Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-11-07
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EXTRACTS FROM - GERMANICtS.
The victories the Rio Grande had peace been the great
desdeatum gave the Cabinet every advantage Of position
with the country and with the enemy. Were negotiations
be resumed is the ne If the security of Texas
the object the Mexcans had received check sufficient
TO satisfy them that any hope Of its recovery past be ADAM
doned All that remained to be done aae establishment
of marine force and of few posts conmand the entrance
to and the transit that the army at
Convenient and heathfu station Matamoro and such
provisions would t prompt assistance of the local
militia, if required
Meanwhile might be kept and prepare
ton made for the contingency of continuation of the
But if the war was be pushed with vgor, this oas not
the time The Cabinet declined offers Of mediation and in
dulged FIRST liz display, in whispered censue They
censured delay in advancing the army when they them
selves BY pecptatng the the spring, had the
table encounera complete barrier to immediate
hostile operations.
This, however, gave time for PREPARATION the necessity of
which they scarcely seemed feel What their mea-
All the past and recent experience of this and Of
other nations had shown that militia force the least re-
liable and the most expensive instrument of In that Of
foda the ratio OF expense between regular soldier and
militia sx-and of service as an integer to
nothing.
To do this things least absolutely necessary
to raise the pay of the permanent troops induce
ment to enlist the other that the General Government
should itself the organization and differing OF the
volunteers To exert this important power it incumbent
the Cabinet decide whether foreign war was to be
maintained by auxiliary militia Of the States by troops
Of the United States They preferred nondesrpt
body Of volunteer quoaed the States ofcered by the
States and mustered the of the United States in
the view OF the constitution mtia-in view of all expe
hence not national soiers To complete the folly this war
OF conquest was TO be accomplished by tolre months men
Was possible to oie Mexico stronger pro-
long the than such limitation Was it possible de-
plan less likely furnish efficient service or to rem
der that service more oppressive on the Treasury
As to the efficiency of the service, is well known fact
that officers Of the volunteer regiments educated at
West Point and there several of them have not dared
to introduce the discipline absolutely necessary not only to
the effectiveness of the men, but their health safety
Instead Of governing they have been obliged coar them
aud to Others General Taylor has had combat not
merely the enemy, but of his auxares "sr" said
Of their Chiefs the States will not stand the regulars
being pushed ahead" Them replied the gallant veteran
they must e docn under it did in the battle of
the sth of May under the fire of the Mexican artillery Had
he been politician than patriot what would have be-
come Of his army
Behold some Of the consequences We see the regular
army advanced far into the cnemys country actually shorn
Of at least oneourh Of its strength from the necessity eav
ing garrison at each depot sufficient numbers to guard its
stores from the waste Of its auxiaes and we Sec in the
recent action Monterey these auxaes pushing headong
and into thu fight but, from Of discipline broken
at the first check.
Suppose serious our army what would become
of these undscplned evies They would instantly dispense
To be reassembled. Other consequences will follow
But not only this invading army unwisey cons-
tued but in the advance and in the support Of there has
been the utmost mprovdence Such the absence Of
Psraion for advancing tho troops TO Matamoros that the la
mented Colonel Cross Obliged to organize nearly all the
means OF transportation from in Texas country
CONS were collected wild mules trained by him. and
thus nsacieniy provided Gen. Taylor reached Matamoros
with not than two weeks supplies
Did the danger to which his army then exposed teach
the Cabinet the necessity Of energy and providence The
given in the facts affirmed with certainty that the
wagon train at Camago increased but actually d.
minished below that at Matamoros that inadequate
the provision Of pack mules that division Of the army could
only be moved at tme the remainder awaiting return
train and that the officers have been reduced in their cloth
ing three shirts pairs Of pantaloons single coat and
two pairs Of Shoes march and barren
plains without unless very recently furnished any means of
supply from the commissariat.
These pack mules chiefly property Of The Mexican
letters suppose retreat, where will they be found
Nor this the only prvson Of the service unwhoesone
food the frequent complaint Of whose pride profession
would, were not the evil inocrabe, forbid complaints Is
great mortality matter Of surprise with such cause acting
upon men untaugh take Of themselves commanded
by officers unable 70 teach them Let comparison be IN.
STUFFED between the obituary list Of the volunteers and the
regulars and what result obtained We ask the Ameri-
can people whether soldiers valiant and 50 accomplishing
thus TO be requied.
Look at another fact the whole artillery at Monterey con
sisted Of nineteen pieces sixteen pounders two 24nch
howitzers and ten inch mortar
True il, eighteen FOUNDER was Left at Camsrqo for
the that its carriage old for use and bate
y of twelve FOUNDERS has reached there four weeks after the
last division Of the army had moved and about ornieh,
after the late action, in which they might have been SO use
fol in saving the lives Of troops, and in reducing the
enemy.
The facts already set forth show Of the difficulties
which have impeded the movements Of the army the
climate, the composition Of the force and the want Of pro-
violence and system the military supplies As to the latter
the Cabinet cannot allege absence Of means. All Of
money they asked has been granted and, have reason 10
believe, the grant ample
The chief DEFICIENCIES seen TO have been ia The