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of the members of the court, a gentleman of fine
talents, proposed that they should be drummed out
of the fort & discharged. I opposed it in a short
speed & proposed the infliction of light corporal
punishment, without discharging them. My pro-
position prevailed. The Regiment was paraded
to witness the punishment & Col. Barbee request-
ed me to read the Rules & Articles of War, in
the hearing of & to address the officers & privates in
relation to their duties generally, which I did
accordingly, in a manner very satisfactory to
all, of which I had undoubted evidence. After this
we had no more desertions or other bad conduct
requiring the ordering of a Court of Martial.
Rodes Garth Esq. a private in my company
was the Judge Advocate of the Regiment. He
was a member of the Monticello bar & afterwards fre-
quently elected to the Legislature, and is still a re-
sident citizen of Wayne County. He is an honest pa-
triotic man, but of moderate abilities.
Our term of service (6 months) expired. I think the 1st [?]
and we were marched to Cincinatti, distant about
100 miles, paid off in part and discharged. Our
friends in Wayne County, met us at Cincinatti
with horses. I arrived at home on the 3rd Sunday in
March - the day was unusually fine for the season.
We had stayed the night before at Somerset in
Pulaski County. From whence it was 9 miles to the
Cumberland River, then the line between the coun-
ties [counties] of Wayne & Pulaski. A large num-
ber [number] of persons had collected on the Wayne side
of the River to receive & welcome us home; amongst
others, was my venerable father in law, Anthony
Gholson, then near 80 years of age, who had
rode from his residence that morning, 10 or 12 miles
to greet us, on our return. The reception was
a most cordial one. The people of the county
generally were apprized of our being on the road
home, & they had assembled in large numbers
at the different houses on the road to see us.