The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-01-06

a part of the General Regulations be strct' pc
/, enloined upon the army. VI
BY order of the President.
fSicned) w. l.. MARCY, Sec'y OF War.
The following is the paragraph OF the r
General Regulations for the Army, es'ao, a.
lisbedr on the LIST OF March, 1873, referred =
to above: n
1850. Private letters or reports Ie'a' ;,
live TO military marches and operations,
are frequently mischievous in design. and =
Away. disgraceful to the army. ihey ,
are, therefore, strictly forbidden; and any :.
officer found guilty of making such report
/ for publication without, special permission,
or Of placing the writing beyond his con
,rol, so tina, il finds its way TO the press,
within one month after the termination oi
the campaign to which it relates, shall be
dismissed from the service"
By command of Major General Scott.
Signed WIN. G. FREEMAN.
Asst. Adj General.
GENERAL oRDERS-No. 34s.
HEADQUARTERS or THE ARMY. I
Mexico, Nov IL, le4I. .
The attention of certain officers OF this
> army IS re called 10 the foregoing regua'
; tions, which the General.in- Che is resol' /
: we'd 10 enforce so far as il may be IN his
4, power.
A. vet but two echoes from home OF the
: brilliant operations Of our ms IN this basin
9 have reached US the first in New Or.
leans, and the second through Tamp,co
=, newspaper. :. y,ay;ova
I, REQUIRES not little charity 10 believe
;" that the principal heroes OF the scahda'
- lous letters alluded to did not write 'hem'
;" or specially procure them 10 be writ'sn'
:" and The intelligent can De at no loss IN con-
ss occurring the auhors-chiets' par"sans'
~ and pet famiiars. To the honor oil 'he
" service, the dissase-pruriency OF lame
no, earned-cannot have seized upon nan
:! a dozen officers (present,) all of whom II
"A is believed, belong to the same '"o co'et'es
eu False credi, may, no do.o', be obtained
W a, home, by such despcabe 'eit-puthngs
and malicnar, EXCLUSION OF others but al
The e.pen.e of the ,Ist esteem and consld
:, Grafton of all hohorabie offlcers VINO love
their country. their profession and 'h'
en' truth Of history. The Indignation OF tn
/, as ,rea, number of the latter class canno
hin fail in the end, to bring down the concelle'
loIe and eoyious 10 their proper level.
ises By command Of Maj. Gen. Scott:
oy. II. l.. SCOTT A. A. A. G.
OF The letters alluded TO by Gen. Scott
lor. .. the echoes from home" are EVIDENT,
ned 49, o,,aa.r ls,t.r and the other {
or letter which appeared first IN The fnlshn'i
o' Post, was thence transferred TO the UuloF
me whence we copied it on the sth October
own with some Introductory remarks, and III
SAID whole then appearei in Tampico pape
lu'y in which Gen. Scat saw trst the le'te
iIief U pom the publication of Gen. SCOTS o
der.. given allow, Lieut.. Col. Dunca
sys- came out promptly in the North America
uses ,,;,b the following frank avowal Of b
pops CONNECTION with The "Tampico letter." s
lex, called. According TO The North Amer
WIN lean The "Tampieo 'e"e. IS GO"
the nIed from two letters written ny 0ffice
of'er If The army in Mexico to- brother Or
''u'e n pusburg, for his eye alone
ana reao.ha, Col. Duncan has to say oil II
e IN. ,o,
/. 70. MExICo, Nov IS, lo4l'
sew. To The Editor Of the North Amer'eo'
as to Sir. herewith present copy Of
upon "Tanpico letter" characterized as . SC
ne as dalous, y " despicable, /" TpalLaRaad ID
roops American Star this morning.
r,ers, To the end that The true character
such THIS letter may be known, desire I
lie of you repubIsh 1t in your paper; and /
0 the none of my brother officers may inuoce
e ne. " suffer for publication SO obnoxious
hereby publicly acknowledge myself to
essa. lts author. The substance OF !, CT
4 and muncaed from Tacubaya soon after
.tlons battles, in private letter TO ifiepe
r, da- Plttsburg.
blish. The statements IN the letter are kno
veral by very many officer, of this army &c
from true, and can but think that the publ
10, in ton of truth is less likely to do volenc
orals individuals or The service than the s
preston or perverslon Of 1t.
Justice to Gen. Worth, (who is evidt
G. " one of the +" heroes polated at IN or
No. 3i9,) requires me to state that
Il. knew nothing whatever of my purpose
Que. write the letter in question, nor that II
were been written, till well on its way tc
harg destination he never saw, nor did
secret know, directly or indirectly, even The 7
Min port Of one line, word or syllable If it
d re. he saw it in print, and he is equally u
was rant Of my design to make this decla
t the ton. which do, us wrote the letter.
note prompted and on my own responsible
e the Very respectfully, your obedent servi
okins JAMES DUNCAN, Breve,
,yohI. Lieut. Col. u. S
arri. After the publication of this letter, {
}, not Duncan was placed under arrest, and s
e be. sequenrIy Gen. Pillow was arrested,
Gov. next Gen. Worth. The North Amer
renee is Of opinion that Gen. Pillow was not
il was rested on account of the +" Leonidas
whose ter, but on The following grounds:
Pri There has been another arrest, tina
Coun. Cen pillow one Of the chiefs aforen
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