Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-12-28

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was represented, [says the New Orleans p;.
une Wepubish here The orders of Gen
rejecting upon the officers who were said w
under arrest. They betraY no little lemnerNs
haps we should say, ascerbi;y of temper: r'
General Orders-No.3 3. T.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJ. GEMS. Osr,cv
Washington, January Is, 1877
from the War Department: '~'e"e
u,. WAR DEPARTMENT. i
Washington January %, is47. 4
The PRESIDENT OF the United States direct, II. A
paragraph $50 oil The General Regulations n, ".
army established on The Isl Of March, 1895 an
MOI included among those published January OK
'oil, oe now Puohshed and that its ob,ervan nee ~
part oil the general regulations be strictly 90
joined upon The army. Gu
BY order Of the President: z
lS'snedJ WI. MARCY, B
Secretary OF War.
The following is the paragraph of the Gepe,la
Regulations Tor the Army, established nm The t..
OF March, 1925, referred to above. vac
$3.50. Private letters or reports, re,a,;vs 70 -; :
litary marches and operations, are treonsnI.
mischievous in design, and always diseracetnI ;,
the army-,hey are therefore strictly iofbidI.S.
and any officer found gully of making such -
port Tor publication, without special permisson
or ct placing the writing beyond his control 81
that IL finds lis way 10 The press within one mon,t
after The termination OF The CAMPAIGN 10 u h;ct
il relates, shall be dismissed from the service
BY command OF Maj Gen. Scorr:
lSignedl VIM. G. FREEMAN,
Assistant Atiulant General. \
GENERAL ORDERS-No 40
HEADQUARTERS % THE ARMY
Mexico, Nov. l2, lS47
The attention OF certain officers OF this army !,
recalled 10 the foregoing regulation, which n. :
general in.chici is resolved 10 enforce S. far a,
may be in his power.
As yet but two echoes from home OF the h,n /
liam, operations OF our arms in this basin bay.I
reached us; The first in a New Orleans, and N.
second through Tampico newspaper.
Il requires not lille charity 10 believe ib,
the principal heroes o!the scandalous letters aIu
ded 10 did not wife them, or specially procu.I
them to be written, and The intelligent can be +,
no loss in conjecIurng The authors chiefs, part
sans, and pet iamiIiars. To The honor OF The scr.
vice, The disease prurercy Of fame, not earn,.
cannot have seized uron half dozen Officers
(present) all OF whom ii Is believed, belong 10 til,
same TWO coeries.
by such despicsbie sell. putlinss and maIienau,
exclusion OF Others; but at the expense OF the lus
esteem and consideration OF all honorable Off.
GERS who love their country, their profession AMI
the truth OF history. The indignation Of The great
numLer Of the later class cannot tail, in the end
10 bring down he conceded and the enyious 10
their proper level.
BY command Of Maj. Gen scorr:
HI. SCOTT, A. A. A. G.
The letters alluded TO by Gen. Scott as ",he
echoes from home" are evidently the "Leondss'
letter, and the other leuer which appeared fs,
in the Piisburs Post, was thence transferred TO
the Union, whence we copie.. II on the 9Th Octo.
Der, with some Introductory remarks, and the
whole then appeared in Tampico paper, in
which Gen. Scott saw first The letter. Upon the
publication OF Gen. SCOTS orders given above, L.
Col Duncan came out promptly in the North
American with the following frank avowal OF
his connection with the "Tampico letter." SO call.
ed. According TO the North American the "Tam-
pico letter" was compiled from TWO letters writ.
len by officers OF the army in Mexico 10 brother
officer in PilIsburs, Tor his eye alone" But read
what Col. Duncan has 10 say OF il:
Mexico, November 49, lS41.
To the Editor of The Nonh American-Sir:
herewith present copy oil The "Tampco letter,
lignanl." &c, in general orders No. 349 published
in the American Star OF this morning.
To the end that the true character OF this letter
may be known, desire that you republish il in
your paper; and that none OF my brother off.
GERS may innoceniy suffer for publication SO
obnoxious hereby publicly acknowledge myself
TO be its author. The substance OF i, commu.
ncaied from Tacubaya soon after the battles in a
private letter 10 friend in Piusburg.
The statements in The letter are known by very
many officers Of this armv 10 be true, and car
but think that the publication OF ruth is less like
" to do violence TO individuals or the service thar
the suppression or perverson OF il.
Justice 10 Gen. Worth, (who is evidently one
Of the "heroes" pointed at in order No. $40 } re-
quires me to state that he knew nothing whatever
OF my purpose 10 write The leuer in question, mol
that il had been written ill well on its way TO iis
destination; he never saw, nor did he know, di.
rectly or indirectly, even the pcrpori o! one line
word or syllable oft Till be saw il in print, nd
he is equally ignorant OF my design 10 make lhi.
declaration, which do, as | wrote the letter, un.
prompted and on my own responsibility.
Very respectfully, your obedent serv'r,
JAMES DUNCAN,
Brevet Lieut.. Col, u. s. A.
Alter The publication of this letter, Col. Dun
can was placed under arrest, and subsequently
Gen. Pillow was arrested, and next Gen. Worth
The North American is of opinion that General
Pillow was not arrested on account OF the Leon
idas" euer, but on The following grounds:
"There has been another arrest, that Of Gen
Pillow one ofihe chiefs aiorenamed, but not, a,
appears, on account Of the eIlers Of which he il
the lero. We hear, generally, that The cause va,
this Gen. Pillow, having taken exceptions Il
the finding OF court OF inquiry, which finding
has been approved by Gen. Scott, addressed pa
per relating 10 the matter TO The Secretary Of War
through The communicating chief, preserving 4
py which he avowed in letter accompanying
he hat sent Cor would send) dreciiy 10 Tie Seeretar
al Washington. This transaction is judged 10 /,
contempt, and for the SO judged contempt Gen
Pillow is arrested. Not understanding the tech
nicalilc OF The case we are moi advised whelhe
part of or the whole transaction is regarded as TIT
con;emrt-bu that is immaerial."
Gen. WORMS arrest is thus noticed in The NorIl
American OF the 2G.h uIt:
"The last Arrest occurred yesterday that 0
Brevel Maj Gen. Wolh-aEd The charge is, We
believe, contempt towards the COMMANDMENT
Chief. Without full knowledge Of all the facts
We do not prop Sc to lengthen this article by any
remarks upon this proceeding"
We shall have moreio say on this grave sub
ject another day.