, 1862-07-25

have no mounted light artillery under my com
nal.d. Several companies Of the reserve artillery
Of the Potomac arc still here, but not under my
or this force I am ordered by Gen BIC Tlel]au to
detail two regiments good onts} to join Richard
sons division {sumner's corpn} as It passes
through Alexasd,ia; one regiment to F.place the
37lh New York volunteers In Heintzel-
ma1.'s old division. and one regiment to relieve
regiment of Hookers division st Budd'B Ferry;
toIal, four regiments.
to Z, nd ITO meu to relieve Gen. Simmer at Man
aesas ard Ra1rcnton, that be may embark forth
In regard to the character and efficiency of tho
1rocps Under my command. ! have to state that
pltued; that several Of eregments are In very
disorganized condition from yarious causes which
| it is not necessary to state here Several rcgt-
! ments having been relieved from bfigades which
have gone into the field, IN consequence Of their
nn6tness for eeEEtee, the best regiments remain
iDg hare been selected to axe their place..
| Two heavy artillery regiments and one infantry
regiment. which had beeu drilled for some months
in artillery service, have been withdrawn from the
oily been able TO Ill their pace With very new In
cntics Of that arm, and Of little no value in their
/ am Iot Informed as to the position which
Major General Banks is directed to take, but at
tlie time be IL, ae understand. on the other side
Of the Bull Run mountains. leaving my command
To cover the front from Manassas Gap (ahout
twenty miles bcyond Mausssas) to Acquia Greek.
aod 5he
dcr ny command: it il II ny Judgment entirely
INADEQUATE to and unit for tbe important d1.y + to
that the enemy will asssil US at this point; but
this belief il based upon the hope that they may
be promptly engaged elsewhere, and may not learn
the humber and character Of tina force lett here
JAHEs 5: WApswoHrn,
BrIgadier General and Military Governor.
Bon. Secretary OF War.
eli Sfr T 1nra fnfa that nun tor d
. ! higher regard for Gen. Wadsworth than ms
self k1ow him we'll and esteem him highly
!, but must be permitted to say that his sol
sicily simplicity exceeds belief. His onl,
! hope Of impunity from att4ek Is that tn
: esemy will not know his force, and vii
speedily be engaged elsew here By whom ant
? wherey Not certainly BY the army under Nc
Z Clelan, for he had already learned tbs
;: Mcclellan reger attacked By whom ant
i wfere? again ask Gen. Wadsworth mus
r Monroe, and sat down bEfore Yorktown unde
! Gtn. Mcclellan, while the enemy ut that tin
3 did not reach 10000 men. Instantly Gen
!. Mcclellan began to telegraph Tor reinforce
e men;s, and continued to Telegraph up to til
a day he vas attacked 6y the rebels: The eour
. has been. led to believe it was inadequate
n John Tucker, assistant secretary Of WAT, pr{
d cured transportation and superintendent th
shipment Of all the troops and reinforcement'
r He testifes as follows:
"Qntstion. What is your position under II
n a1nsreT. an assistant secretary Of war. j..
"Question. Do sou know anything about T
Transportation Of troops 10 aot6to"n ana u
= 1nsrer. do. 1attended to the embarkatie
20 "Quee;io,s. of the wole Of them,
~ e.3HstreT. Tes sir
J. Qtiestio9,- IN you etate what number Of sroo]
were first embarked for .th.t places
s"Ans1rsT Prior to the 6th Of april. as Oo
It | from the statements made to me by the quarse
J? masters Who were attending to the details. the
II Qresiion. Tbs Thst wss before Gen- Frank1in's {
.e | vision was ordered theref
~ Ans7eeT. Yes, sir. shorty atez tnAs fIsn = q
ID men. About the first oi June Mcca!l's diyisi<
ae was cent down there; It consisted Of 10, ,00 me
And t a5o1t M III ssms a t,e se,t f o men md Il
lat Of june part Of Shields division we're shi
Il ped. did noI eupertntcnd that. but am mfofl
y ed there were ont 60Ju of them
ID Qste*tion. You superintendent the shipment
- aQunfioy,. Does that comprise al that has be
at tentto Gen. Mcclellan since be landed there'
~. "{H6etio7. That includes the number sent
IL Generals Wool and Dixt
Ii. - Ansrer. Ies, sir. That makes 15o,ooo men
re :" Question. Do you know Of any, other forces
ot the d1' po.n1 Of the government that could ha
In | Oten fpafeQ LOT his 4ee1eLSHEes
- "4nstrtr. do not. ..
Ell ttQuesfiQn,- We're there resanns why Cen
~ n Dowens forces cou1d not be sep! ent!.,,.. .un,.
he them essential tor the protection Of "asin 5t'
he >" Questton And that f0tce WAS none too asru
E,r for the deienee Of this p!scei
~ Il Ansscef. Il was 70 regarded.
- "Qu4tion- Have you any personal knoWtee
Ok Of tie ftate Of the rozda ald the condition OF
IN, country on the penin-ula when Gen McClel
Iht htst took his army there
The sAns.cer. Early In April 7tsited the headq7
ha tere Of General Mcclellan. and found the fosas
To- tally Inpassable for the transportation OF art1l
~, s1d almne4 GO for supplies On my arrival at
a.. eral cC3eI1an's headquarters, LIVES informed
lis. he Was eending his easaary haes to the E1v.r
FRa aute 1t wae Impossible for him to Tor
nth | 10 sustain them. As evidence OF the coudtt
rid OF the ads from Ship Point to hi hesdquarf
ted Lwhs myseK eight hours going seven miles
rad horseback"
;wn This testimony Is so important that h
defined 1t absolutely requisite that the CO
iou EFT 81 ould have it. The country has been
and ctived. It has been led to believe that
we eec.eta1Y Of war or somebody esss has In
:ner 1ered nth Gen. McC1eLan's plans. when
aud had an army that could hare crushed
aud | other army on the face Of the earth. -153
nan' Of the best troops that ever stood on G.