The Shreveport weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1861-1861, 1861-07-22

rendered necessary by the limited
supply Of provisions, and with n view
Of holding possession of the same,
with a force Of less than 10000 good
and well-disciplined men. This
opinion wa. concurrcd in by all the
officers Of his command. and Their
memoranda on the subject were made
enclosures of Major -inderson's let
ter.
The whole was Immediately laid
before Lieut.. General Scott. who at
fonce concu1red with General Ander-
son in opinion. On reflection, how
ever, he took full time, consulting
with officers both Of the Army and
Navy, and at the end of four days
came reluctantly but decidedly to the
same conclusion as before. He also
stated at the same time that NJ such
sufficient force was then at the con
troll Of the Government, or could be
raised and brought on the ground
within lie time when The provisions
in the fort would be exhausted
In n purely military point of view,
this reduced the duty OF tie Admins
tration in the case to the mere matter
of getting the garrison safely out of
the fort. 1t was believed, however.
that so to abandon that position I'M
der the circumstances would be ut
terlv ruinous; hat the necessity un-
der whichit was done could not be full
ly understood: that by many it would
be construed as L part of 4 voluntary
policy; that mt home it would disor-
ganizc the friends Of the Union, en-
boldcu its adversarics. and go far TO
ensure to the latter Il recognition
abroad That, in fact, it would be
our national destruction consumIna-
ted. This could not be allowed.
Starvation was not vet upon the
garrison and ere it would be reached
Fort Pickcn@ might be reinforced
This last would be- a cfear ir.dica-
rinn Of policy, and Hould better cna-
lrlc ;hc countr- t" accept the evacua-
tion of Fort Sunrtcr a. military
necessity. An order was at ono" Ill
r.cted 10 be sent for the landing OF
the troops from The steamship Brook
lvn into Fort rickcn~. This order
couIl not 20 by, land, hu, anus; take
the longer and slower route hv sea.
The fir, r";urn news. from tn" or
der vas received jnst oar week he
lore -. y" o. ''' Hh t'r NJ
nc"s Itself vas thH' tue ni..rcF COM.
,uandin- tn ~lb;aa, 10 vhn.h vessel
the troops bad ben transferred from
the i't""hi u, "','hE upon =. IN" qua
r! MIn'~ilrr 81 III" Iii' A.''nin'-' ra-
ton aud OF in' 'NI''c@yr OF winch
t'H' present N'n''!'H'ii ION up :" me-
ti'n' nj ""l'h 'h' lh'f ""9 us
patched, had only r." '"-u' """ TN.
certain i1m"rS +" fix attention, mad
refused t" land the troops. /" now
reinforce Fort ilckrn~ tor" crisis
ccrti b. r"aCh"h ut + "'i sumter
Was 'ntl "ssIhsr' rendered :" ~ the
near exhaustion OF prov lssonN III me
latter named fort.
In rrccautl"n against such con
tuuCtNr", the Government had, n lew
DAYS before, colnln"nr"d preparing an
expedition, a well adapted as might
be, to relieve Fort Sumpt"r, which
expedition was ln'.nded 10 be "iu-
mately used or not, according to cir.
eumsta,ces. Ih" strongest ant'cipa-
ted case for using It was now pres"n-
ted, and 1t was resolved to send II for
ward.
As had been intended in the con
'ingency, it was also resolved to mott
r the, Governor of South Carolina
that he might expect an attempt
would be made 10 provision the fort,
and that il the attempt shoUld no; Dc
resisted. there would be n" effort t"
throw in men. arms, or ammunition,
without further notice. or IN case OF
an attack upon the fort. Tins notice
was accordingly given, wher"mpon
the fort was attacked and bonbarded
to its fall, without even awaiting the