M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-12-05

pies, and asked whether Gen. re-
mont could mean what he had written.
Ahoi the foregoing Iacts 90 to show
the want Of military fore sight on the
patt Of Gen. Fremont, in directing
! the necessary means for putting into,
and maintaining IN the field the for
cesI under his command.
Gen. Hunter also stated that al,
thSnsh the second in. command, he
never was consulted by Gen. Fremont.
and never knew anything Of his in.
tentions. Such parallel, | will ven
ture to assert, cannot hc found in the
annals OF military warfare. | have
also bpen informed thai there is not a
Missoutian on his stati-not man
acquainted personally with the topog.
raphy and physical characteristics Of
the country or its people.
Ehe failure OF Gten. Fremont to re-
iniorce Gen. Lyon demands notice
Gep. Fremont arrived at ST, Louis on
the 2G h Of july, called there from
New York by a tolcgra! hic despatch
stating that Gen. Lyon was threatened
with destruction 10y 10000 rebels. -
At this time GenePope had nine reg
imont5 in North Missouri, where thu
r,bclS had no embodied iorce. The
Confederate fyrces in The State We're
those under Price aud McCulloch,
near Springfield in southwest Nilsson,
ri, and those under Pillow, jeff
Thompson and uarJee, in southeast
Missouri. Two regiments he'd R9lIa
near the terminus Of tho southwest
branch of the Pacific Railroad, while
Jcilyrson City, DoonvilIe, Lexington,
and Kansas CITY had each a garrison
oi 800 or 400 men behind outr1nch.
merls. Cairo and Birds Point were
fortified and defended with heavy ar
tiHcry, pilot Knob and Cape Cir
ldcau were fortified, after General
Fremont's arriyal) All these places
could b. reinforced by railroad an!
river IRON St. Louis and the north
western States, and colld hull out
until re!uiQlced, even if attacked by
superior forces, ,-. t...
On his arrival in St. Louis, General
Fremont was met by Captain Cavon
4ldg lissp1li and ..NaiaE Ear
raE, ald dc camp 70 Gen. Lyon, With
statements from the latter, and re-
quests for reiui0rcemeuts. Major
Phelps, NJ. c., from Springfield, Dir.
Miller of Omaha, and many other
citizens, Iaying ample means OF in
,ormatiUn, made the same repre- senta-
tions, and urged the sending of rein.
loycements. To Governor Gauhlu,
General Fremont said: "Gencral Ly-
on is as strong as any officer IN this
line" He failed to strengthen Lyon;
and the result, as is well inowp, was
the defeat Of that most gallant oaiccr
| Tue two regiments at. RUlM should
Lave been pushed forward, and the
Whole OF Pope's nine regim1ntS bru't
by rail to ST. Louis and RQlla, and
thence sent to Lyons iorce. Any
other Geueral, IN such an emergency,
would hayq pursued this obvious
cvuise. tt..,.. . a.dt t ar..
The battle Of SpripgfeId (or more
strictly, Wilson's Crcek)-ono Of th(
most desperate ever fought on tIti,
cont;nert-took Place August 10
whsn the brave. Lyon telI; aud tb,
troops, borne down BY greatly super
ior numbers, were Obliged to tall back
but were unpursea by badly beatei
foe. sp iF"Hi'1.le+i 'i' ti.- "" t.|H
Gen, Fremont called four regiment,
from North Miss 5uri, and went viii
them tc Cairo. 1t is evident that he
lad pointeution Of reinforcing Gen
5i.Lyin, ror,the two regimghts at Rolla
l2j miles only from ,SPringfyId, re.
cyived no orders % .match, altl were
notsplplied with transportation, and
thirty or forty hired Wagons just 70
turned from Springfield, we.e DIS
charged at -Rolla August 4, seven
days geiors lhe bta.ttls, an, ana we're Re.
turned to ST. Louis. - o','' 3. . =, 80 -,,
! After the news Of the battle reached
] ST. Louis. tour other legimepts were
drawn IRON Pope il North Missourii
aud sent to Eulla. Better TO have
called in these troaps before the battle,
as after the battle the whole revoln,
tiunary- elements were let loose. The
six regiments, accomplished nothing
| They were notordered to advance and
cover the retreat of Lyons army, al
though it was supposed in St. Louis
that Price and McCulioch were follow
ing il, aud thai uardee had moved up
to cut off his retreat on the GaScon.
ale. ..ir. ',,c..r.is-Y 7g.,.rast ~ e.s
An advance of three regiments
would have enabled the army to re.
trace lis steps, and to have beat the
forces pi Price YauG McGulloch 80
badly that lhey would have been una
4 bic to follow our force in their retreat.
1 1t is said that every officer in Lyons