The New York herald., 1862-12-25

IS al cores ne srPprs were sont down, the barges
were were sen' mere non rAliimore and Phiadelphla. We
has not suffered fo The want Of any supplies As soon as
Inc ARMY reached falmouth and protected the line Ana
tnnH even petc s communication WAS opened Win Aqua
creek, work A. commenced the railroad and the r4
roaa WAS paired. That large wharf OF lovo te< ~
,eaS n been entirely re-eonstruGea ana We nave
Inaao lcparstons for building other wnarsess ex-
teneh The railroad down along the river ard giving
creaS lscies for anding When Gen. Boinside showed
f AT there was provon that the pcatoons themselves
lho1,d inarch by hand 10 meet hnl, exactly al shat time
aya unable say but any sspe iations that ponsoon
would necessarily be disappointed, my opinion. No
pontoo1 TRAN coad - 10 Falmouth without sum
and If il got there before the army the enemy
would have captured it, Wha, all the army itself
did no. 40 u Sas not 70 pc expected tnss e saarI
Burnside was last in this city, there complaints on
this subect(and here allow 10 say that the Quarter
masters Department which does great deal for the
army is apt 10 be held responsible for everything shat y
not one)-hearing that II blamed for the fanfe W
get the pontoons TO Falmouth by the time the army
reached that place, replied tony informant VINO WAS
connected with the press that the Quartermaster De-
patnent was no more responsible for Inc macn % .ne
pohtoon train than for the march Of battery Oh tefy
or regiment Of iniantry that its business was TO pro
vide material for the transportation oil the army ana y
no complaint on thai point General Burnside came TO
see me few minutes after this gentleman ley
nv room and mentioned 10 him that
had lust been tod that public opinion censurng the
department he nnshed, and said he had not only no
anst the officers OF te puarterssaS-
ters Department CommissaTy Department. but he was
SURPRISED they mad been able % accomplish so much
Queation.--Wbo would be responsible for that partc
lar duty OF getting the poatoons over there? General
Woodbury.
Gen raj Mcigs answered IL General Woodbury. had or
ders from General Burnside lac responsible for car
rying them out naiing him understand that IT was
smpractcable 10 them ont; the march OF an army
ia 10 be managed by its commander when general un
derakor 10 make yenent, he must give his orders
himself, General Haleck has told yon; every order
TINT General Burnside requested from me, every reaus
ton that made uFon me, he says himself was fully
promptly satisfied; IL you want my opinion, have
opinion the subject, not as TO any
body's being blame but TO what the facts were
think there was a mistake made IN expecting the pom
toons which, believe the time al Berlin, TO be
70, to Falmouth while the army made two and half
days march. do not think II practicable. march OF
one hundred miles for pontooD tram s serious matter
whether the march be made by land or water Inc march
from Warfenton after the army was fairly under
way ought not suppose to have taken over Two days
and half, and did not think u did. think they
marched rapidly and crossed 70 Falmouth IN two
days and hall. From what little heard OF the discus
sion between General fialecS and General Burnside
only heard pars OF it expected that portion OF Gene
raj Hurnside's army would above Fredericksburg,
and think he used the expression that within twen
yfour forty bt hours after be- got permission to
his cavalry would be in Fredsgicksburg-the main
body of his army, however, not crossing above, but
crossing at Falmouth.
General liaupts testimony was tskcn, but no, submit
ted with the report.