Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1847-04-01
FROM THE ARMY.
THE FORCES UNDER THE COMMAND
OF GEN. TAYLOR

the army, showing nearly as can be ascer,,ined
the amount OF force left under the orders of Gen.
layior a''er me withdrawal Of part Of the army
Of occupation for service under Gen. Scott. The
statement embraces the regular troops left under
The command VI Zen. Taylor, together with the
regiments OF volunteers called out in November
1910, three OF which are known to have already
arrived on the Rio Grande. There can be little, If
any dCuot, indeed, that they all reached Matamo-
ras before the 23d inst
According to this statement the aggregate of
force, both regular and volunteer under the orders
OF General Taylor, as shown upon the muster rolls
Is lS,9lo-Or these ,l22 are regular troops. s..
25I are volunteers OF the levcs of Nav and lime
last; making total of 1874 men, exclusive of
the ne,o volunteer regiments. But it is sunnosed
that OF these 93I4, not more than about 900 Ger
tainly should be counted effective. 1t is pruba |
6le indeed, that OF these troops in the field the eff
iecuve force may not exceed 500. To this num- |
Der, however, must be added the new regiments of |
volunteers called out in November, 1886. amount
ing to 4,536 OF these, not more than a, 600 can
probably be reckoned as effective. The whole actual
effective force, therefore, under the command of
Zen. Taylor, is not far from 10000.
Ahe same statement exhibits also, as far as is
known, the distribution of these troops Exclusive
OF the new regimens) along the line Of the Rio
Urande, from the Brazys to Camargo, and thence
along the line OF operations to Monterey and Agua
Nueva. From. this part Of the statement, it APP
pears that there are at tho posts the Rio Grande
hatamoras, Camargo and Mer, a total of 43i
troops. Of these, 543 are at Camargo, and sos at
Matamoras and Fort Brown on the other side of
the river. But the new regiments must have re-
intorced some if not all of these posts; and the
number of troops now at Camarro is probably moi
less than 800. The garrison at Monterey mum
pers ,o2' troops. with forty pieces of artillery
Between the posts on the Rio Grande and Monte
rey, at Toredo, Puma Aguada Cerralvo and Ma
rim, there are about 700 troops and the remainder
OF the force, as above stated, Is supposed be at
Aqua Nueva, (the headquarters of Gen. r. when
last heard from officially a, Saltillo and the pass
Of Rinconnada.
LATEST FROM GEN. TAYLOR'S AR
UNOFFICIAL AND AUTHENTICATE
late hour this evening we received the following
Official despatch from Gen. Taylors headquarters,
together with other authentic communications
winch we hasten to lay before our readers rs cal
cuiated, IN great measure, 10 relieve the anxiety
OF Inc public mind in relation to the present stua-
ton of Gen. Iaylor's command The follow
ing despatch from Gen. Taylor is the latest com
inunication received from him at the War De-
Pa''"'eht. Washington Union.
0SRDERs. Headquarters .4rmy of Occupation,
mo. III. AZ VA Nuevi. Feb. 81, Ie47
Colonel Morgan's regiment, cd Ohio, } will con-
centrate at Cerralvo, and move forward to Monte
rey, with as little delay as possible Colonel Cur
ts's regiment (3d Ohio) will be relieved at Camar
go, by the first regiment of the new volunteers
'hat may nave arrived at that point, when it will
move forward in like manner to Monterey. Col
brakes iment LIST Indiana) will be relieved at
Maamoras, by the first in order of arrival of the
ne" regiments that may be there, at the mouth of
Inc river, or the Brazos, the receipt of this or
when 1t will likewise come forward as above.
Inc remaining foot regiments of the new youn-
teers will proceed with as little delay as practice
Die to Monterey In marching from Camargo. the
troops VIII IN no case move in less number than
regiment, and will hold themselves ready to repel
attack upon the road, their commanders exercising
ane greatest vigilance particularly in the camps at
night, parking their wagons for defence They
Will take care to be well supplied with ammunition
before leaving Camargo
by order of Major General TAYLOR:
W. W. ). BLISS, Asst. Adit. General.
Endorsement ON the abore order.
Capt. Crossman will please furnish copies of this
order TO such OF the new volunteer regiments as
may arrive at Camargo
Cerralyo is to be broken M far the nresont Col
Morgan has been instructed to destroy such stores
as he cannot take with him.
BY order: w. w. S. BLISS,
feo. II. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
1t will be perceived from the above tina, General
Taylor, not having left Aqua Nueva on the 2lst,
was moving up forces from the Rio Grande to Mon
terey. Neither his order, nor the subsequent en-
dorSement upon it, make any mention of the advance
oi tle McXIcans, nor OF an expected engagement
we add the subj)neJ letter from one of the
paymasters of the army at Monterey, which was
received by the Paymaster General this evening"
ana an, has been obgingly placed at our disposal
ne order rom Gen. Taylor for renforcernerts al
ided TO IN this letter, is doubtless the order No
given above:
MONTEREY, Mexico, Feb. %, 1647.
GENERAL: We have had quite an exciting
time here for the last few days. II has been ascer
tanned beyond doubt that Santa Anna, with a larre
force, has been advancing Satillo to attack Gen
Taylor, who has been encamped twenty miles i'm
ADVANCE oil Saliilo. at the pass of Aqua Nueva-|
we have also had it reported that Cen Urea was
advancing on this place with 5000 cavalry from
towards Victoria, and we have been VERY busIy
engaged preparing to receive them. We have but
Two regiments OF volunteers here, but the Black
Fort or Citadel is SO far advanced towards comple
Ton ihat feel confident if they will give lis two
or three more days tina. shall he ready to ropel
any force brought against us. We have LARGE
supply OF provisions, more than six months for our
present garrison, aud the supply of ammunition is
unooundad and in day more we shall have
our magazines perfectly secure. We have some
seven or eight pieces in each Of the bastions .uoe
thirty in all, mounted. We have sent all orr
funds to the Fort and have them secured in one OF
the magazines.
They ,critc us from Sahilo, under date of the
2la, that Gen. Taylor had fallen back on Mon
terey, and ,cW foih the enemy ON the hin ipao,e
diateiy Wet Of The city. This position is thanked
M f,co redou6ts, and cc are rejoiced thai he bns
taken il, as wc no,o feel confident IF The result.
Captain Premises company of the LIST artillery
left here yesterday morning with two Is and two
S-pounders for SatiIlo. So the Generals regular
force VIII consist of five companies of artillery, 6