Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-01-01

such expressions, Inow retract them, as
equally ugjust TO the President and an.
worthy OF myself
500 Ia the behalf that 7 am soon to
retake my place in the ranks Of private
Ike, tor the last time have the honor
to salute the President and yourself
with the expression Of MY high coasid-
GRAFTON and respect
WINFIELD SC0TT,
Mai Genl U. States Army.
"HoDorable p B. PORTER,
Secretary OF War.
Up. 5. have this moment the. honor
TO receive your letter of the ssth ultimo,
aad Notwithstanding the severe sentence
81 pronounces on ne. i, sounds like a
repriege, and may. trust. afford me
! an opportunity of petitioning Congress
Tor decIaratosy law On that which has
been Diseased, That law, as pronounce
ed In one way by the President. aud
understood IN the Army in another, can.
not fail To lead Others iRto like difficult
ties with my own
III bad received your letter thirty.
SIX hours earlier, should not have sd-
dressed in the printed form. The fore
going prepared Sithin the last twelve
days is already partly heyoad my con.
troll, and trust that the President will
not be less indulgent to il than il it were
received in manuscript My friends in
distant parts of the Union have long
been ignorant and anxious as to my Sit
uation avail myself of this form to
satisfy their kind solicitude, and repeat
the hope that IT may not prove offensive
to the President.
II shall promptly observe tie com.
mands ofthe President Just ackn owledg-
ed, and expect to be in Washington IN
week after this letter.
i annex copy of yours. from sense
Of obligations and again subscribe my
self.
With great respect, your most cbedi.
eat servant, NV. SCOTT.
Cincinnati, (Ohio) Dec. 5, 1929"
"DEPARTmENT OF WAR,
November 10th, 1928.
ssiR: tis notthe purpose ofthe Pre-.
sident TO take any final order in relation
| toyour late very reprehensible conduct,
until sufficient time shall have elapsed
for tue receipt oil your deliberate answer
to the letter addressed 10 you from this
Department on the 18th instant, and
which contains aa exposition of the
views a the President On the several
questions you have raised. The nature
of that viii, as you perceive, depend in
sgreat measure, on the character of the
answer received from you, and which
the President hopes, may not be wholly
uninhuenced by the considerations
which, by his directions, have been thus
presentedto you
10 put stop, 10 the mean time, to
the course Of characterization 10 witch
you have deemed fit TO indulge, the Pre-
sdent directs, that, from the receipt of
this letter, you win consider yourself as
suspended from the Western Depart
ment of the Army until his further plea
sure shall be made known to you.
General Atkinson has, accordingly,
been directed, by an order of this date,
to assume thatcommand; and you will,
therefore, without delay, transfer to him
all unexecuted orders that may have
been received, either from this De-
partment, or from Maj Gen. Mscomb--
al the same time, instruc:ing one of the
officers at present performing the duties
OF assistsnt Adiutant General of iaal
Department, to repair to the Head
Quarters of General Atkinson with the
documents and papers belonging to the
command.
II have the honor to be your obedi-
emf servant, Up B PORTER.
'Brevet Maj Gen WINFIELD Scorr,
United States Army. Cincinnati"