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70 o. shs Rio orande Il ever CROUCH AND
READY
Heed QrGts, Army u ossuPaiion,
o. IhFasisa,
MOsrrarr. uIflco. Nov. .. 1876.
Nv Dear p. $50
Your very kind and acceptable letter
Of The 3ia OF August. es.ssSs
reached me only . short iiE1e since. for
which beg leave 70 tender you my sin.
GERS ihsnks. Afsv confidential remarks
% certain public transactions are here
omitted.
Allef considerable apparent delay 90
The part cflhe OF. Masters Department.
ID getting sieambosls into tie Rio GTande
adapted 10 lis navigation, | succeeded 10.
wards the latter part Of August. 10 lhrow-
iaf 10 Csmsrgo. "a Town situated on The
San Juan river, three miles from ils juno
ton with the Rio Grande, on The west
ride. nearly 500 miles from Rrszos Island
BY water aud 200 by land. and l40 IRON
this place. considerable depot OF pros
visions, ordnance, ammunition and forage,
and then. having brought together 40 in ].
I porlant portion Of my command. | deter
mined on moving on this place. Accord
inely, after collecting 100 pack mules. /.
with their attendants and conductors. in
The enemy's country. The principal.
means 81 transportation forour provisions.
baggage. SCI lett. on The orb ofSep-
TENDER. 70 Join my advance. which had
preceded me few days At SarraIVo, y
small village rs nielsen the route. which
I did onihs 9th. and after waiting there a
few days for some of the corps 10 gel up.
moved on and reached hers on The l9,h,
with 6200 msn. --2750 regulars. The bal
anee volunteers. Fer what took place
afterwards. ! must refer you 10 my seye-
fal reports. 10 my detailed
one Of the 9th nit. lido not believe the
authorities nj Washington are al ell salts
6ed with my conduct 10 regard to the
terms 81 the capiiulaiion entered into
with The Mexican commpnder. which
you no doubt have seen, as they have
been made public through Tie official or.
gan, and copied into various other news.
.pt2ers. Ihave this moment received an
ansRsr 10 my dsTpaich announcing The
surrender Of Monlsrey. and the circum-
stances attending the same. from the Sc.
creiary OF War. stating that iii was re-
GREETED by the President thai il was not
deemed advisable To- insist on the terms |
bad proposed 10 my frat comm nication to
The Mexicsn commander. 10 regard TO
giving up the city,"-adding that THE
circumstances which dictated. no doubt
justified The change. Although the terms
ofespiiulation may be considered too LID.
ersl on our part by the President and bis
advisers. ~ we'll As by many others al q
defiance, particularly BY those Who do not
u1derstand the position which We occu-
pied. [otherwiss4 they might come 10 q
different conclusion in regard 10 the mat.
Ter. yet on due reflection, see nothing
10 induce me 10 regret the course have
pursusd.. The proposition on The part Of
Gen. Ampudis. which had much 10 do in
determining my course 10 the matter, was
based on the ground that our government
he'd proposed 10 settle the existing diff
culties BY negotiation, (which knaw
ives the case, without Knowing the re.
snlt. which Was then under confederation
by the proper antaorilies, aud which be
(Gea. Ampudia had no doubt would re.
suit fsSprably, Is the whole Of bis people
were ia favor Of peace. II 50. Iconsid-
cred The further sffusion Of blood not only
unnecessary. but improper. Their force
was also considerably larger than ours;
and from the size and position Of The
place, we could not completely Invest i
% thasihs grsissrporsion Of their troops, il
no, The whole, had they been disposed 10
do g. could. iuy night, have abandoned
the city, At once entered the yniouniain
passes and effected their retreat, DO
what We could Had We been put 10
the alternative Of taking the place BY
storm, Whichlhsrsis no doubt We should
have succeeded in doins.) weshould, in
eli probability, have lost 6s,y OF one hua.
bred men in killed, besides The wounded,
which wished 10 avoid. Al there ap
psarsd 10 be prospect Of peace. even IL
distant one. also wished % svoid The
destruction OF women and children.
which must have been very great had
& the slotminE process been resorsed TO-.
Bssides. they had large and sifena for.
ii6cition. q short distance from the city
which. if carfied By the baycne, must
have heel tSfen 4 great sacrifice or
lie. and. pisk our limited Train pf heavy
or Satierirg artillery. i would have re
quirsd 20 Or IS days 10 take Y By regular
approaches.
Thstthey should have surrendered .
place nearly - strong a. QaeAec well
forsi6edundet he direction Of skillfnl en-.
elAssrs -iheir york gGnisksd viii -
pieces u Artillery. ahnadanily sppplisd
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