166 ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
Col. Bostwick 1st Regt. Oxford, Major Bowen Ist Regt. Norfolk, Major 
Salmon 2nd Regt. Norfolk and Adjutant Eakins of the 1st Oxford 
Regt— I must beg leave to explain the reasons and authority by 
which those officers were placed on duty trusting that they will be 
considered sufficient to enable you to issue an order that they may 
receive pay for the time specified in the estimate— Lt. Col. Burwell 
I ordered on Duty in consequence of receiving information of parties 
from Genl. Hulls army having penetrated into the Province to within 
a few miles of Port Talbot being myself on duty at Longpoint and 
Fort George with Genl. Brock to whom I reported the particulars— 
Lt. Col. Bostwick was put on duty by a verbal order to me from Major 
Genl. Brock on the day of his sailing with the expedition from this 
place for Detroit, and the last time I had the pleasure of seeing that : 
Lamented General he expressed to me his desire that Lt. Col. Bostwick 
should be continued on duty— Major Salmon was likewise placed on 
duty by Major Genl. Brock and was ordered to proceed down the River 
Thames under Cap’n Chambers of the 41st and afterwards served in 
the expedition agains Detroit. District Major Bowen, from being an 
exceedingly good drill officer, was ordered to be stationed at Turkey 
point by approbation of Genl. Brock for the purpose of instructing the 
quotas of Militia that were assembled at that station, and I can with 
great justice assure you, that Major Bowen has been indefatigable in 
his attention and exertions to form the Militia for service— Adjutant 
Eakins was also put on duty by order of Major Genl. Brock—should 
those deserving officers be refused pay after devoting their time to the 
good of the Province much to the prejudice of their private affairs 
and exposed to considerable expense—-I am confident it would have a 
very unfavorable tendency in lessening the unquestionable loyalty & 
ardour at present manifested and destroy all faith and confidence in 
the Government for the future. 
as there cannot be any apprehension retained of an attack on 
this part of the country during the winter season, I will beg leave ta 
recommend the propriety of allowing the detachments stationed in this 
neighborhood to be dismissed, as the men are most wretchedly provided 
with clothing, so much so as to render their marching to a distance 
almost impossible and their families are suffering the utmost distress, 
during their absence, being chiefly new beginners in the woods and 
dispersed through a great extent of country. 
As far as I can collect from the information of some of our men 
that have been Prisoners with the Enemy, I am disposed to hope that 
the Enemy have given up the idea of further disturbing the Province 

