Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-11-19
Letter From Gen EsaIIeck TO
The Secretary of War.
THE GROUNLS FOR GENERAL
M'CLELLAN'S REMOVAL.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE Army. !


WASHINGTGE. Oct. 2S. 1852
IioN. +. NJ STANTON. SEcUErAKY oF
MAR Sir: In reply To the general inter
TnEIturiCs cnntaIne! IN your letter Of vester
day, have the honor to report:
First: That rcqni~inus for supplies to
the army under Gen Mcclellan are made hy
his staff officers on tn, Chiefs CT Bureaus
here thar i the QuartermaSter applies Lv
his Chief Quarterma>tcr Oh Quart, rn.aStrr
neral: tr cumml>Slrv supplies bv his
CH'i I"mm'~stry on CpmmIss Try Gen
eral. &c.
No such r,gui>itionS have been. T., nv
knowledge, made upon the Secretary #
War. and none upon the General in Chief.
Second. Ou several occasions. General
Mcclellan has teieEsalh,d me that his army
vas deficient III certain supplies. A these
tr.e-raInS were Immediately refeIIe.l t. tb.
head # bureaus. with orders 10 relr.rr
II was a>r,rtaIuea that In every instance
the rrqui~tiuEs have lycn immediately
til!e!, eNce;t where the Qgartern.. srer
General had been obliged TO serE from
Philadelphia certain articles # cIo-Lirr
tents. etc, not having a fUil supply here.
II err mas not been - far a. I c.ulJ
ascertain. any neglect or Gelay. IN anv de-
Iai'mcnt OF bmeau. in Issuing all the sup
plies asked for hy General Mcclellan. ,r b,
the 'fiic,rs uf his staff
Delays have occasionally ,ccurrei In f,r-
waruin2 supplies by'railroaa un accom-. ..f
the cruwUe,! co.diien uf the railroad ,la
pots, or az a want II a sufficient number .f
Cars 1ut, whenever notified Of this fact.
AGENTS have hcen sent out 10 remove the
d'incui:y under the excellent superiutrD-
dence Il Gen. Haupt. / think those DELAYS
have been less frequent aud Of shorter dur
'fr- -
trains An army OF tie size f that 1I,5.ar
General NJ Clelan Will frequently be f.
some days without the supplies 1t has a,kf,3
Tor. on account Of a Neglect In making
timely reqUistians for them, and ruav.;.i,-
"ie "e.ays IL forwarding them and distrilu-
ting :ien l. the different brigades and ri
meutS.
From all the information tha. ! can Oh
tain, am Of the opinion that the r.ouisi-
tuns from that army have been fIlei Dore
promptly, and that the men. aS a general
rule, have oeen better supplied. than in the
case "i "Er armies operating in the West
The latter have Oreratea At much grrears-
distances from the sources Of supplieS- and
have had lar less facilities for traasportatior,
In fine. believe that no armies In the world
In campaigning have been more promptIv
or better supplied than ours.
ia .o'Nu "l'eI lie battle OF Antietam
UeheraI Mcclellan was urged To give me
information Ct his intended movements. in
order that If he moved between the enemy
and Washington tie reinf, ,rceueo+s c,ni5
be sent from this place On the first of n,.-
tol'er. finding that he purpo~ed to operate
from HarpeI'S Ferry. / urTed him ,6 cr,ss
the iiver at once and give battle to the enc
my, pointing out to hin. the Disadvantages
OF delaying till the autumn rains had swol-
zen the otomac and impaired the roads
On ire 9th OF October he was perempscrilv
ordered To cross the Potomac aud give bat
lie Y the enemy. or drive him South.
SAID to him: Your army must move now.
while the -oads are IN good condition., II
VIII be observed that three weeks have
elapsed since that order wss given.
Fourth 1t is my opinion. there has been
no such want If supplies in the army under