The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-06

tons is estimssd will carry three thousand With
all their supplies. Vessels be chartered favora
BILE terms for any additional transportation that may be
required" This letter submitted to and read BY
you appears from your endorsement thereon.
After referring to other matters Ia the letter,
you conclude your endorsement a. follows recon-
mend that Brevet Msjor Cen Jesup's sugsssttons b.
This fact shows that tho letter rscs;vsd YOUR
particular attention. Whsn this letter (which you
know was forwarded to the dspsrmenD was here re-
tanning sufficient transportation at the south Vas un-
founded and that could be provided In that quarter
Of December far only 90 f.. az il related to
ling out vessels In ballast Tt 10
S &C. thai, & you ws': s mad:
in reply to them, should have looked for transport
vessels in ballast from tho Atlantic cities and still more
strange that their nonarriva should be the proof you
rely to convict Of having neglected my duty in
this instance II in truth. you delayed the expedition
nearly two months for these transports, blameess
The responsibility is another quarter It cannot be said
that this statement to the suceucy Of transports to
be obtained at the south had an implied reference to
what had ordered from the Atlantic oes for my order
WAS then unknown to yourse and the qrartermaster
general You fret received copy Of 1t several days
endorsement thereon. [see your letter to Of the
l2th January Resisted you were by head winds"
and pspisans in srrsnsns soS sr.
pairing the expedition against Vera Cruz tempors
~ bewilderment may be excused; but to charge the
War Department with your own misappre tensions and
Mistakes 10 inexcussble.
MY reply your accusations me to expose some
of your mis- statements of fact You allege that the
expedition for the want of tho ten vessssn was de-
lsyed from the 10th Of January to the 9Th Of March,
You certainly mean to be understood that the 18th
Of January troops ready to embark and
delayed for want of these transports But this not
80 and am indebted to you for most abundant proof
to establish your inaccurscy The great body Of your
troops for the expedition drawn from General
Tay ors command at Monterey, and In the interior Of
EOS, or Tampico this points of enbsrcstion-on tho
10TH Of January In your letter Of tn. l2th Of that
month to General Brooke, at New Orleans, you said;
have called for from General Taylors immediate com
mand to embark here the Brazos and at Tampico will
Jsnuary) say about the 25th " In letter to mo Of
the goth January you remark that General Butler re-
ss % ns T the
BILE movement 1.-THE head of hiA division arrived with
him at the mouth Of the Rio Grsnde tho day before yes
up L. not stated; yet one of your naked historical
facts places the whole command ct the points Of
before the actual arrival Of any part Of them But II
they had been there why should they nave been de-
tanned for these vesse In the same lsttsr-writtsn
but two days after the arrival Ct the head Of the A d.
vsion and probably before tho other troops had
up-yon say that the Quartermsstsr General Brevet
all proper with judgment and prompttud. to
provide everything depending his department for tho
waited cumulative proof might BE- drawn from tho same
source-your own correspondenoe-to show not only
that his charge sgans me has foundation in TRUTH
but that you can have no apology for having prefer
red 1t.
After showing how unfortunate you have been In your
u
general and sweeping character with less particular de-
tail Of proofs to show their groundessness
Though the ten vesses were not, for the very snf-
foient have assigned sent out In ballast from
tho Atlantic Cities yet very large number were sent
thence with stores supplies and troops to cooperate in
In General Jesups letter to mo of tho 18th inst COPY
Of which Is sent herewith he states that ships
and tho department actually furnished at New Orleans
Brazos and Tsmpco for the army before It took up the
line of march into the Interior one hundred and sixty
three vessels.
have alluded to the large number Of surf boats and
the great difficulty Of procuring them the cause Of
offer in reply to your complaint for having
ably received the A-ge train and ordnance supplies The
delay % sscripsd 70 inc large outht you
procuring It, Is in fault. II too large you
tainly should not regard reprehensibie delay tho
that It was large md required much time to procure it,
will select from many single item. You demanded
and forty Fifty mortars Of like calibre This
nous quantity Of shells about four thousand tons
was mostly to b. manufactured after you LEFT Wash
In tho business, set to work but with the
most diligence and d.spatch the supply Of this art
ce twothrds of It, having to be manufactured
and transported to the seaboard the furnaces to-
Gated in most instances in the interior Of the country
we're obstucted by ce could not be ready to be sent
forward to you In many months after your departure
from wsshinston Had your regulations bsen moder.
ate and undoubtedly moro moderate ones would have
suiicsd they could have been furnished at much
earlier period.
The memorandum which you left for the siege train
and ammunition therefor" submitted to BY the
Ordinances Department, on the 26th of November, with
IN intmation that it could not be complied with in
for tho expedition to forward early you
had contemplated. endorsed upon 1t, comply with
tho above far practicable p and this order,
What could be done at Washington, was promptly
done. You had with you the Quartermsstsr General,
ment and with unrestricted authority to do whatever
you might require He was under your supervision,
and subsct to your orders able and willing to execute
them You have never minated that he, in any
spect failed in his duty but the contrary you have
spoken in highly commendaory terms Ct his efficient
services
have already quoted your acknowledgment that he
had taken all proper measures with judgment and
promptitude to provide everything depending on his
dtion In issue Of fact between you and tho head Of
the war Department hi. testimony, next to your own
your misststements and to refute your charges
In bis letter to Of the I'd Of January le47 he says
General Scott left for the interior tbs 29rh umo
and am taking active measures to have everything
ing upon mo ready for his operation. The quar-
department., find, Is called upon to do
deal that should be done by other branches of the
staff SO far Gen Scott's operations Co. shsi have
everything done that Is necessary whether 1t belongs
You had with you, and subj .ot to your orders, not
only the Quarter General but officers of the other
h They ala not 0os to IL. War Ds
duty and not mine, to that your requirements
complied with. That thsy were So to the utmost prso
not the fault any, Il not with the War Depart
You also gave the instructions in relation pro-
vdpg the OF land trans portati0n the officers
charged with that duty under Immediate
troll AVID there 10 blame any where for any deficiency
ia this respect It cannot be imputed to the War De-
partment Your whole correspondence with me, and
staff officers With you shows that you very properly
took upon yourself the whole charge OF giving
in this matter In letter to Captain Hetzel, senior
quarermser at tho Brazos speaking this subj OF
tue land tran'portation. which may bs needed after
the descent the enemy's coast Vera Cruz you
havs ai DIV naast And
the detail Of the early land transportation train &C.
On the 10Th Of March, you furnished General Je.up
with your estimates and directions this subject The
staff officers being with you and under your orders, ne
thing further properly could BE- required or ex
pscsd to emansts from Washington beyond supply OF
funds; and this being done you wss disappointed In
not realizing your ex pectstions you have not color
able preienoe for mputing blame to the head OF the
War Department
As lust ound of complaint and matter of
ton, you your deficiency OF m,sns to make the
descent snd to capture the city Of Vera Cruz and the