New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-27
e.,,.s,s.ASsss bsswsss the WA Department
and Gen. Tayiey.

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Chiefs Of The General staff fthe Army at Washing.
ton, signed by Gen. Scott This paper relates
chiefly tothe arrangements for furnishing supplies.
We have next letter from Gen Taylor dated
at Matamoros. June ,, 10 which he speaks oil DIS
necessary detention at that point for want Oh su'a'
bic transportation to carry on offensive operations
He saws There is not a steamboat at my com
mand proper for th. navigation of the BIO Grsnds
aud without water transportation, eon'oerH use
less to attempt any extensive movement
In another letter. dated June 10, be speaks
with still more emphasis
have previously reported my operations are com
petely parayzed by the want OF suitable ,tesnoos 10
navigate the Rio Grsnde Since me Ictn o. may. lns
army has lain In camp near this place continually re-
eyns heavy relnforcemeuts OF men but DO fsciy ior
water transport without which additional numbers are
but an enhancement
the Department see that the inactivity OF the army re-
sults nom no neglect of mine must express my ss'on
i.hent that such large renforcements have been eD
forward to join the army without being accom- Pan
by the means Of transportation both BY snd sbo
TO render them Efficient As mstters no" ttano' 49,
ever may be the expectations Of the department CEN
not move from this place and unless Ospal 49, 7
shall succeed in procuring boats OF TOE PIoPe, 49,
can give no assurance In regard 10 iu'ule ope''N"
On this letter thers is an endorsement by the
Adiutant General stating that the large reinforce
rosnts were sent forward by Gen Gaines. who
neglected to inform Gen. Taylor ofthe men sent
by the Executive the General was notified
The Secretary Of War in reply to Gen Taylor S
representations July H. says
On receiving your dispatch No ST. stating your want
Of means for transporting troops supplies &c on the
Rio Grsnde desired the Quartermsster Genera 70 IN
form what measures had been tssen on that SUBJECT
| herewith send you bis reply trust that the steps
taken BY your orders aud those OF the
General here will have furnished the mees TO enable
you to prosecute active operations as suggested 10 my
letters Of the 18th OF May and eth Of June
The memoranda of the QuartermasterGe General
states the measures adopted by him to obtain 4
supply Of boats
The next letter is from Gen. Taylor at Matamo-
ros, June nth In which he says:
No steamboats have been sent out from New Oreans
for the navigation Of the Rio Grapde and In the absence
Of all information that point or respecting the views
of tho Government am altogether In the oark 10 our
future operations must think that orders have been
given BY superior authority 10 suspend the forwarding
of means OF trans porston from kewOrlesns cannon
by the Qusrermasters Department In that city Even
tho mails oOntaipiDg probably important dispatches
the Government are not expedited
A portion of the Volunteers, he says have been
living in camp at this place for nearly month, com
pletsly parslyEed by the want of transportation
Exposed az they are In this climate TO diseases OF
the camp and without any prospect, 30 far as can
see of being usefully en- ploye l must recommend
that they be allowed 10 return TO their homes
We have next letter to the Secretary of War
from John Sanders, Captain of Engineers, who was
sent TO New Orleans by Gen. Taylor to procure
transports. Gen. Taylor had ordered him to pro-
cure four steamers OF light draft, and the Captain
asks the authority of the Department to double the
number Only two, he says, could be had at New.
Orleans For the rest he would have to go to Lou
isville and Cincinnati
To this the Quartermsster General replies, grant.
ing him the authority asked and Capt. Sanders
subsequently, reports Pittsburgh, July 49, that be
has completed his purchases Of the necessary boats.
In answer to this the Quartermaster. General July
s. says
sm disposed to sustain Gen. Taylor to the utmost
and far the the energies and the credit OF
the Department shall enable me- he may rely on all that
can accomplish for him. ! sustained him for more
vice OF his army which President would have been
inpesched for using II was contrary TO law 10 divert
them from the objects 10 which Congress Intended they
should be applied considered SITUATION
the army caused overruling necessity which justified
the which adopted | shall never forget how
faithfully and ably Gen Taylor sustained me In Florida
This passage was FIRST brought to the notice o.
the Secretary of War while preparing the docu-
ments TO answer the resolution of the House Of
Representatives Gen Jesup, being absent, was
written to for an explanation. Ii was feared that
the passage might be fused to sustain grave
charge against the Department" The explana
tion OF Gen. Jesup is as follows
Tho circumstances to which alluded In my letter
TO Cspt Sanders those The appropriations for the
active service had mostly been exhausted There were
large balances OF other appropriations subject to my
control. Congress was In session and the Presiden
could not make transfer. Without consulting you
applied large amounts of those balances to the ",
service Not having 10 the records Of my Office
cannot say what amounts they were, to what Off
cers RENTED but Lieut. Col Hunt received here
hundred and Ave thousand dollars of those balance,
and applied the whole to the support of Gen Taylor
army.
General Taylor had complained of the Quartermss
ter's Department ! had received the impression ths
he believed he was not cordially supported by the of
Of the Department. In writing to his conhdentis
agent wished TO show him that ready TO supper
him not only by performing all my ordinary duties. bu
by assuming any responsibility the cxgencies Of the
I vice might require.
When remarked to Capt. Sanders that you or ,h
President could be impesched for acting as had acted
alluded merely to the ilegaty Of applying appropris
tons objects different from those for which they hs
been made by Congress- and 10 the want Of legal author
/ ~ In either to sanction what had done.
did not consult you on the subject OF using thos
balances because you could not have given any leg,
authority to use them considered the necessity Of th
case "A II existed sufficient for my own Justification
should my conduct In the matter ever be questioned.
intended no reflection either upon you the Presden
nor did IL occur to me that my remarks could be 9
understood by any one.
Next we have letter from Gen. Taylor TO tn
Adjutant General, dated at Matamoros July %, r,
porting that Csmsrgo hsd been taken; that he ha
several steamboats, in the river, and that the bus
ness of sending up troops and supplieswas urged q
much as possible. As soon as be could complete tn
necessary arrangements for throwing forward tn
volunteer troops to Camargo, he proposed to estsl
lsh his head quarters at that point, and organic,
without delay. marching column to move on MOI
terey.
The next letter is from Gen. Taylor to the Adj
tant- General dated Csmargo, Sept |, which "
copy as follows
Sra: Before marching for the interior | beg leave
place on record some remarks touching impor,al
branch OF the public service, the proper sdminstrso
! of which 10 indispensable to the efficiency Of can
| psign. | refer 20 the Qusrtermsster's Department
There Is ct this moment when the army about tai