Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1837-02-04
3-~Iasndici,M ;,caas Of Transportation.

one just noticed, been pretty fully developed IN The f'r'
rer part Of this summary. shall: 'hrEri"i'' only re-
mark, in this place. that ihs means Of lana Transportation
would have been nearly sufficient. notw outstanding TIC
intrusion Of Gen. Gaines, if we could have nsed Tie Och
Ia~alia for ahoat 20 Ions Of supplies (as had expected
/" du) up To The I'd Of March; and hat those means, even
wiiIou; The usr Of the OcllawaGla. would have hcrn sit'
icirnt by the 18Th, bul for that intrusion. ihe Ilrcss'
sI;y Of rrpiaciug liz. Subsistence drawn from Fort Drane
by Gen. Gaines; Of prnvidi:.g for a larger !Hrce Than
was expected there; Of transporting articles of su'tsist-
ence City PER ccaium hcavic: than ,Iusr ! hadcarsy and
specifically called toI, both from ths st. ,iHhn and Tam
pa. CAUSED our wagons 10 be overloaded, the i'";ses t., he
Dvrru urkcd, aid many u both To be broken down. lie
Court will further rciHelab"s tJio took from faI2pa The
means Of transportation which were there early IN Feb.
ruary. and ahat prevented the arrival Of new ;!eaEs IRON
New Orleans.
4.-InsnGe;c" saYIy cff kGrd brcainml bacon FIR marches.
On the 2!sl of Janrnry, in his office, the Colrrnissary
General of Subsistence and myself fully cnncurred rs 10
the advantage of hard bread and bacon over -four and
pork. on mqrchrS. Ten days after, in a leite. 10 The I'd.
jutAnt- GrncrGl. J rcca-red 10 tLHs subject, and requires
on the ST. Johns ial Pic"lata) large gnaulMic5 OF both
hard bread AMI bacon, which passage OF my letter, &c.
cOrding 10 request. the aalnihnt. Grnfrai duly cnmnIu.
infested 10 lhr CnmtnSsa:y General, before Tie lnll: Of
February, as IL" former reported 10 ne un that Gfy.
Now. it Is shown by The testimony q! Mr.. Locke, who
waS the 1T Assist Cr'iT:&sai = II ticnlala, that Tie GnlE'
tilv Of hard b.rai which had arrived prior 10 he march
of Clinch's crigInn from Fort pranr. and Of Eustis ,
from EuIasia. WAS much less than was wanted for those
columns, although / had prohibited Tie issie oF hard
bread 10 the !!"oya when. 1t rect on The =. John :. lie
deficiency Was made Mp, 81 course. IN lnu!, nt wt@ch,
and of pork. our supply was abundant; and liz" i2$linn-
my is express. that rot 4 pnand OF bacon rcaciIrd he
ST. Jnl.l IS frorD tie GuDm!sSaria!. car!i"r l!,An the 18th
Of April, when al! the crluu:'Is were rear tic Cult Of
Mexico.
Tbourh much embarrassed n: TIE 81. Johns. and the
march to lhe South, by IL" want OF those parrcu!a1
items of fond: as The Court has seen, have alH7ays
been unwilling ~ *':Ip"ar ti!"i he c!iIpf ct the t"nl'
miSsarial Ha- IN :a.;lt; and am pow sinc" hearing read:
before This tDurt. his instr Urt!OHS 10 The agents ~ Has
department on the subject, yet mrrr ciwilllng To :,.
pulc blame To him, !!is N. :is aye acknowledged ~
the who!" arIsy, aad ! am free 10 tcc!@rr that / have
never know ii better !ian, or . nnrs fa!;hs1l Prb!ic
servant. TIE iM!G!a III the particulars stated; ~as, how
ever. not he HISS embarrassing.
Well, Sir, the army. ra-ly i'll April, was compelled to
rive up fer :le :anmen,. The search for iIt rneInJ: nd
To mai h upnr. Taii:pa lay To seek inr supplies. The
Court has seen what orders ! had gi2eE tn 'hr Assistant
Cunnissary 1T New CrlrGos in. respect - this r~Ppi !;
the large quantity expected, and the same quantity Of
hard bread and bacon tp!ni lhrrr, ard that that l.ttie
would mi Aay,. trsn cqGal lD .!i7r. C: iarr marches uf
tie array. If Col. L!rGsay lad not Brought wItk h!": i
s!nai! Gnnn'iiy from Mobile.
On this pint. he testimony Of Lieutenant Morris,
the tiirn CnIHlisaa-y mt TaHnpa, Is more rXplic!t than
even that ns General Eus!is and Colonel Lindsay. Aud
the r"asnI WHY nsos2 o: thnsc itrI%s Of Subsistence had
not been senL From New Orleans Is "M, T%riiy fully
shown in evidence. The then Ccr:!";sSary, 1t TIE batter
place. WAS duly G"Ian0a:! - appear herr and has rct
arrived. Nj. locke stated, is ms tp:iju:GTy IA. the
difference ~ weinht. owiur 20 the brine and wou0 urcrs-
sary To ~: p."srrva,!or ~ warm weather OF pn7k, Is
fily.nnr PR ccn,ua, against ;x iltir7 in aYor Of Lacnny
THIS Difference Is known 10 most IfaTcl'In9 "F.c"Ts, Hay
that. between lhc ration of eighteen Ounces Of iLIrr and
twelve Of EIaTG h-"~d, - er:acnt IL 81 lSe world 10
have been obhnrf then. as re werr. 20 take wiih ri The
columns, in their several marches, nearly tHo.th!sdS %
our - hnl" :#licistcEcr IN the heavier articles. was the
same li.iny re- il a ia.re portion Of ony otherwise def.
cient means u transportation lati been C2p'rr"I -! Gc-
slroycd: ard even his WIS not lhr only evil cons, 4irn.
upon thai, necessity, as will he presently Ell.
5-Heu If re rIiaate-jnhnrss rf xa,cr-sicht-css
From The la;crrss Of the sraspn into wl..ch we were
thrown. lrulD The canSrs nIrrhdy slated. we lnGnd the
heat, even before the ZIlt Of April, 50 oppressive that
The troops could not rxrcMle even ordinary marches,
from this ranso .!Nnr. ErcS;innay Of Ci!nch, Eustis,
his L%" eSpsllHiH:5a,I nT P iSns yi "!s"' c"i i&S t; s5S':'', ~! 'yT T"H;i -" -"
wear their winter c0ti>EZ. IRON ll2 non arrival of sui
lcrs' goods At Tampa froas New Orleans: the sink holes
o. ponds. uH which h,;b men and horses had generally
To lriv for watcr, were rnrty. may Of them d;lsd UP
and in The others the wa:r: vas tepid, besides being fHi.
ed with vegetable matter and animalcnlr. (TcstiEo:Gy
OF Clinch, Ensiis, Thrrslun, &r.l Add to these ca;:ses
OF distress and disease; the SWaIipS anal lainmrCk$ whI9y
were travtrsrd; The deficiency ~ bacon, To- winch! Zee
volunteers bad y"ry generally h"r:i accustomed at home;
and the Ir.ccsaiiy al! were under The greater part rs lee
time - hen ~ march, so rat unirayrnrd dough. PARTIAL :
fried with pork, or half blhcd tcIpre camp fires; an:i II
will astunis:, M one So learn from The testimony that we
had very many individuals: officers and men, who could
neither ride Dor march. The op!? resource was 10 crowd
ihcm into wagons; for. in Il saYa5e Country, we euriG
leave no DDa bclilIG.
g. FOrngc anE Gra:;an.
A. ST. ArypSline, and on the ST. Johns, as iiah mp
rs the depot al Vulnsia. tiierc was. on the acquisitions OF
General EusGs and nv own. upon Lieutenant j. EIrit
al Charir.lon, and Lieutenant DimnoCk ut Savannah,
an abundant supply of both corn and hay. and there was
no positive deficiency in forage round Fuit Drane. At
Tanipa. wc agair found an abundance Of corn and bay:
with Il small quantity OF "als, all supplied in conpiI"@ce
with my rsquisitiun ts %supposel npon thu quarter r@a.
ter at New Orleans: yhe corn, however, was generally
bad. having, pEobahty, been swcntcd on board Of vessels.
The rood wns mostly consumed al Tampa, during Il rest
to rrcTl nil the horses, Of eight or Ten days at that place.
The portion issued for renewed operations was generally
the refuse, which killed so,as Aurses and II INJURED more.
(Dcpcsiiinn OF Nj. Nc~consLe, and testimony OF Cap
tain Thruston)
The grazing in the interior, rs all the witnesses ones.
toned on that subject have testified, furnished but an oc-
casinn,l and slight RESOURCE. l]eDce the Court will not
be surprised that General Euslis caused every cavalry
horse with him 10 be led by his owDrr on foot the last
sixteen mics of tnr march from VoinSia npon Tampa
Bay. The grazing was bat llttE less bad on the return
marches.
Bat. it may be asked, why not have taken more corn
with the columns from The lie pot which furnished that
which was gouL. If our trains had been doubled, Il suf.
licient supply could not have been transported even if
there had been good roads. Let any gentleman make
the calculation inr himself 10 sss how many wagons
would be required, for example, TO tax" corn enough Eur
a thousand horses for twenty days, including the con
sumption Of The d~yaGght Eorses SO einp!"yed, and he will
be aslnnished at the result. Again: why not make eve.
- ri!rr nut IT, rec buslcl5 OF cum ~ ms sadd!r, ana lead
his horse Tor seven or r1gnr ulysc Iiegnint cavalry ,nay
be compelled 10 do this; bet ! haoH Of no power OF per
suasinn That can induce any body OF volunteers what
ever. unless il be under the highest calls OF patriotic in,
lcrcsl. thus, in their own eslimatinn, to degrade them.
selves. | made the proposal, and although l command
ed at the time corps Of horse c%nmpnsed mostly of gentle
men of The highest spirit and devotion to county. 1 was
advised not TO Issue On order to that effect. as ii could
not he enforced, although pledged myself that | would
do what wished 10 require Of others. | then reduced
the quantity of corn to be so taken, IN my order No. e
and ii is in evidence that considerably less, about an
average of three pecks only, was actually put on each
horse. And ibis Court will readily conceive that the
TRANSFORMATION Of hay into The interior for the consrinp