The daily union., 1852-10-09


uments show that General Worth elt deeply ssgrisyed
by your general order No 3i9" Imputatons Of very
cefs ond = your eommssd and from i,s pc
eplar rhnseology understood by General Worth
or others, indicating him of the oicors obuox-
ous to the and eproof therein coatainsd
WIN III; view OF the import and object OF the ordss his
attempt by all proper from himself the
ignominy OF these imputatons cannot be regarded
had as he thought, deeply wounded his honor Of
icer and his character from your hends
he NOT oSa .SeS !. he
ander the of The due him. he
authority lfhe actually agsreved Ia his mat
ter, or believed himself to be So lie had unqusstonebs
your common superior The Presiden. Of the Dated
States He prepared charges against you &c, his le.,sr Of
viewed in other obaracer) and endeavored send
hem through the only channel he could uss without
violating established regulations, his superior.
For the matter contained in these charges against yosrss
psden and asked iof his sra bv % : sSs ne
course OF proceeding which you In this s
viii Be- aa 10 se 0s .. a - s
subordinate officers II General Worth has been guilty Of
against you the President for wrongs and Injuries ii.
legged TO have been inflicted by him, be
ter Of the wrongs and injuries inflicted upon subordnss
officers by their supeIos they seek redress by
may the injustice they suffer- the hope remedy BY
appeal would be lIusory and the right to appeal
whether in the Iom OF charges otherwise Tor action
Of common snpeor they would be liable to be arrested
and tried before investigation had been made of The
truth or fay of the matters therein forth, and
before the appeal had reached the ashorY which sloae
could afford redress Such principle this would In Its
practical subver justice and withhold protection
Very respectfully your obedient servant ls
W.L MARCY.
Mai Gen. WINFIELD Scorr,
Commanding U. s. army, Mexico
The frivolous pretext which Scott put Worth under
arrest and called for court martial evdently not
the true motive for this ndgnity and that contained in
ton grew out OF letter Worth addressed 10 him. some
time before which esopped the general.in -chief in
effort ne made to depecate his service and success in the
taking the city OF Mexico, and previously at Mono del
Rey Worths letter aud General Scott's endorsement
leave nothing for comment: I'll 4a
Worth's Letter. a
CRY MEXICO, Dec. %, lsi3
SIR In the official report of the capture of city OF
Mexico dated September 49, 1917, repubshed the Star
newspaper and which had n opportunity Of seeing
Yesterday for the first Time, the following paragraph oc
"Withn those disganished works found troops en-
Worth dered forward the mounted howitzer Of Cadwsa-
pckaxes and crowbas 10 force windows aud DOORS Or 10
bunow through walls The assalants We're soon In an
equality of position fatal to the enemy BY o'clock Ia
the evening Worth had carried batteries the suburbs
n my % nnsons b he here posted guard. % and
There was but obstacle the San Cosme gate
cathedral and paacethe heart OF the cy-and thai bar
rie was known could not by daylight resist Siege
81 gone foot of Che pultepec tho point
from which the Two aqueducs begin diyerge hours
ncauon with Qutman and Twiggs as with Worh''
beg leave to bring to The notce Of The
Passing by for the present, several in the report
They thos Bys ooock in the evening Worth had
carried two batteries in the suburbs Ascending my In
sucons he here Chat in the suburbs) posted and
sentne placed his troops under shelter night"
. There but obstacle, the San Cosrne gate
in
81 the cathedral and palace Ga these marked
In the quoted printed paragraph annexed, have to OBJ
Ist That my hailed and sheltered for
The night in the suburbs, nor did receive Instructions to
I'd That before six o'clock my command had carried
gate OF San Cosme," ca ptured the
cannon which defended IT, and turned upon the flying
81 That one OF my brgades quarered that night sev
eal hundred yad within the gate. and my headquarters
with the plckes and being advanced church,
where 9TH infantry quarters more than half way
fom the gate san Co.mc Alameda o,her and
Rdges brigade quaeted for convenience at and by thes
gate. n s,i,t,
The right position Of my troops in the knowledge
officers OF general headquarters staff aud II 10
within the knowledge officers the staff by
O'Clock heavy guns, mortar and "a FOUNDER 20,
up iom the lar rear and before opened upon the great
plaza said being Ia battery the San Cosme gas"
the hiring Of which brought (as averred by
at the tlme) the commissioner who reached my night
quarters some two hundred yards within that Zone
obstacle, at half past m, and from thence
passed them, IA charge Of officer OF my ,a the
Out @h1 ound Tscubaya. | ths, the
picture reeG,d 70 IN tue official gives wrong position
my troops Aside from my official port. which
before the General his own staff could have convicted the
pctu OF ..E..s..5
Very respectfully, your obedienl servant, 4.a5s
W. j. WORTH.
Brevet Maj Gen.
Eriorsemenf.
Respectfully orwatded
might anmadvert justly and severely upon the OF
The Within and upon several OF It's assertions but viii,
der the circumstances, say that comme In
saying IL ny report lha the gaze Of San cosms w,s not
September. That gate second battery carried by
the division, and gave the division credit for having
passed t,oo Y = al
JANUARY, 1913 WINFIELD SCOTT. =
Ii would extend this documentary memoir too much to
introduce all the vindcve feuds which General Scott
provoked with the officers OF the Mexican campaign.
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