NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION Law 119 fore a joint committee of the lords and commons on the conduct of the war. Senator Coperaxp, Particularly in reference to Saratoga? Mr. MaraewsoN. No—it may have been; but the part which is pertinent to the question as to the number of Irish in the Revolu- tionary Army was brought out as the result of an inquiry in regard to the number of Irish in the Revolutionary Army by one of the members of the committee, and he made his statement, which was based upon a number of deserters whom he had interviewed, who came to him, I believe, during the winter at Valley Forge; and, ac- cording to his statement, one-half of the deserters who came from the Revolutionary Army at Valley Forge to the British camp were Irish. From that Mr. O’Brien in his subsequent statement says that, of course, that is not conclusive, and says that the muster rolls, however, actually support his conclusions. Senator CoreLanp. That is, the conclusion that a very large per- centage of the soldiers were Irish? Mr. MataEwson. So Mr. (’Brien contends; yes. Senator CopeLAND. I was speading of Mr. O’Brien’s conclusions. Mr. Maraewson. Well, he bases his conclusion on Mr. Galloway's conclusions. Mr. Galloway’s conclusions are based upon the per- centage of Irishmen who came into the British Army in the winter at Valley Forge, and who were deserting from the American Army. Senator Coperanp. If two-thirds of the men at Valley Forge were [rish, I presume a large proportion of those who deserted would be frish? Mr. Maraewsox. I do not know of any contention that states two- thirds of the soldiers in the American Army at Valley Forge were Irish. Even Mr. O’Brien in his statement only claims 88 per cent. Senator Rerp. Ireland furnished 38 per cent of the troops and 50 per cent of the deserters; is that what the figures show? Mr. Maraewson. I do not wish to draw any unpleasant or unfair conclusions in regard to the number of deserters; but the fact remains that Galloway stated that he was the officer to whom the deserters were sent after they had been sent to headquarters, and I suppose he questioned them. He, in turn, sent them to the officer who swore them into the British allegiance; and he says that 50 per cent of those who came to him at that particular time—I do not wish to imply that was the general percentage, by any manner of means—happened to be of Irish descent; and from that he bases his conclusions, because he is asked by a member of the committee in so many words, “ Do you base your conclusion upon the percentage of deserters that were ncluded 1n those who came to see you? ” And he said. “T do.” Senator Rep. I think we understand that. Senator CoreLanp. Have you made any study of the Tories to de- termine how many of them were English in opposition to the war? Very few of the Tories were Irish. Am I right in that? } Mr. MaraewsoN. I do not know the percentage of Tories in the population; I have not made a study of that. The Cuamrman. Is that all, Mr. Mathewson ? Mr. MaraewsoN. That is all. (The statement submitted by Mr. Mathewson 1s as follows?)