The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-08-07
Gen. SCott's Correspondence
Hon. w. L. Marcy,
Secretary Of War, under PreSt Poik.
(cnsiuSiOn,

Conclusion.
In General Jesups letter TO me the nth inst
a copy Of which is sent herewith, he states that
nifty three ships, barques, brgs, aud schooners
were sent from the north, and the department
actually furnished at New Orleans, Drazos, ard
Tampico, for the army, before il 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 difficulty Of procuring them, the
cause Of the delay in their arrival, ! have also a
similar reason to offer in reply to your complaint
for not having seasonably received the siege train
and ordnance supplies The delay is to be as.
cribed to the enormously large outfit you required
If it was necessary, aud despatch was used in
procuring it, no one il fault If too large, you
certainly should not regard AZ reprehenslble
delay the time necessarily taken up in preparing
it. To show that it was large, and required much
time TO procure it, will select from many single
item. You demand from eighty to one hundred
thousand teu.lnch shells and forty or fifty NOR
tars of like calbe. This enormous quantity OF
shells-about four thousand tOns--was mostly to
be manufactured after you left Washington All
the furnaces in the country, willing to engage IN
the business, were set to work but, with the Ut
most diligence and despatch, the supply of this
one article or even two thirds Of it, having to be
manufactured and transported to the seaboard
from the furnaces Oocatedin most instances in the
interior Of the country at season of the year
when water communications were obstrused bv
ice could not be ready TO be sent forward to YOU
IN may moths after your departure from Wash
ingtun. Had your requsitions been moderate
aud un ioubtedly more moderate ones would have
slhiced they could have been furnished at a
much earlier neriod
The mrmo,apdpm which vou left for tle
sic,,. Tram and aurnpr;tion ,Lo,cf,re " ros .ph
pifted to me by tic Ordnance dsn,,t,npnt oo
the 9s,b ef November with An iptnation that !,
cnpld ma, he corprliad vi,h In season for the ov
rcd,,ion IN 90 fory,,d NJ. e,rlv os Won had con.
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ol,I, A., far n, ,r,,ctjcoLle - and m, o,dcr an
.,ii. .f,d o,,., 'GjI oy,,,;ro,ior IVA. f,,LG,lIy
executed
Wh,, co,ll LA do,o ., W..L;,,,,,r ,ro.
rrom,,,l, done ynnh,d with ynn tb, ono,,s,'
na.to, General Win all tho co,,,r,,pd of rho
Mar D.n,rtmcnt ami with u,r..,,i,tcd ortLor,,,
to do whatever y,u ,ni,,ht REQUIRE He u,. NM, h.,
vour suusryision and suhieet 10 yopr orders All.
and villipr tn ey,cu,c them Ypu bov. move,
ip,ip,,,.d ib,, T.. in o,y ,asror, f,iled /, ii.
duty bpt an tho contr,ry van have sroksn /,
LigbIv conuepd,t,,y t,r,ns of bis efficient seryi
cr.
| have already opo,cd vour ocknovled,msn,
that he b,d taken aIl p,orcr measure. Win ip,y
urtt ,,J ,,,,,,,rt,,,,,n ,n r,,visc eys,vtL;n,, I
n.,Jir,. an his J,nor,rent f,r the d,snotcb an,
.prces. ~ vorr ,yp.diticn In an i.sue nf fact
h.tvc.n vop audi tb, head of III. War Drp,rt
mon, L,s tr.,in,ony rc.t TO your own conf, ION
. the hest that can be offered to correct your mis-
statements and TO rrf,,tc ,opr CHARGES
I In Nj, letter To m,nfthe Cd oi January. 1877
he says. General scot left fls the interior OF
the 2gth ultmo aud am taking active mrasu ure,
to have everything depending upon me ready fJ
/ HI operations. The qmrtermas,crs department
I | find. IL called upon to do a great deal tha
should be done by other branches of the staff ;,
/ Ear as Gen. Scots operations 60, shall hay,
every thing done that /, necessary, whether 1t be
| longs to my department or 10 other department,
/ to do it,
/ You had with YOU and subject to your orders
not only the Quarterma,ter General. but officer
| Of the other staff departments They did no
look to the War Department bu: to yourself fo
directions and it was your duty, and not mine
{ to see that your requirements were compiled
with. That they were 50, TO the utmos. pracii
cable extent, have no reason to doubt but i
they were not, the fault, If any, is not with ia,
War Department You also gave the instruc
/ tuus in relation to providing the means Of laut
tranSpor and the officers charged with ha
| duty were under your immediate control; and j
there is blame any where for any deficiency in TIN
respect, it cannot be imputed to the War Depart
mcnt Your whole correspondence with me, anC
the staff officers with YOU shows that You very
| properly took upon yourself the whole charge o
giving directions in this matter In letter Il
Captain Hetzel, senior quartermaster at III,
Brazos, speaking on this subject Of the Ian,
transportation which may need after the deseen
on the enemys coast near Vera Cruz, you say
I"l have already discussed aud arranged viii
you the detail Of the early land transportatior
train" &c. On the l9th of March, YOU turnl,he,
Gen Je,up with your estimates and directions o'
this subject The staff officers being with You
and under your orders, nothing further was, y
properly could be. required or expected tn cmau
ate from Washington, beyond the supply oflunds
aud beug done, il YOU were disappointed in no
realizing your expectations, YOU havenot a colol
able prctence for impu,ng blame TO "the hca
Of the War Department
As just ground of complaint, and matter q
accusation, you refer to your deficiency Of mean
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