Excerpt from The Case of the Battalion Stated, With an Exposition of the Grounds Upon Which Chas; Lee Jones, Esq.: Expected to Have Had the Command of the Battalion (Consisting of Three Companies Raised by Himself in the District of Columbia, and Two to Be Raised in Maryland, ) Conferred Upon Him, as of Right and Justice Due Both to Him and to the Officers and Men Who From the tenor of this communication, my son clearly understood that the President had at last concluded to give him an 'opportunity to raise the. Battalion which he had so often proposed; in short, that an authorized over ture was made to him to go on and raise the three district companies, with a view to the ultimate command of the battalion, with the rank of Lieut. Colonel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.