33-1Military AffairsReport : Memorial of the Minnesota Legis. [744] Military post near the Pembina River; for protection of citizens and Indians from British attack.1854-9

House of Representatives Report No. 291,  33d Congress, 1st Session (1854)

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33d CoNGRE~s, 1st Session. Rep. No. 291. Ho. OF REPS. MILITARY POST NEAR PEMBINA RIVER, ~IINNESOTA TERRITORY. [To accompany bill H. R. No. 477.] Jnv 14, 1854. Mr. FAULKNER~ from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the fol-lowing REPORT. The Committet on: Military Affairs, to whom was referred the memorial cif the legislature r!f the Territory if Minnesota, praying Congress to estab-lish a military post on the line of 49 degrees noTth latitude, on or near Pembina river, have, according to order, had the same under consideration, and submit the following report: The committee discover, from the letter of the Secretary of War ac-companying this report, that it is both proper and necessary that a mil-itary post should be established at the point indicated in the prayer of the memorialists. They therefore report the accompanying bill. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, June 30, 1854. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 24th instant, enclosing a memorial from the legislature of Minne--sota for the establishment of a military post on or near Pembina river, in latitude 49 degrees north, for the protection of citizens of the United States and Indians resident within our borders from the attacks of the British settlers at Selkirk. In reply to your request tor the views of this department on the ap-plication, I can say that there is very little doubt of either the propri-ety or necessily for a fort at the point indicated; but, at the present time, there is neither money to construct nor men to garrison one at the disposal of the department, and it was mainly to give security to such exp~sed sections of country that the increase of the army was asked for m my late annual report. With our present limited force, many assailable points "necessarily remain unguarded, and all that can be done is to occupy the more im-portant positions. . Should the required increase of the army be authorized by Congress, 2 H. Rep. 291. it is within the views, as it will then be within the means, of the depart-ment to station a company near Pembina, for the protection of the peo-ple in that section of thP- country. The memorial of the legislature is herewith returned. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JEFF'N DAVIS, Hon. C. J. FAULKNER, Secretary of War. Chairman Com. Military Affairs, House of Reps. 

Military post near Pembina River, Minnesota Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.).

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Military post near Pembina River, Minnesota Territory. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 477.).

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