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Sanders out from the ko Grande py ueheia
10 procure boats for that river there is paragraph ms
brought To the notice of the President and myself while
preparing to respond to the resolution, which, unexpan
ed may be used to sustain grave eha rssr s follows
sustained (you say In your letter to Captain Sanders
him" General Taylor for more than two months by
usinp appropriaons for the service OF his army which
the President would have been mpeached for usng-
was contrary law TO divert them from the objects to
which Congress intended they should be applied but
considered that the situation OF the army caused an over
ruling necessity which justified the course which adopt
ed | shall never forget how faithfully and ably General
Taylor sustained me IN Florida"
are not set forth, and cannot explain them to the Pres
dent recollect that when the troops ordered into
Texas, the appropriation for transportation was found IN
the deficiency resulting from the unexpected emergency
was supplied by a transfer from other appropriations
which was made by the President pursuant to lawful
authority III anything beyond this done, twas not
made known to the President II San overrullng neces
sy required the you adopted IT is regretted that
reported to the President Tor his direction, and
if unavoidable. his explanation to Congress, on the
earliest occasion cannot but think that the paragraph
which have quoted is capable OF some explanation that
will change its apparent character Tor the accounts IN
relation to the appropriations for your department have
all been adjusted at the Treasury, and does not there
appear that any part OF any one appropriation has been
permanently diverted from objects to which was de-
signed by Congress
hope this Communication will be received by you in
for reply, which may II necessary, be laid be-
fore Congress before its adjournment
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W.. L. MARCY. Secretary of War.
Major General THOMAS S. JEsUP, Quarermaster General
u. S. A. New Orleans, Louisiana.
New ORLEANS, February Is, 1917.
SIR: have received this moment your letter of the
10th inst and hasten to reply to it. The circumstances
to which alluded in my letter to Capt Sanders are these
The appropriations for the active service had mostly been
exhausted There large balances OF other appro
priations subject to my control Congress in
son and the President could not make transfer With
out consulting you applied 1 NE hSn OF those bal h
records of my Office cannot say what amounts they
were, or what officers RENTED; but Lieut. Col Hunt
received here hundred and five thousand dollars OF
those balances and applied the whole TO the support Of
General Tayor's army.
General Taylor had complained of the Quartermasters
Department had received the impression that he be-
lieved he cordially supported by the officers Of
the department In writing to his confidential agent
wished to show him that was ready to support him. not
ing any responsibility the exgencies OF the service might
require Thsn sm,rlsa TO- Cant Sanders thu, van or ,hs
President could be mpeachel for acting had acted
alluded merely to the Illegally OF applying appropriations
to objects different from those for which they had been
made by Congress- and to the want OF legal authority In
either to sanction what | had done.
did not consult you on the subject of using those bal
ances, because you could not have given ME any legal
authority to them considered the necessity of the
case existed, sufficient Tor my own Justification
should my conduct in the matter ever be questioned
intended no reflection either upon you or the President
did to me that my remarks could be under
stood by any wished to convince brother officer
with [whoml had been on the most friendly terms for
years that the impressions which supposed he enter
taned were unfeunded and that in his case, had per-
sonal as well as public motive for sustaining him to the
utmost.
portunty of this explanation; and am, sir, with high
consideration and rsfp 9neden servant
The Hon. w. L. NANCY, Secretary of War, Washington
city
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATION,
Mat, Iuly
SIR: have respectfully to report that the city of Ca
MARCO occupied without opposition the l4th inst
by detachment OF two companies of the 7th infantry
under command of Captain Miles, The captain
Joined the next day by the remainder of the regiment
two pieces OF artillery, and company of irregular caval
ry He has since been reinforced BY the 9Th infantry,
and the LIST brigade OF infantry under General Worth is
now in route to Camargo. except guard of two conpa
MES left to escort the train by landthe main body pro-
ceeding by water. The Sd brigade will Immediately fol-
low and in few days all the active regular force will
be at Camargo, or in motion thther am unavoidaby
compelled, much to my regret, to leave several compa
mes OF the artillery regiments to guard the different depots
We have now several steamboats, in the river and the
business OF sending up troops and supplies urged as
much as possible find the difficulty OF throwing sup
Plies the river to be very great consequence of the
rapdity of the current and the entire absence of dry
steamboat fuel. But every effort will be employed to
these difficulties and have doubt that we
shall be able to keep upa depot at Camargo, quite su
cicnt for any operations from that point.
AS yet the land route to Camargo is impossible for
u
as shall become practicable the field artillery and train
OF the army will move forward to Camargo.
As soon as can complete the necessary arrangements
for throwing forward the volunteer troops to Camargo,
propose to establish my headquarters at that point and
organize without delay, marching column to move on
Monterey.
am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
z. TAYLOR,
Major Gen. U. S. A. comd'g.
The ADJUTANT GENERAL of the army, Washington, d. c.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF OCCUPATION,
Camargo September Il 1916.
SIR Before marching for the interior beg leave TO
place on record some remarks touching important
branch of the public service the proper administration of
which is indispensable to the efficiency of campaign
this moment, when the army is about to take up long
line of march, great deficiency of proper Of trans
port and of many important supplies
On the 26th April when first apprizing you of the in
creased force called out by wrote that trusted the
War Department would gve the necessary orders the
staff department for the supply of this large additional
force" and when first advised of the heavy force of
twelve-months' volunteers ordered hther, could not
doubt that such masses of troops would be accompanied
preferably preceded by ample of transportation
and all other supplies necessary to render them efficient
But such has not been the Suitable steamboats,
for the Rio Grande were not procured without repeated
before Judgement could be made at this place. the river
being perfectly navigable.
After infinite delays and embarrassnents have sue
ceeded in bringing forward portion of the army to this
polnt and now the steamers procured in Pittsburgh
Just arriving hazard nothing saying that if proper
foresight and energy had been displayed in sending out
suitable steamers to navigate the Rio Grande, army