The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1848-05-17
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issasd he general order No. 50 q copy
eaelosedl derolEing he command Of lle
army IN MsIieO sp.n Major General Bat
ier.
a. the aErsn detailed Cor he courl
q IRquiEy. brlars which an orlertl
- appear - = criminal. are n1t kaowa
- have arrived IN the roaEssy. avail
sayssA Of aAmomeni's leisure 10 recall
same Of The nrelscs. dissppoinlmenls.
injuries. and rebakeg whish hare been
inflicted upoa ne By Inc War Department
since ny Separiure from Washington,
,susemser %. 1915.
20 me the business Of rerFiminsiion,
however prossked. has ever hsen pain.
fel. In This Summary ] shall, therefore,
indulge IN no wahloRnfss OF language.
but euafns myself 10 naked historical
facts. leaving conclusions 70 men OF sense
aha randnr. a
In the hurry Of preparation Tor Mexico
toniy four days were allowed me Al
Washington. when twenty might have
heen most adTaniageOusly employed in me
great hureans--tisose ri the chief enei-
hesu. ehisf IL ordnance. chief quarter
master, aud chief cOmmissary of sghsis-
rsGcel hanted 10 YOU written request
ths, one Of three OF our accomplished cap.
iains. therein named. might be appointed
ss-ls:aEt zdjulant general. with The rank oi
major, FOR daty with me in The field; and
there Vas = vacancy al the time for one.
sly request has never heen attended IA.
and Thus have had no officer Of the Adj
juianI Generals Department with me in
the campaign. Can another instance be
cited Of denying TO a general-in-ehief. in
the field, al the head Of a large army. or
even 4 small one. the selection Of his
chief Of his siSf-ihai is. the chief in the
department Of orders and correspondence
Early in the following January asked
ihai general court martial might be APP
pointed onihe part Of the President. fos
The trial Of two officers, loaned by me-
for roniueI each had committed that en-
dsRgered. in a high degree, the success
ofths impending campaign: and specially
referred 10 the anomalous and fatal act Of
Congress. May 90. $780, which prohibt.
ed me. as The "secuser or prosecution"
from ordering the court Cor the trial Of the
eases. Ny application has never been
noticed. This neglect alone ought early
10 have admonished me that had no hope
nf suppon al Washington. in any attempt
| might make against certain offieers) 10
maintain necessary discipline IN the army
! was about TO lead into The field. l LEFT
Washington highly Aaitered with iheeonf-
dsnce and kindness The Presiden, had just
shown me. in many long personal inter-
views on military matters. For more
than Two months my expressions Of grail
tide were daily and fervent. nor were they
lsss emphatic towards the head Of the
War Department. Proceeding with zeal
and confidence in my most hazardous du-
ties, | learned, January AZ, at The Brasos
San Jago. that an attempt was on foot to
create a lieutenant general 10 take COM
mand in the field over me. Shocked and
distressed, I allowed Of no relaxation IN
my efforts TO serve my country. resolved,
Cor the short time thai | was likely 10 re-
main in commission, ID be @
"True as the dial to the sun,
Although il be not ssinsd upon"
A yet greater outrage soon followed :
failing To Obtain an act for the citizen lieute-
nani general, a bill was pressed upon Con-
gress to authorize the placing a junior ma
jor general just appointed 1.-THE same indi-
viduall in command over all the old major
generals then in front Of the enemy!
viii not here trust myself to add a
soldiers comment upon those attempts
bat ! may thank God lha. he did not al.
low them. or subsequent injuries. to break
down entirely the spirit and abilities (such
as they sre) with which he has endowed
me. as+
Foreseeing at Washington, that, from
the great demands Of commerce at the
moment. il would be difficult, if not i'm
possible, to take mp, perhaps at any price
a sufficient number Of vessels at New
Orleans and Mobile 10 transport the regi
menis Of my expedition from the Ric
Grande froniiertoVera Cruz. endeayoret
to impress ppon The War Department, the
necessity Of sending out, fr6m the North
S'n and Eastern ports, . certain number o
large ships in ballast, in order that the ex
pedilion might not be delayed, and in view
OF "'he fixed faci'--lhe return Of ih'
vomito a, Vera Cruz in the spring of III,
year--a delay of few weeks was likely
60 prove total defeat.
In paper transmitted TO me, headet
] L" Memorandum for The Quar,ermasie
General" marked War Department