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Show Fani'km " MAJOR Germain Roanarsox. Feb/wire ofMAion GENERAL Ronnarson. ' -' on by' Sn' ' Henry ‘ ' Clint ' ons carried 1 . ' the order now on the table of the Committee, made inllant repa- ration to the fufl‘erers, and an immediate llop was put to plt'n- the rebedl Genitalwéiiidiliiegvlii: knowboii ‘On‘a ‘\ iii: thiizhidgofgilnlt ' , , o d the 6X 5 lthl'l .0 1‘: r 2 . derii‘ig iiitiiatlirigzidc. belisgiggc Rhmcitihliiclhntlic sighels were? much diltrelgd 12:11:13}??Charaft.ol'Gen-e 3r . Grey. the 16th of September, during. which time he law "‘ ezpedition was commanded by Majocli f 9!}th Ofllceii' ‘ "I‘hat he confelled, was a molt ablea aéthC, an AniLllldaring frequently committed and had heard afterwards that it glyph."it . h. force, than what ha ' f rcement lately lent out, only amount {till became more frequent. He believed that the General did; "l"? "If?" everything in his power to prevent it. He heard him give ‘"‘ directions to hang two plunderers, and was a Witnefs totlie use ecution. He did not know that plunderiii': was commi tted in that part under the General's immediate command ; but he heir-d it as a general complaint, fo long~ as he remained in the that-anOther wouL de the hlelhans, when theyvlel't Germany, lllldfl‘rll'OOLl that would be permitted to plunder ; that they looked upon they them{elves to be in an enemy's country, and were entitled to en- 1 grim from doubting of his zeal, Judgment, an dbl ‘fi r.y, if8 . , d d that there was not a more capab e 0‘ C6 m 1‘ ""90" 1,6 g6 ‘ , . . I‘M-lefiy. S fervlC-eif that more could be done With an inferl?r He did not pie u"tilebee‘n done with a fuperior one. He did 4000 out. not know that thehrel? 0(1 men or that they exceeded the ‘ dcmen tan: "d to about tour I Eugithward in the courf e of the Winter, Or tachments lent to; 1: 0font in order to make UP any fuppofed . iniorination on the fub.l‘3&' armv. Circum~ and uliiges (if war, contributions were accepted, as a compen{anion or {arisfat‘l'ion for {paring private prope rty. ‘ Examined 5} Sir W? [15am Home. w w 5' The General fays, that llores, proviflOnSs veflels,8lc- wtrc He never thought. America an enemy's country ; but the idea that it was, was not iiilcly confined to the Hellia ns. He heard, that'when Col. Rhall was furprized atTrenton,twenty-one wag- . or k" a to"gig-"There were {01116, he did "Qt know what quantltY' valu: l. . his articular duty to ice that PmPer me gun loads of plunder was recovered by the iebels, aim was. at- or number. ItwanUOtb ' Sinai them Ofii He prefumed that no fures UTPOfe meanswere weretakfii} ("Ch neglfi (SEEK-d e frlnbt Og-mhgt fie had-notHe the had care obeye of thed {torts orders‘as wereElYen t-Obtit (if the troops. or the" embaranonvr terwards di‘i'lributed by lYIr. \Valliinqton among)r the liiflei'ers, fl" frat as they could be altertained. ‘He had every reafon to cm HI 37331;, believe that ianv enormity ot'tliis nature, commi tted either by iritiithi-Lng. He believed the Ge. and if the town and fiorea were not de "1 did all m 1-nls'po::lcrt,lie General had very gOOd yeafonslor fihhiiihlingefriii 13;; meafure. lie gave no opinitiln ;dhewotllll‘ a ' F ' "V . v e. He n€lt er re ‘fPOkC to a tECtWht'hut3 $5 :Vdrnviiilhbvdcghit any inferencewhatew inference {30W} gt a '1: _ fliOUld be m' n "I"? L" that many 0f the male inhabitants 1'5' {2: Tllfi G6??? lliié 3 ii: Gr'ivefend and Flat Bulb, when malned m the" Vdedmg LonO' Illand. theflmfil alrpdyfkiiiecregainedc but not in any gr at "me"; He did ribtalee that the male ihhabitants in any part of "£2133", ot‘war remained in their dwellingsbut thofe of Staten but he had been avery fliort time With the ai-my- 9 .Q. The General fays that plunder was frequent . t ermlll‘ Certainly plundering was commo It was no. P made Plunder"? ted A. in the brigade he commanded, On n. a complainébclfigi ucl irrliiivhnnsidio to him of {ome excefles committed by mat buga e, th‘ He prefumed that the rebels had no money, but it would not be ealy to perfuade foldiers, particularly foreigners, if they could not get money, that they [liould not have lome fort of equivalent. left behind at Bolton, when the King's "OOPS evacuated the t He did not know that plum-Hm on der was ever permitted in Europe duringr operations in an cnc- derir'gniy's country; but he always undcrl‘tood, that, by the laus mans might e e1: mgr or the local alliftance more general and CDFTY were wea ene , eflCLNJL Bellow He acknowledged that he heard it uiiiverfally laid, that rich themlirlves with the fpoil. dcfichnCy-I He 3 dlothe fame number Britilh and. Gel‘ fiances beingfghfange ,e in one campaign of then another, 1f the 0n non He was only prelt-nt from the 22d at the landing; on Long Illand, till his arriva l at New York on , Britim or Germans, totally repugnant to the will) or up» probation of the Generwas al. Q; The General has laid, that great numbers of loyaliints were difpofed to take up arms, had they been properly countenanced and encoura ed? .4. He did not mean to thy, that the General was remifspymt. in his duty. He fiated a fact which afterwards proved to hem tn: .' ti'UC- He believed that feveral, who had arms Put into their lilndS, turned them aqainlt us, and that feveral, who expreiléd adelirc for them, were far from being lincere; but he was, ‘1‘?"61‘thelefs of opinion, that more arms might be dillributcd with‘lafcty," though irrfuch a combufiion. of fear, and terror, ilvnlid impolition, it was indeed extremely diflicult to d€tCY‘nllllL, 3 "($51, Or who was not to he trulled. , . f _ l Toniethin tat-fl: .16 General, the preceding evening, BK . 1 d pg orining the lin‘s which he did not peiteétly compre fl}; . If. He find, that as to the ftorming of the lines: 1" "'ij 3" 31 c» |