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Thom that he xdei lo in lhb proimua Burl o'fhis loner arc-no vquolcd by the Secretary us no! to requrro in~ m here 2] ’ . r \ am 22; ,V {.3333 :v-r 'He ciiy land cnslle were cuphncd Ich 29; and.~wi(h about. oneJourth ol neceslnry‘meanl lor a road-train. (no offmiue.) the' retreat. in pursuit of enemy. «as \igorously commenced i 1 29." The'bhule pf|oerro Gurdo 5600 Med; and We oc.cupied Jalnpa and Pe . where we. were obliged Kuwait {or allellfrom Vem Cruz. . .In these pos m 1 ms made to mime under anolh. rue] _diuppuinlménl.‘ » my_lour,mcmorinls lo the department. ;he ..further proreoution oi the war a :gaimt _Meaiea. writleo at Washington, sf ‘and dated. respectively. Oct. 28. Nov. 12. «‘l6. and 2!. (It Was only intimated to me ititltenightol Nov. 18..thatl might pre pare mytelt for the field.) paper! in which » ldemouatrated that Vera Cruz‘was the true bane ol operations. and that the ene tnyf‘pcabitalcould not, probably-{be rea. ched from the Rio Grande; lestimated that, after taking the great sen-port, ‘a bout 20.000 men’ or tan army of more than 6,000 men’ may be needed. ‘l. To beat in thefield. and in passes. any accu " tnulated later: in the way. 2. To garri. son many important points in the rear, to recure a free communication with Vera Cruz. And 3. To make distant detach ments. in order to gather in, without long helm-necessary subsistence." And that force. lsupposed. including volunteers. and. aided by land and money bountien. might be raised‘in time. by adding ten or twelve new regimento oiregularo, and fil ling: up the ranks of the old. ‘ A bill was introduced for raising ten additional regiments; anti I certainly do not mean to charge the department with the whole delay. in passing the bill thro’ congress. But it was passed February 11. 184.7. and under _it. by early in April, some lew thousand men had been already raised and organized. My distress may' be concrived. by any’soldier, on learning at Jalnpa. April 27. that the whole 0! that tnrce had been sent. under Brig. General Cadwalader. to the Rio Grande lruntier. In my letter to the Department. writ ‘ten the day olten! said I had expected that— - . 2.7-“; .‘ 5 54‘», ‘ 5J5": ,2. ;(24 1 :1:- . :23? 1&7; ‘ 93 54“ mar?“ "Detachmenta of the new regiments would. as you had promised me. begin to nmva in this month, nnd continue to follow perhaps into June. How many [volunteers] will rc-ongage. under the act npprovod March 3 (only received two day. ago) l ltnow not; probably hut fotv. Honca the greater my disappointment. eatined‘by rendtng the new troops to the Rio Grande; (or. besides then keep -ing the road in our present roar open for many waoka by mul‘Chci ‘in ruccouivo detneltmonts.l had intended; an] advanced. to leave leung gar. riron- In this place.(.lalapn,j in Parole. and Puebla. and to keep at the head of the movement: a {och equal to any pruhablo oppoaitiun. It may now depend on the ttume-r ofthe old volunteer: who may re-engugc, and the number of new troops xhat may arrive from tho Brazus in time. or also in some degree upon the advance of Major General 'l'nvlur. whether I shall find this army in utrength tn leave' the garrisons and to orcuw the capital." llmay'add thnt only abnut fifty individ uals ol the-old volunteers re-ettgagcd un der the provisions of- the act ol- March 3; that the remainder w’crn discharged. May 4th,; that Major General Taylor made no movement in advance ofSattillo; nml that the new'rég'ula'r's. including Cndwalladcr’s Brigade. only began to come up with me at Puebla; in July. but not in unflicient numbers ttll August 6., The next day the army" cprnmenc‘etl its advance upon the capital With a little, mart-than 10,000 at (ectrvnmen. ~ - v- . ' ~ ' It is not extravagant many that, if ”fig-Gem" Cadwaluder’e ' forces had not been diverted from me to the Rio Grande. Rehere. he was made tovlnse. "withbut‘nnyv «benefit to,Mojnr .Gen. ’l‘nylor.‘ much' pre ucious tinie, ’I might, easily have taken this city in‘th‘e monthof June. and at one-fifth [of the loss ‘sustained in August and Sep-‘ .tember. The enemy Mailed htméelf'bt rnyqur‘ced delay. .at Puebla; tn collect.‘tu treble.“ organize and discipline his fnr .ces. ashnlso, to erect numerous and pow‘f erlul‘defiences' with batteries. . Nearly nlI those extraordinary preparations ~'for ,our reception were made safter the middle/oi June. Audit?" known thnt,the newsnf the‘ victory'o! Boena Vista reached Wash ington in time to countermand .Cadwalln, ders orders for the RidGrnnde,‘ before his “warm“: from New Orleans; »Tvso nae com-print“, With him, received the cou‘n: :termnnt! .there. .nndjo' ed merari)" ' ’1 know that I had (“i misfortune to'give offence to the Departn ant. by expressing; myself ‘to "the 1 name Intact—4sm:r-Jatrpu,’ May 6.1: in a rEport ofithat date?! snide} " Thootibjeet of thatvordc}; (No. J3s¢qoltl = val; nnteon‘) hupxgiyenfme long ‘ndtdeup mlicituder-J' To part with l 0 ‘inrgo and 9:1 reßpCClttbit‘ a‘pomnn f writ. 2.4-. . 7' ‘ ' - . ~ ; 3 ' 3,, ' $9 “.3 33352339 -. ‘ [I '.u ‘ Q ' ' . ' .~ ‘3 ‘- ' ' ~ 3 " “1" ~ . v 1»; -,- . . - , ; :~ ~ ~ ’ _.3‘; 533. ‘1 é ’' : ~ " ..-5 5 ' ~ :33 it.“ «.‘- .: f. {1.543991% '“, 3 f " .. 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" '7” 45 ":1" “iii? ‘ ””735” ‘ta-w 3- f? ‘3: "“u .333 5. nflhifl army. in the middlwpfp. country. which, lliough in'iln {mower is no: ym l‘lipoaed m sue for peace; to provide for the return homo of seven ro gimcntu, from this interior position. nt in time when I find it quitediflicultlto provnlo Iranyportntion & supplies for the operating forces ,which remain and all this without nay prmp‘ect of nuccnr or re- Inforcommts. in po'rhapn the next seven month-~— heyond name 300 army reernitn~prcuenr novel ties utterly unltnmi'n to any invading nrmy before With the addition often or twolve . Ihnnuand new lovin. in April or May—asked for nml until very recently expected—or oven with Iho nihlitinn of two or threo thouannd now troops, destined for thin ormy.bnl suddenly, by the orders oi the War Department, diverted to the Rio Grundo frnrrtrcr,l might. notwithstanding the unavoidable discharge of the old vultmlaors—auvqn regimenln and two independent compnnios—ndvrince with Mnfidenco upon tho enemy's cupilnl. luhnll. noverthnluau, udvnnco ;- but whollier beyond Pueblo, Will do pond upon intervening information and rerlernon. The general- panic given to the enemy at Cerro Gordo utill remaining. [think it probable we nhall go to Mexico; or. if-tha enemy recover from that. we mult renew the consternation by another Mew." 1 Thus. like Cortez, finding myscll iso lated and abandoned. and again. like him; always alraid thnt the next ship or men nvnger might, recall or further cripple me, lrenolved no lonizer to depend on Vera Cruz or home. but to render my little or my 'a self auataimng machine’-—as,l in formed everybody. including the head of the War Department—land advanced to Puebla. - It was in reference to the ltiregoing se rious cause: ol complaint, and others. to be lound in my reporls at large—particu larly in respect to money for the disburs» in;: staff ulficers. clothing, and Mr. Trint. commissioner. that 1 concluded my report lrom Pueblo,‘June 4. in these words: "Considering tho many cruel disappointment. and mortifimtiono I have been mode to {or-I oinco [ left Worhington. and tho lolnl wont ofsupporl or nympnlhy on the part of the War Department. which! have so long experienced. I bag ll! be ro‘ culled from this army the moment it may be nnlq for any per-on to embark in Vera Cruz—which. I suppose. will bo early in November. Probably all field operations will be over long bt-fnru thnt lime." But my next report (July 26) from Pu ebla. has no doubt. in the end. been deem ed more unpardonable by the Department. In that paper. alter Speaking of the ' hap py change in my relations. both official & private. with Mr. Trist.’ I continued : 5 " Since about the 26 ultimo, [June] our inter~ courae has been frequent and cordial. and l have found him [Mr. T.] able, diecreet. courteous and amiable. At home it no chanced thttt we had but the alighteat possible acquaintance with each oth er. Hence more or less at reciprocal prejudice; 6t at'the existence of h-I feelings towardl me. I knew (by private letter!) before We met. that at least a part of the cabiiiot had a lull intimation. Still. the pronounced misunderstanding between Mr. Triut and myself could not have occurred but for other t'ircnnietaueee: l; ”in being obliged to send forward your letter of Aptil M,inatead of dolircr ing it in poraon, with the explanatory papere which he deaired to communicate : 2,11” bad health in May antl June; w‘bieh lam happy to any has now become good; and 3. The extreme myltifioation into which your letter. and ..pnrtieularly an inter lineation. unavaidnlily threw Inu. So far it: I am concerned. I am perfectly mlling that all I have heretofore written to the department about Mr. 'l‘riat ahould be suppreasod. l malio thin deelnia» tiontaa due to my prelont oateem for that gentle man; but ask no favor. or desire none. at the hands of the department. Juattco to myaelf. however Inrdy.l ahall talto care to have done. ‘. ‘ I do not acknowledge the juatice of either ofyour rebukea contained iii the letter at May 31. {in re lotion to Mr Trist and the prisoners at Cerro Gur. dad and that I do not here triumphantly vindiruie myself, ll not from the want of Will. menus, or us hilit)‘. but time 'l'liufiret letter. dated Ft'b.22_ re eeived from you. at Vera Cruz. riititained u cen~ sure. and i am new rehulted for the unavoidable _nay,‘tvige, if it had not been unavoidable—re lune, on parole. of the prntunen taken at Cerro Gerda—even before one word of commendation from government had reached this army on tit-count ol its gallant conduct in the (’tlpllll’o of those prtr~ onere. [No "such commendation hit! yet been re. ceiVetl—li‘ehroary. 1848] So. in regular progros. men. I may. nhould the some army gallantly bl‘tlf me into the city of Moxtco. in the next “It" tMv. on weekl. which iii prohahle, if we are not nrru ted by n peace or a truce—look to be dianiineed from the service ,of my Pountry! You will par~ ccivo that] am aware (ea l have long been) at the dangers whieh hang over me at home ; but I. too, am it citizen of the United States, nntl well knott ‘ the obligations imposed under all cireiiniutaticea tiy an enlightened patrinlilm. In respect to money. I beg again to report that tliu L'lltcf commmury (Captain Grayeun) of lhtl army has not received u tlellar from the States. Since we landed at Van, Cruz, March 9. He now owea mum thun'ggonfl 000. and is obliged") purchase on crud“. nt kn,“ disadvantage. The chief, qtiartoh'mnutu [Captain Irwin] has received perhaps $60,000,; and toturn under like iiicninhmncea Bulb-hove so“ drougliw to small amoiiiitu, and.berrowedllargely.brf'im- pay department. which has receivetlmbom half the money estimated for. Comequently; 'the (wow; have eomo {our‘months pay due them. Our pov. erty, or the neglect ot' the. disbursing dcpnrttnenltt at home, has been made known. to our "hum“ i" the pupora of the capitol here. through a letter from Liout. Col. Hunt. that true found on ttio'por. eon ofthe special messenger from Washington”? The army in aliao enduring gitietlyfroiii the want of noenaaory elotliing.‘inelutling blanket» atid‘groiit,’ cents. The new troops [theee’wlto have lent ar rivodJ ne destitute tie ~lho‘othersi, tvere lint told: that they would find abundant slip the» at New Or; lonllllltflllfi‘tvoffl Cruzmnd-finally hare;~ where-'7 "5' “'°_ll°W hflVCa perliape. 0 thousand hande'o’n-r 89g0d_ltt melting sheep and pantalooiie. out ,Dr‘ltutl“ materials. and at high rates. ‘ 'l'heuo “hides, 'uinytm' 3000‘ pairr of eachl nro'ahsolutely' iiecetloary’tlo‘ cover the nahedneaa of the troope‘.‘ b‘ébriiafl‘flß." UffLehoa; lerote lOAßTlSadie-r General “white to: direct the Quartot‘tnai’iteriatNdid Orleans to send me- largo EUPPltafiwPl’Clolllinttt; March 169-23‘ General Brooke replied that Ihoqnorter matter at New Orleans, had 'neilhor clo‘tliing nn‘i'ffhuea " and that lie wee 'leiirftil that. uiileas they have been ”’3’” 0‘" to YOU direct, ~intuiw'ill ho intieh die. appointed}.- Stiine 'urnall qunitttty‘dfiu'munnkl,”l: a, ' _i‘ ' ..r, , ~ -, : ’ "98°“ hut-J," Minna am! this place.“ t ' . , “ "'j"" l’muattieré‘t eciaill “'re" t: ' I" ‘ i. - . .. » P Y . anti, manila: Jetty}. .No; 30,‘ though ltii'ivr‘trtléd' ‘, the“ ntghtol llttdi'lltl, (July 25,)»weei‘nsua’hfiég . , . _ .M ~ 01, EA R F‘l‘ EL 1), PA-.-M H ”@lB4B miscarriefi. Perceiving.- nban‘Nnv. ‘27,’ that it was no: acknowledged by the De.- pxmmcnt, [canned a duplicate to be lunar, Si2ool|§il nnd sent it of? by the slime con< ”fluke \rilh._my deepnlch. No. 36. and the chm‘ges Against Brev‘c! Major General Worth, Mbjn} General Pillow; and ”re vel Lieut. ‘ Co".- Duncan. together With the appeal against me a! the former.’ 'l‘” (have papers are acknowledged by lhe Depnrmmnl, in lhe'uume lonerannuary lii—mat recalls'mr. it was that budget of paper: which'cau sed the blow of powder. on long suspend ed, to {all on a devoted head. The three arrested officers, and he who had eotlenv ored to enforce 0 little necessary disci pline against them, are all to be placed to gether belore the same court;the inno cent and the guilty. the accuser and the accused; lhejutlge and his prisonera, are dealt with alike. Mo~t impartial justice! But there is a discrimination with a venv aea’ncel While the parti I are on trial— il the nppealer is to Ml at all, which seems doubtful-twr of th to are restored [to their corps—one of them with his Bre vet tank-and I am deprived of my com mand! There can be butoné more step in the same direction; throw the rules and articles of war into the fire. and leave all ranks in the army free to engage inde nunciatinna andya general ucramble for precedence. authority and Executive la vor. The pronunciamento. ore-the part of my factiouajuoioru‘ia most triumphant. My recall—under the ciscumstances. a aevero punishment before trial, but to be lullowed by trial here, that may run into Autumn. and on matters thatl am but partially permitted tn know by the De pnrtment and my acéuaers—is. very in geniously. placed on two grounds: lot. My own request. meaning that of June 4th. (quoted above. and there was no oth er one before the Department) which had been previounly (July 12) acknowledged and rebukingly declined. 9d. The ar rest at Brevet Major General Worth. lor writing to the Department, "under the pretext and lorm of an appeall”.an open letter, to be. sent through me. in Whifh l was grossly and lalsely accused of " mal ice" and "conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman," in the matter at the gen eral order No. 349, on the subject ol puf‘ ling letters. for the newspapers athnme. On that second point, the letter lrom the Department. ol January 11. is more than ingenious ; it is elaborate. subtle and protouml : a proleasional diuaertatiun, with the rare merit at teaching principles until now wholly unknown to military codes 81 treatiser, and ot courre to all mere sol diera. however great, their experience in the field. t I have not at this place, time to do more than hint at the fatnl consequences ot the novel doctrine in question. According to the Department. any (action: junior may. at his pleasure. in the midnt oi the enemy—using “the lorm and pretext of an appeal" against his commander-inf, suit and outrage him to the grossest ex tent. thongh he be the general in chief, & charged with the conduct of the most ctit- Icnl (mention; and that commander may not orient the incipient mutinr-er until he lhhii ho’ve lirlt laid down his own authori ty and submitted himself to a trial, or woit at least for in distant period ol leisure to: the judicial examination ot the appeoll And thu Is preciu‘ely the case under con ~.'n|erotion. The Department. itt its en germ-eta to t‘ontletnn tne’t could not tnke tune to learn of lhe experienced that the general-in-chiet who once uubmttst to on outragr, from u junior, moat loy his ac count in t-uti'er the like lrotn all the vicious u‘ndcr him—at least down tn‘ a runk that may be aupptm-d withodt influence in‘high qunrtt-rst. beyond the army. But this would, not he the whole mtnchtet in the public service. Even the grant inassol the spirited. intelligent, and well uliected, among his brother» i'l outta, would soon tcduce ruch a cumtnandrt‘ to utter unbe ciltty by holding him In just sewn 8L cun tetnpt {or hts recrt-anoy to him-ell and‘ country. find are discipline and ([ficienL c't/ of no valuc'jn' t/tcfiehl? ‘ But It was not my request of June ‘l. our report No. 50 (of July 26) on luruely qnott‘d'ltutn above, our yet the appealnl one prommcindorthot nus. at length. hrot’ down upon tnc thisyisitution, so clearly piedicted. 'l'hitt ttppeul,_no tloubt,‘hod itp‘ mcrlls—consideringflit came trout on er ruttc bittther~nttleaertce Irom the other extreme—who. hoving'juut tnude hts‘ pence wit}: the true fault. was hound to‘ signal; ize apostnoy bygaeceptoble, denunciations: of one toriwhotnh uplto Yera‘Cruz. he had proleased." [and not; without cause.) that highest obligations; [it was-there he tear-f "ned, lromitnfi that I wno'dnotned ut WushJ t't'tigtott. and‘s’tt'ra‘ightwé‘ty‘the upontute‘he-z gun to ‘seck. through .11 quarrel. the menus; ot‘turniut; that knowledge to his own hum ctit.]‘ No. There wast [:t'ecetttly) at'tll‘ another element negotiated in the work—'- KW“.“’l‘.”‘Hl'l'llliulimbiiéo.’WU“;in": "ct-g ,ter oi recoil: onglittl'u'e‘nce'.nroceedtng lroin' the other illTL‘alL’llT glfflerQl—V'WhU‘ is'qu‘lte willing thatlit Hi’llluldtlgenl'fflny be under; stood [and uhd'shull goinsuy‘ltm sig‘ttiiié taunt. «isqutescmc‘c’fi' 'tliata‘ttf ruwotduuttd ';yunrtslitn‘en_ta,]xin :thts army 2 [we‘re hunt the :fiiiifito following: tccnmtnendationsp-n timing the more ;po’w‘ortul ofthe pijommt ctadasmguinst- Noz‘B‘49,‘ “fell knew“; the him. as: "Paoon‘ “new; thét‘he ‘wai‘jitstl'y; shhoxiuui—-not only as unite animatlver aiomé‘ot'thnt order. but to other censure; of a mu‘chrgrnver character. . . ‘ . In respect to ihll’gonfll'fll,'iho' letter of recall observes. parenthetically. but with. an 'ncumen‘wotlhy of more thnn'fa haety‘r notice, that some of my specificationaof his misconduct‘are 'hardly consistent with " your [my] official “World and commen datione.” ‘ ' L 'f "i 5 ‘ I " - Seemingly; thisia-a'mnst-just rebuke—‘4- But. waiting for manuals; 1 will here brief: ly state that. unfortunately; i followed that {general'eiown reports, written and oral; that my conlidence.‘ lent him in advance. had been but slightly shaken as earlv as the first week in October ; that up to that time. from our entrance into this city; I had been at the desk, shut out from per sonal intercourse with my brother oliicerm and that it Was not till after that confine ment that facts, conduet ahd motives be gan to pour in upon me. i ’ A word as to the fifth article of war. I can truly any that. in this and other com munications. lhavo‘nnt designed the slight est disrespect to the commander iii-chief of the army and navy of the United States} No doubt he, like myself and all others. may fall into mistakes as to particular men; andl cannot, having tnysolt' been behind the curtain. admit the legal fiction that all acts of a Secretary are the acts of a Presi dent. Yet, in my defensive statements. I have offered no women discou‘rteey to the head of the War Department. although that functionary is not in the enumeration ofthe above mentioned article. Closing my correspondence with the Department unlil afler lhe’approaching rri: al. I haverhohonor to remain. réspemfully. Your most obed’r aerv’l, ‘ WINFIELD SCOTT. To W. L. Minnow; Sec’y of War. Secrelary Marcy’s Reply. Wm Dann'mm'r, Washington, April 21. 1847. Stu : It Would not be respectlul to you to pass unnoticed your extraordinary let-’ ter of the 24th ol February, nor just to mysell to permit it to remain unanswered on the files of this department. To attempt to dispel the delusions which you seem to have long pertinaciously cher ished. and to correct the error: into which you have fallen. devolves upon me a duty which I most not decline; but. in perlor wing it. I mean tube as cautious. as you prolcss to havebeen. to abstain from any 'wanton discourtesyf and i hope to be alike successful. Your prudent respect for the ' sth article of, war ’ has induced you to hold -me ostensibly responsible lnr many things which you are aware are not fairly chargeable to me. The device you have adopted toiasssil the President, by aiming your blows at the Secretary at War. does more credit to your ingenuny as an accuser. than to your character as a soldier. A premeditated contrivauce to avoid responsibility does not indicate an' intention not to do wrong. , , The general aspect ol your letter dis closes an endent demgnto create a beliel that you were drawn lortli lroiu your quiet position in a bureau ol this department, and assigned to the command of our urin its in Mexico, lor the purpose or being sacrificed; and that. to accornplish this end. ' neglects, disappomtinents, injuries, and rebukes’ ' were inflicted’ on you, and the necessary means ol prosecuting the war with success Withheld; or; in oth~ er words, the government. alter prelerriug you to any other at the gallant generals within the range of its choice. had labored to lrustiate its own plans, to bring defeat upon its own armies. and involve i'tsell "1 rain and disgrace. loi' an object so unini portant in its bearing upon public allairs. A charge so entirely preposterous, so ut terly repugnant to all the probabilities ol human conduct. calls lor, no relutation. Fbr blhefl'purpuaes- "mu to combat this lundly-chuuhcd clumera, ll‘ as proper that I should notice uumu ul your apecalic uhe gnuom. . . It is iiue that. after you were designa trd lor the chic! command oi our mum-5., the President was ticatiuua thnt your ill)“ pnrlurc should not on unnuccaeurity delay ed ; but you were not restricted, its you allege, to ‘mily iour duys' to make the tic_ccssury ;iruparatioiw at Worthington"— You ware not ordered .'.way' until you had reported thnt these preparations were so lnr completed that. your presetico hen: wu» no longer required. - 'l‘hen. lllslcudj'Ul'gU ing dtrecily io MexiCo,"yoii were permit icd. at your own request, to take 11 circu'- ilous route through New ‘York. and, there to remain u‘lcw days.: You staid at Ne't‘v ‘York hourly un‘ entire week: and, not until-lhe mm of December; (twenty-six 'days alte'r leaving --Washingtoo,=) ‘dtkl L_vuu' reuch' New Orleans. :wltc‘ro'tjg'ou‘ would have arrived "woven :(lnyb iiyoh had been required- w take the downtime.“ 'l‘hiz} solicited indulgence, ' by which yu’ur‘u‘rrig vul'zal'Néw Urlounrwas Ucla'ymlitéurlj three weeks,‘ isinconipaiihlowiih yo'dr‘tildj legution llmt‘you were alltiiv'eti"orily (om: days at. Whaliiuglbn; where ‘twr’nty‘ liilkhl haile'beomnust advantageously" 'cinpi’ojodj .'l‘h'u,compluint'hus Iclution- [ofthetr] \‘Viihf 'luytmur uwn k‘nbwlédgc‘; Ermi'. 'liiEi‘éiOi‘EL I 3 "I“th rccuuctlable with onyxs'tiliciiuiiq to be accurate.‘ As thtg hi your’o'p‘cuitig charge against tho Wh'r"-f)>bp.tt'tt‘i_'i'orit;‘ om! muyiihe régmdcdl .tis-tritlicntivtt" 'of tho“: whichiollo'w. l ‘ahnlli intake the roi'u'tuiidi'i NEW SERIES—VOL. I, N09‘22.-9i\'vliol.i: N 0: i 667; ow ‘ 'H-’ of ihékiy more completee for-,the purpose oft owing; with ,whatnenklessuess .you have performedEthetlurtcttons.of anaccug ear. and how liltlcgrelinnce. in! thotpres'ent state of you, _teelings. :cambe. placed. on your memory. You are): the witnessgby whom' your allegation. It tnrbégtlisproved. On. the day oi'your departure ,‘rrrmjvnqh: ‘ lngton. you left with me. a;ptlpe_r, in your: own handwriting. A dated ‘ November._23. 13846, with the following heading}. Fu— alzf "Notes suggestingtopics to beg.‘ctrxltrnt:odl.inthe Secretary's instructiona to Gems“ drnwn'upttre‘ haste} at the request ofthe fitrmoti',’ " ‘ ":3” From that paper I extract (hoteliers/trig paragraph: " ' i , if V “l (the Secretary of Wnr)-' nm ‘plutiaod 10 ion!“ from you (Gen. Scott) thntynu have in It very few days already. through the general ototl'or'lmt ”PM here. laid a sufficient basis at: the purpoBos;W§¢ll which you are charged, and, that you now thi'ttitvi't best to proceed at once to the southwest, inertial: to organize the largest number oftr'oepe‘thatttinn be obtained In time {or that meat, importance-roe dllion"——(lhosxpedilinn againstYornCruz) t Hero is your own mostcxplicit admis: sion that you, represented v tothe Secret-I ry. of War. belore’ leaving Washingtoni that arrangements were so for completed. that you thought it best to proceed atiqntat; to the armyvin Mexico ; sndyet you make it your opening charge against‘ths depart: ment, that you were lorcodaway.to Mex; ico before you had time for necessary prei— parations. ‘ ' . t» . I present your. next chargein-your one language: ‘ . 4 ' , ~;, .. "I handed to you a written rcquestthatonp of throelof our accomplished capiainl, thereto named, might be appointed assistant adjutant gon'erell'with the rank of mayor, for duty with mo'in Iho-field. ‘ and there mun vacancy, at the time. terone. [My ‘ request has never heen‘ attended to. and. thoni 3 have had no officer of lhuvAdjutnnl Generalfsfie ‘i partmcnt with me in the campaign. :Cen'nnother instance be cited of denying to a general-i'nschtel. in the field at the head ofa large army—of “Olin small one—the selection of his chisfot' the staff—'- tham. the chief m the departmentot order-4nd correspondence 3" . , ._,.. . . Were the case precisely as you have stated it to be. you have given too much prominence, as a matter of complaint”)? the President’s refusal to be controlled. in his exercise ofthe appointing po'wenb)’ your wishes. Had there beena vacancy such as you mentlon, for ' oneotithe so; complished captains? you named. no one knows better than you do that younge quest could not have been acceded. to without departing from the uniform ’role of selection for stafl, . appointments, with outviolating the right of severnlnffigg" to regular promotion. and uttering cult!- dignity to all those who .held the _positit‘hfl of assistant adjutant?s eneral~ withdftfi rank of captain. The "fie el’regular'er motion in the staff rs, as inflexible, and has been as uniformly pbserygd. as thstin the line. It must appear surprising. that you. who were so deeply ‘shockedlinnd distressed ’ at the suggestion ofappointing. by authority of Congress» ' citizenlicu tenant general.’ or vesting the President with power to devolve the, command 0| the army on a major general withoutjc gard to priority in the date of his commis sion. should. in your first request. .nfter being assigned to command, ask ,the'vP‘reo ident to disregard. the rights of at least (our officers as meritorious as -' the three accomplished captains ’ named by.yori.fl—- The President’s views on this subjectu'n doubtedly differ from yours. His regard tor the rights of oflicers is not graduated by their rank. Those of captains and ma« jor generals have equal value in his esti tustion, and an equal claim to his respect and protection. I cannot admit that it is ajust ground of censure and rebuke :- gatnst the 'Jhcad ol the \Var Department’ that the President did not see fit, in or der to gra’tily your feelings of favoritism. to disregard the claims and violate the rights at all the assistant, atljumat gener uls of the rank of ‘captainlthen in comtnts. ston. " But, so far as it is made aground ofcom plaint and roprnof. this in not the worst aa pect ofthe can't). You are entirely mista ken in the assertion that there was thong vacancy in the adjutant gcnoral’s stall”, with the rank of major; to which either ofthe captains recoaimondad by you could have been properlyappointed. Them waa no u’uch vacancy. ' o sltow'lhe correctness of this statement. and to demonstrnto your error. 1 appeal to the Army Register. and - the records of the Adjutant General’a Of lico. Your tnistalte :18 tom obvious-[act lying within tho range of matters with ‘whioh you are preaumo‘tltolie familiar. has: oxcitud loss u'urpriso than the declaration. that by the noncompliance with your to queat, you -‘ have had no ofliccr oftheAd jutant Gancral’s Departmcntwitlt mov(vou) ' iu- the campaign.” Every officer ofthat tlopartmonteut least oiglitfwaa’ as ,Lygu Noll' lcacty, subject to your“ commuting?- .‘thn you arriv‘ediin, Mexico, thoremwy‘ero with" the armyat lcaat five assistant adju tents general. all int, Xouj'WsmTVlGQ-t ,Tnpt Y 9“ .0995? ‘0 ”@WW. "o'lo M 43100! MIN" lleéqnt’tmrrtaqd idetaclictl from otholr‘ap propriate flullfléuoflicdn toaot “101.8,." yittunl'.adj.tzl.:am;gen.emt. may well bowie g‘lldod,“ “tight to the;wliqle.of;tltal3 DIOR ‘lll’l‘ Wllh. X 9“ in.eM.oxlco. and.“ “09°10," '99,"?R'3mti but; Certainly .not a..,complaint ~|9,9(na,_iiate from yoaagainsuhafWanna parlrxtgitt. ”walling-931;], nnt’tbwreauflte. 'thoagh unhblewtptponc‘aivc, ..that *cucum atanceejusnficdjuu ttt passiogio‘vcr'alhtha assigtanti.adjut‘antc’ gener'at (thenwwithi‘tha mnn tandem 56’8951014'allotmenofigthaline { to perform the dunes ot'adjutant spacial tap" .1 , 40 T,f;l'l, MEM ;11.'7; ~, ”mgr H: f-~);
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