would put the regiment through
the manual exercife. Major Drewe, anfwered,
"Colonel Cockburn, you have taken me at una-
wares, I am not now prepared, nor am I equal to
the taſk.mmos hoed van num shivoo lo stol"
Q. Do you recollect the diftance the Major was
from me, when I gave him thofe orders ? horni "
A. As near as I can guefs, about three or four
yards. over I 11 dini yanmaths to
yns
Q. Did I iffue thofe orders in an overbearing, tys
rannical manner? or did I iffue them, in your opini-
on, as an officer and a gentleman fhould have done?
A. I did not think you iffued your orders in a
tyrannical manner; you delivered yourſelf in your
ufual manner.
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Q. From

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Drewe, to the
Q. From the Prifoner, Major from the
1
diftance were you from the
Lieutenant Colonel and me, when you heard the
converfation between us to syd Jug W
A. It could not be above eight or ten yards.
Q. Did I not, on that very
not, on that very parade, that even-
ing, complain to you of the Lieutenant Colonel's
harfh method? and did not you tell me, you were
no judge of thofe Matters?
A. I remember your coming to where Doctor
Vand
Mandeville, Lieutenant Edwards, and myſelf
ftood, and defiring we would take notice of what
paffed, but do not recollect faying, I knew
nothing of thofe matters.
bib noism or th
soy To gaizto
In reply to that part of the Prifoner's Defence,
where he mentions, his having applied to General
Vaughan, I anfwer from General Vaughan's own
words," He was not acquainted with him; there-
"fore of courſe muſt have been recommended to
"him from the City of Exeter, or fome other
<< intereft." bio Sods nid Sve od mor
I confefs I have no pretenfions to Corporation
or Parliamentary intereft. If I have any, it has
arifen from the courfe of thirty-three years unre-
mitted fervice; and, whilft I do not difgrace my
profeffion, I am fure of meeting with the fup-
port of every good many and the approbation of
my fuperiors; perfuaded that his Excellency Ge-
neral

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neral Vaughan, will be the firft man to ſtep forth
in fuch a caufe.
in flelege nguoid 299do om Ils 10
odine none brobst bi to binA in oda to
CAPTAIN LAMB, of his Majefty's 35th re
giment of foot, already fworn, being called on
by the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel Cockburn,
the queftion was put. To dos ni bosorbe
Q. Have you ever declared, at any time, that
Major Drewe had not acted, as an officer and
gentleman, în many particulars Poles bas
A. As an officer I have faid fo, as a gentleman
I never did.
DTIM
01530 buyingot
MOXIИ WHOL
CAPTAIN SMELT, of his Majefty's 35th re-
giment of foot, already fworn, being called on
by the Profecutor, Lieutenant Colonel Cockburn,
the queſtion was put.
Q. Did you ever declare, that Major Drewe
had not acted like an officer and gentleman, in
any refpect?
A. I never recollect that I did.
The Court adjourned to Friday next, the 2d
of June.
Friday, the 2d of June.
El agar
dies
The COURT met, according to adjournment,
and having maturely confidered the evidence
againſt the Prifoner, and alfo what he had to fay
in

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in his Defence, is of OPINION, that he is guilty
of all the charges brought against him, in breach
of the fifth Article of the fecond Section of the
Articles of War, and in breach of the fecond
Article of the fourteenth Section, and the firft
part of the fourth Article of the fourteenth
Section, and in breach of the third Article of
the twentieth Section, and of the twenty-fecond
Article of the fifteenth Section of the Articles of
War, and therefore fentence him to be Cafhiered.
nemoitney a esot bist svar 1 13thon
JOHN NIXON,
ATA
E. MITCHELL, bv I
Deputy Judge Advocate.
Lieut. Col. 27th Reg.
Prefident.
Juostor or yd
uda
woje
dolash
ni namaisnog bus
Jug aaw noiftoup ods
va boy bit
offto na oil borbe ton bed
A True Copy.991 1990
J. A. OLDHAM.T
To
Judge Advocate's Office,
29th Nov. 1780.
amuojbe o gaibroos 15m
annobiva od borobilnos viem gaivan bas
yat os bar od saw olla basenoted hangs
APPENDIX.

P
APPENDIX.


APPENDIX.
No. I.
E XO N.
IN CHAMBER, 23d NOVEMBER, 1775.
ORDERED,
THAT
HAT the Freedom of this City be prefented to ED-
WARD DREWE, Efq; Captain in his Majefty's
35th regiment of foot, for his late GALLANT BEHAVIOUR
IN AMERICA; and, that Mr. Town Clerk do acquaint
him with this Refolution.
Jueli won'
id
HEN. LEY, Town Clerk. I
Janolo
By Order of Chamber. of Mi
CAPTAIN DREWE's ANSWER.
CAPTAIN
I MUST intreat you, Sir, to prefent my moft grateful
thanks to the Mayor and Chamber of Exeter, for the great
M
and

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and unexpected Compliment they have paid me. I am happy
that, in executing the Duty of a Soldier, I have merited
their approbation; and, though I can claim no praife,
but what is fhared in common with the Britiſh army in
America, yet I cannot but feel myfelf elated by this tefti-
mony of efteem, from my native city.
I am, &c. &c.
To Henry Ley, Efq.
*
*
No. II.
0
Extract of a letter from Bofton, by a PERSON OF
CONSEQUENCE.
I HEAR Captain Drewe is going to England for the
recovery of his health. He behaved moft nobly, at Bunker's
hill, with conduct and true bravery. He was wounded in
five places, but bore his pains and long confinement with the
greateft refignation and fortitude of mind; and I fincerely
wifh him life to enjoy the praifes due to his great merit.
noituloleid die
X
Extract of a letter from Lieutenant, now Lieut.
Colonel, SIMCOE, to a Friend.
ON the 17th of this month, the firft act of civil com-
the first act of civil c
An
motion commenced. The fhip, I was in, was at fea; but,
at a diftance, we heard the found of cannon, and, at mid-
1918 at 101 10x to odmed bus roy
xd to admed bus toy Made of inert
night,
M
bas

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night, faw two diftinct columns of fire afcending. In this
horrid ftate, well knowing we were the laft of the fleet,
ignorant whether Bofton or fome hoftile town was in flames,
were we kept for two days. When we anchored, we faw
Charles-Town burnt to afhes, and found our army had been
engaged; that our troops were victorious, but that the
victory was ruinous to our beſt foldiers, and particularly
fo to our officers, ninety-two of whom were killed
and wounded. The lofs fell heavy on the flank companies
of our regiment. Drewe commanded the light infantry;
exerting himfelf, at the head of that fine company, he re-
ceived three fhots through him, one in the fhoulder, one in
the bend of the thigh, the other through his foot. He alfo
received two contufions, and his fhoulder was diflocated.
Maffey is fhot through the thigh, but fays, it is as well to
be merry as fad. Poor Bard was the third officer of the
company. He was killed, fpeaking to Drewe. His dying
words were, "I with fuccefs to the 35th; only fay I be-
"haved as became a foldier." The ferjeants and corporals
of this heroic company were wounded, when the eldeft
foldier led the remaining five, in purfuit of the routed rebels.
The grenadiers equalled their brethren, and, I fear, were as
unfortunate. The brave and noble fpirited Captain Lyon,
is dangerously wounded; and, to aggravate the misfortune,
his wife, now with child, a moft amiable woman, is attend-
ing on him. Both his Lieutenants were wounded. The
lofs we have fuftained, in the moft warm and defperate
action America ever knew, draws tears from every eye
interefted for brave and unfortunate fpirits. Had I time to
66
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enumerate

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enumerate to you the many inftances which the foldiers of
our companies, alone, afforded of the moft generous exertions
of love, fidelity, and veneration for their officers, and of the
glowing, yet temperate refolution of thefe officers, your
tears would be thofe of triumph, and you would confefs,
that, in war alone, human nature is capable of the moft
godlike exertions. I think you will believe me abftracted
from friendſhip, when I fay, that I never heard of more
courage and coolness than Drewe difplayed on that day;
and his fpirits are, even now, fuperior to any thing you can
conceive.
N. B. I have preferved this long extract, not meerly on
my own account, but in juftice to the feelings of the
writer, and the characters of the officers, celebrated
in it; yet, I wifh the reader would compare the tefti-
monies he has feen, with the Lieutenant Colonel's
reluctant mention of my conduct on that day. I
have many authentic teftimonies to prove an unvaried
fyftem of enterprize, from that day onward; but it
is well known to every General with whom I ferved,
therefore I fhall confine myfelf, in this Appendix, to
the papers alluded to in my defence.
Ward
STATE

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STATE of the LIGHT COMPANY of the 35th.
Bofton Camp, June 30, 1775:
In the FIELD, June 17.
1 Captain, 2 Lieutenants, 1 Volunteer, 2 Serjeants, I
Drummer, 30 Privates.-Total 38.
Corporal,
Killed.
Lieutenant Bard
John Baxter
Alexander Douglas
Edward Driver
William Jones
Wounded.
Captain Drewe
Efcaped unwounded.
Lieut. Maffey
Volunteer Madden,
dead of his wounds
Serjeants-Knowles
and Poulton
Corporal Nodder
Drummer Rufs
Jofeph Nicholls
Edward Odiam
David Sharp
Samuel Smallwood
Thomas Adams,
John Size
Total 10
Ralph Becket
John Henly
William Leary
Total 3
dead of wounds
Richard Binch, dead
of wounds
Peter Collier
Abraham Dukes
Richard Edny, dead
of wounds
Timothy Henry
William James
Jofeph Lucas
William Langfdale,
dead of wounds
James Morgan
Thomas Payne
Daniel Parnell
James Preddy
John Roebuck
Henry Rollett
John Rumble
Robert Tomlin
Henry Townfhend
Total 25
No. III.

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SIR,
*
No. III.
*
ATE
To Major-General CAMPBELL.
Exeter, Feb. 26, 1776.
I HAVE received yours, and, tho' I am obliged to you
for the care you exprefs for my health, in appointing me to
the additional company, am forry that I cannot accept of it,
confiftently with my character, as a foldier.
character, as a foldier. Tis true, I feel
a great weaknefs in my leg, which incapacitates me from
the active duty of the light company, but, by no means, from
the more steady marches of the battalion. At a time when
the juft rights of my country call for a vigorous fupport, I
cannot refuſe it my little fervices, but at the expence of my
prefent character, my future reputation, and the juftice I owe
to fociety. I muft therefore decline all exchange with Capt.
Campbell, fince I am determined to merit your efteem, by
placing my conduct above the neceffity of explanation.
I am, &c.
No. IV.
SIR,
To Lieutenant-Colonel COCKBURN.
St. Lucia, Aug. 2, 1779.
THE Adjutant waits on you, by my order, to defire
you will aufwer the following queftions.
Firft. Do you remember your telling me yefterday, that
I neglected my duty on this ifland, and was every way unfit
for the command I bear?
Secondly.

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Secondly. If you remember this accufation, will you
fupport it before a General Court-martial, which I fhall, in
that cafe, defire on my conduct?
I am, &c.
*
*
甜
​*
No. V.
Beqtor s ever I
blac
A
To Lieutenant-Colonel COCKBURN
SIR,
VI RECEIVED your meffage by the Adjutant, implying
that, if I would wait on you, you would anfwer any question
you!!!
to
my
has been, wi
I fhould ask you. Refpect to my fuperior officer dictates
compliance; but I muft beg leave to decline any perfonal
interview, from the little profpect I entertain of reconciling
fuch different opir.ions. You conceiving that I have neglected
dobaving
my duty, and I, upon my honor, not having found fufficient
employment for an officer of my rank, fince the capitulation
of the island. As every interview between us has been, with-
out exception, accompanied by undeferved reprimands, on your
fide, attended by a harfhnefs of manner, which has almoft
ftaggered my obedience, I have no hopes that this will be more
friendly; and I now honeftly declare, that this treatment has of-
ten prevented my perfonally paying my refpects to you. Your
reprimanding me yefterday, on my whole conduct, in a con-
verfation ftarted on an indifferent fubject, your cruelly attri-
buting my long illnefs to malingering, and the contempt you
expreffed for my rank, make it, at laft, neceffary to fupport
both that, and my character.
This

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This attack on my conduct, Sir, was not the fudden effect
of paffion. It has repeatedly happened; and, as I may be
open to charges laid againft me hereafter, I wish to have my
character now cleared up, while I have the evidence of many
in my favor, which difeafe or the chance of war may deprive
me of.
you, I fhall take
I have a refpect for you, as my commanding officer; and,
could you have thrown off thefe groundlefs jealoufies, of my
oppofing you, we might have been on the moft cordial foot-
ing. As a foldier, you will avow, in public, what you have
fo repeatedly told me, in private. If I hear nothing from
I fhall take it for granted, that you mean to fupport the
charge, and apply to-morrow to the Brigadier-General for an
enquiry. What will then appear againft me I know not;
but, at prefent, I cannot accufe myſelf of any neglect what
foever, on this ifland, much lefs of any intentional difrefpect
character,
to your command, which, your having miſtaken my
has made you too often conceive, to our mutual anxiety and
to
diftruft.
SOY ROebnaming bovistsband
I am, &c.
slomla and dow
punem to
vd babura
stoin sd *
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I bus ylbash
SIR,
No. VI.
To Lieutenant-Colonel CoCKBURN.
TO, bajdut ter bal
I HAVE received a fecond meffage, by the Serjeant-
Major; and muft again decline any interview, for the rea-
fons mentioned in my laft; but, if your inclinations coincide
with mine that the affair fhould be calmly talked over, in
699
the

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the prefence of a friend or two, and in this way that confi-
dence reftored, which fhould reign between the field officers
of a regiment, I am ready to wait on you, and will bring,
On my
on fide, Captain Nixon of the 49th regiment, a man
not biafs'd, I hope, on either fide.
But, if thefe are not
your intentions, my reputation forces me to decline all inter-
view, and to abide by my former refolve, let what will be
om alors
the confequence.
I am, &c.
N. B. The affair was compromifed by Captain Nixon's
means, and a general amnefty paffed on both fides,
as mentioned in my defence.
*
*
soitegul toy do fasgiat
*
SIR,.
AS
No. VII.
To Lieutenant-Colonel CoCKBURN.
my conduct, laft night, may require fome explana-
tion, I here give it you.
I do not believe that any officer, who had never put a
regiment thro' its exercife, taken alfo unawares, without
previous notice, and without having feen this exercife prac-
tifed for near two years, could do it readily, without omitting
fome of the little forms. Tho' unprepared for the tafk, I
fhould however have obeyed you laft night, had not your
whole manner indicated, that you was determined to take
advantage of the leaft error, to expofe me to the Gentlemen,
N
who

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who were ſpectators of our Parade. I fhall prepare to com-
ply with your orders, when next called on; I muft however
take leave to tell you, that, in executing this or any other
order, I fhall confider myfelf, indeed, as a fervant of the pub-
lic, appointed to act under you, but my rank and perfonal
fpirit, Sir, will not permit me to fubject myfelf to the caprice
of any man under heaven.
I am now, Sir, ready to put the regiment thro' thofe mo-
tions your abrupt manner prevented my doing yeſterday, tho'
perhaps, as my firft attempt, imperfectly; I therefore expect
private advice and inftruction, not public fhame and repri-
mand.While you treat me with the civility due to a
gentleman, you fhall never, from me, experience any dif-
refpect to your fuperior rank.
*
*
I am, &c.
No. VIII.
*
To General VAUGHAN, on his arrival in the
SIR, berl
Weft-Indies.
Jon cb
EMBOLDENED by Lord Lifburne's favourable men-
tion of me, and your own enterprizing character, I take the
liberty of addreffing you on a fubject, in which much of my
future peace of mind is concerned. My fituation in life is
not unknown to you, nor my love for my profeffion, yet I
have remained inactive fince the capture of this ifland, and
am perhaps ftill deftined to remain fo, while you carry on
your

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your conquefts in this country. This reflection imbitters
every moment. I know a defenfive poft is an honourable
one, but it is fo in an inferior degree. It may fuit a mere
duty foldier, but never one of enterprize and ambition. I
did not enter the fervice, Sir, from a rafh levity of difpofi-
tion, but with a refolution to attain the higheft rank in my
profeffion. The experience I may gain, under your com-
mand, may render me, on a future day, ufeful to my coun-
try. The lofs of it cannot be repaired. Let me, then,
entreat you, Sir, by all the feelings of a foldier, not to fen-
tence me again to banishment, without glory. If the 35th
regiment remain on this ifland, at leaft permit me to ac-
company you. I do not prefume to intrude myfelf on you,
in preference to many excellent officers now in employ. I'
wish to attend on your perfon, without pay or precedence."
I will ferve as a Junior Major in any flank corps, or accept
of any poft, without confulting my rank, if I may but attend
you in the army. At leaft, Sir, permit me to go with it as
a volunteer. There may be times when my little experi-
ence and perfonal example, tho' unattended with command,
may render me of more fervice, than attending a thoufand
trifling parades at St. Lucia. I have had, Sir, the good
opinion of all the General officers, under whom I have
ferved. Brigadier Meadows applied for me, as fecond
Major of Grenadiers in the Weft-Indies, tho' unacquainted
with my perfon; and, if any recommendation is further
wanted, I am the darling friend of Simcoe.
Jort
I have the honor to be, &c. &c.
floopot tontol
N 2
N. B. My

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N. B. My letter, applying for the command, in fecond,
old of the grenadiers, againft St. Vincent's, is unfortu
tunately loft. The General received it favourably.
I That evening, a French fleet entered Martinique, and
zena jon bib
o put a flop to the expedition.
vo ai da
us of poitrioles
flodgid
iw sud nois
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αποίκολους
lal No.
IX.
No. IX.mobi
yamybo
botinget ad sonia
To General VAUGHAN.
SIR,lg tu
Y
Jasmined of rings of somet
MAY I intreat your indulgence for the laft letter, I
fhall, perhaps, trouble you with? Your Excellency's favorable
reception of my application for the grenadiers, gives me hopes,
that you may one day call me forth to view.
But, alas! Sir,
the profpect is far diftant, and I am, again, given up to the
malice of my enemies, with the additional aggravation of be
ing thought a man, whofe conduct you have approved, whofe
fervices were acceptable to you, and whofe difappointment,
of courfe, they wish to render more bitter. If my ftaying
in this garrifon could be of any material fervice, I fhould
acquiefce, without a murmur. But, Sir, having tried every
method reafon and honour could dictate, to keep on terms
with my Lieutenant Colonel, even until I was at variance
with officers, by whom I was once univerfally beloved, I
have given up fo extravagant a hope; and, unwilling to let
the regiment fee publicly a difagreement between thofe who
fhould be united, have declined all parades and all command.
Now, Sir, let me again repeat my former requeft. Is it
M
in

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in your power to give me any employment, under you?
Will your Excellency accept of me as an extra Aid-
du Camp? My little independance puts me above the
idea of pay. I do not expect to carry difpatches, in pre-
ference to your eſtabliſhed Aids-du-Camp. I willingly de-
cline the pomp of rank, in favor of any poft you may
koin
appoint me to. My wifh is, to convince you how much
my military ardor is tempered with obedience; and, under
your friendly fhelter, to recover fufficient peace of mind,
and warmth of emulation, to juftify any command you may,
hereafter, entruſt me with.
1510
This letter, Sir, is not a letter written from oftentation.
My foul lives in every fentence of it. You have much,
Sir, in your power; I am fure you will not damp thofe
hopes I have placed in your protection. You will not fen-
tence an active and feeling fpirit, again, to exile and
oblivion.gads
*
I have the honor to be, &c. &c. of lym
*
*
*
boold
No. X.
To General VAUGHAN.
ed of honor aft
1979 90 101
dgien,boitoy
SIR,
od art over Boyne, off St. Lucia.
AS your many important concerns have prevented me
from unbofoming myfelf to you, at the interview I fought
for, fo freely and uninterruptedly as I could with, I beg
your pardon for doing it, once more, by letter. I meant to
have informed your Excellency, that I, unhappily, differ in
fentiment
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this
23
fentiment both from Sir H. Calder, and Lieutenant Colonel
Cockburn. I blame no one, but, our manners do not blend
well together. This garrifon is rent with divifions; more
particularly the 35th regiment. I wish to form no party,
but to have fome honorable caufe of withdrawing from a
fcene, where I can reap little glory. My military ardor is
checked, and a fpirit depreffed, which feeks no enemies,
but his country's. Freſh altercations bave fprung up fince
I had laft the honor of addreffing myfelf to you. I came
here, then, once more, in hopes that you would accept my
offer of ferving you, in any capacity, without regard to
rank, pay, or precedence. My return to the island will load
me with difappointment; and, I fear, from my too fanguine
wifhes, I have laid myfelf fomewhat open to cenfure, fince
I find that, fome time after I failed, I was in orders as mem-
ber of a General Court martial. But I hope, Sir, you
will excufe me, if I fay, that, rather than again fubject
myfelf to my former command, I would exchange a com-
miffion, purchafed with the peace of my parents, my own
blood, and the enormous price of four thoufand guineas,
for one, even in any new corps; nay, in a more tranquil
period, might be almoft tempted to refign every view in
my once favourite profeffion.
12-
OT
I have the honor to be, &c. &c.
eqmi yasm toy
dN. B. The Adjutant General was fent to me; I dined
god with General Vaughan, and had every hope of employ-
oment held out to me, when any thing fell, worth
the acceptance of a man of my rank. The General
put

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put to fea with Admiral Rodney. I returned to St.
Lucia, and was put in arreft.
*
*
No. XI.
*
*
10M OT
Y
To General VAUGHAN, on his return from the
motni stone orite fea fight. hole iw no?
SIR,
nibach introl
ym I CONGRATULATE you on your fafety. I am
forry to inform you, that I am under an arreft for neglect of
duty. I have fome time fince acquainted you with my rea-
fons for declining duty, to prevent the regiment's perceiving
any coldness between me, and my Lieutenant-Colonel.
This blow is doubly cruel. Little am I concerned for my
commiffion, in a fervice, embittered by difappointment; yet,
the idea of being charged with a crime will ruin my fame at
home, and bring my Parents hairs with forrow to the grave.
I have offered the Lieutenant-Colonel to exchange, to
leave him and let all be forgotten. I throw myself entirely
on you, hoping you will ward this ftroke, and permit me to
exchange into the 40th, if the vacancy be open. My con-
duct, there, will, I truft, convince you, that your interven-
tion, in my favor, has not been mifapplied; but, when you
confider that I am the third officer of this diftracted regiment,
who has been brought before a court-martial, in the ſhort
fpace of twelve months, you may perhaps fuppofe, that there
are other faults, than thefe of,
Sir, &c. &c.
No. XII. To

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*
No. XII.
To Major FERGUSON, Adjutant-General.
SIR,
I HAVE received the inclofed crime, for breaking my
arreft. You will pleafe to lay it before the General, inform-
ing him, that the fact is of a fortnight's ftanding, and never
denied by me; that it is no more than my having left my
quarters, after it was dark, taken a few turns on the parade,
for fresh air, and fupped with a poor crippled officer, at
about twenty yards diftance. This too, when my arreft by no
means pointed to my exclufion, from the liberty of the camp.
Thus, Sir, my inveterate enemy leaves no ftone unturned
for my undoing. You will pleafe to inform the General,
alfo, that I have offered to make every honorable conceffion
for my inadvertency, which fprung from my confidence he
would remove me from the regiment; I am however told
it is too late, but that the Lieutenant-Colonel had no ob-
jection to my making an exchange. A court-martial will
by no means turn out to my difcredit, when my whole con-
duct fhall be called forth; but Cæfar's wife fhould not be
fufpected. Tell him, that, while I was fupported by mili-
tary hope, I put up with banishment: But now, my ardour
checked, a prey to malice, cut off from my friends, from all
profpect of rifing at home, and without the moft diftant one,
that ever a true cordiality can take place, between the jarring
officers of the 35th, my mind, naturally tender, gives way
to my difappointment. If his Excellency will pleaſe to re-
move

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move me to the 40th regiment, or give me leave of abfence,
till fuch time as he can find a removal, he will reſtore to
the fervice, one e who had a more than common love for it.
If not, will he ward the blow, which the Lieutenant
Colonel means to level at me, and permit me, while my
character is unimpaired, to retire into the peaceful bofom
of my parents?
I am, &c. &c.
*
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riguod
20W 315 nousvid No.
No.
XIII.
XIII.
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Dear SIR,
To Major FERGUSON.
hoitab May 20th, 1780.
I HAVE received yours, which has freed me from
great diftraction of mind, by, at laft, fixing my affairs to a
certainty. You will pleafe to acquaint the General of my
moft grateful fenfe of his long interpofition in my favor, and
affure him that my zeal to ferve under him, fhall not be
leffened, fhould any fentence put it out of my power to
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fhow it. Nothing but my tenderness for my parents could
have prevented the world's knowing, that I deferve not the
conftructions which are put upon my conduct, and, fhould
it be poffible that I can fall a facrifice to forms, I beg he
will not think unfavorably of me, as a real foldier. I have
tried more for accommodation, than pride may permit fome
men. Whatever is my fate, may my gracious mafter find
an officer to fucceed me, who unites the phlegmatic regust
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larity of my perfecutor, with my difintereſted ſpirit of
enterprize!..d isvors boit no off en amit do
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I have written to Brigadier-General Calder, to beg time
till the 25th, as, in full fecurity of an exchange, I am lefs
prepared for my defence, than I was fix weeks ago. fonolo
molod
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N. B. The following letter, fent to General Vaughan,
on the fhipwreck of Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, in
the great hurricane, will convince the reader how little
my ruin was expected. Though it is the moft fingular
letter ever pen'd by one in my fituation, yet it was
read and approved of, by that gallant and generous
man, COMMODORE HOTHAM, then commanding
68 on the Weft-India ftation.
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189
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XIV.
y lo que To General VAUGHAN.
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beg olym ni noiñogotai Vengeance, off St. Lucia.
SIR,
ed for a mid 19b vist or s
AMIDST the general deftruction, it might appear
prefumptuous, to call your attention to the calamities of an
individual, did not every ftroke of fortune, however feem-
ingly unconnected with them, operate to diftrefs an unhappy
man, who has been honoured with your Excellency's protec-
tion. I will not dwell, Sir, on the purgatory I fuffered,
before your arrival. It was done away, by your favorable
val.it
reception of
tion of my application for the grenadiers. My cha-
racter, then, flood in a diftinguiſhed light, as a citizen and
Vinal
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a foldier. Every profpect brightened to my view. Your
Excellency well knows the reverfe of thefe profpects, from
the exertion of that malice, which, even your generous in-
terference, could not prevent. Four long months have I
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awaited my fate, in fufpence, yet with refignation. Uncer-
tain, if my prefent rank was fecure; certain, that my ab-
fence and impriſonment had deftroyed ftrong hopes of my
rifing in Europe; and dreading to reflect on the ruined
peace of my moft amiable parents. I had yet hopes, Sir,
that, if my commiffion was fecure, you might be inclined
to ferve me, on fome future occafion; and, as I am the
Second Major in the West Indies, thefe hopes might not have
been diftant. But, alas! Sir, whilft, by a fatal and much
regretted accident, the high commands of Lieutenant-
Colonel and Quarter-mafter General are vacant, and my
fate is, yet, in fufpence, an opening is made for junior!
officers to come over me. A circumftance grateful to the
malice of my foes, and deftructive of the only line of life
I would purfue! On this approaching ruin of fame, for-
tune, and every profpect, military and domeftic, permit me,
Sir, to truft my all with you. Should you be inclined to
ferve me, you will not, perhaps, be hafty in appointment-
perhaps But I will not prefume to hint, what, in that
cafe, may beft occur to your judgment and humanity.
Permit me, however, to fay, that as your generous exertions
in my favor, have, hitherto, fupported my mind, fo does my
confidence in their continuance, under a flate of anxiety,
which renders Col. Mitchell's unhappy fate almoft enviable.
I have the honor to be, &c. &c.
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No.
XV.
SIR,
To Brigadier-General ST. LEGER.
bed and
nst
I KNOW my unexampled fate, and am refigned to
it. From you I have received every attention; let me in.
treat one mark of it more. In return for SIX WOUNDS,
FOUR THOUSAND GUINEAS, and the HIGH RANK OF
FIELD OFFICER, perhaps one compenfation, the only one
I have ever afked, will not, in the ftricteft fenfe of fervice,
be denied me.
There is a foldier who has long faithfully ferved me. In
his ill ftate of health, he can be of no advantage to the re-
giment. It will be a comfort to carry him into oblivion
with me.
Will you uſe your influence with the command-
ing officer of the 35th regiment, that I may purchaſe his
difcharge, at any price he may appoint?
SIR,
I am, &c.
ANSWER.
Nov. 29, 1780.
IN Confequence of your letter, I applied to Lieutenant
Colonel Cockburn. His anfwer was, he denied the fame
thing to Captain Lamb, as being contrary to the regimental
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rule. I am truly concerned at your unfortunate fituation,
and am, Sir,
Your moft obedient fervant,
A. ST. LEGER.
N. B. The foldier died foon after I left the iſland.
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No. XVI.
Extract of a letter from SIR CHARLES GOULD,
Judge Advocate General, to LORD AMHERST.
Dated HORSE GUARDS, Sept. 21, 1780.
I HAVE had the honor of laying thefe proceedings
before the King, who has taken into his Royal confideration
the feveral matters produced in evidence, wifhing to have
difcovered fome ground for a mitigation of the fentence.
He has commanded me to exprefs, that it is with much
regret, having been informed of the Prifoner's fpirited
behavior, and the wounds fuftained by him in the fervice
of his country, as well as of his unimpeached character,
as a gentleman, that his Majefty finds fome charges, and
thofe but too clearly fupported by evidence, which render
it indifpenfably neceffary, in point of example, and for the
enforcing a ftrict obedience of difcipline, to difmifs the
Prifoner, Edward Drewe, from his fervice, as Major of
the 35th regiment of foot.
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No. XVII.
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THE following letter, in the hand writing of Lieutenant
Colonel Cockburn, was intrufted to me by Lieutenant
M'Dermott, fome time before his death. It will fhew
how fair his character appeared, before the misfortunes
which occafioned his imprudence, even to the Lieutenant
Colonel. Lieutenant M'Dermott died while I was on
board the fleet, in great want and mifery; and I had the
melancholy confolation of knowing, that his laft prayers
were offered
up for me.
To Colonel PATERSON, Adjutant-General.
SIR,
Brooklyn, Feb. 28, 1778.
ENSIGN M'DERMOTT having informed me, that
he is in treaty for a Lieutenancy in the 26th regiment, I
have taken this liberty, at his particular defire, of acquaint-
ing you, that his conduct, in the 35th, has been fuch as to
merit every recommendation, in my power; and, therefore,
I wish he may fucceed, on the prefent occafion.
I have the honor to be,
With perfect efteem, and warm wishes for your fafety,
Sir, your moft obedient, and moft humble fervant,
(A True Copy.)
JAMES COCKBURN,
Lieut. Col. 35th regiment of foot.
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FRRATA.
ADDRESS. Page ii, Line 6, for county
read country
for beleive read believe
MINUTES. Page 9, Line 7, after 1778, for read,
15,
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13, and other places, for hutt read hut
-29, 13, and other places, for Independance
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- 38,
- 38,
• 45,
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read Independence
1, for in all his power read all in his
power
-21, for uow read now
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6, for kuown read known
- 57, - 14, for Dreew read Drewe
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