Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-12-24

should he moved from the command OF w.
lnsion until was notified by Gen. McCieiia =,
or The commanding onicer here. In All ofher
[esresis they Were All under his direction.
Gen. burnside, when he reiiev we'd him. was toId
tIat they remained precisely the same As before
On my visit TO Gen. Burnside at washfnston'
on The 12th Of November, In speaking about ths
ooats and things that be REQ uired from here. I
repeated to him that they were all subiest 70
his orders, with that eipele exception To pre.
"nt The necessity Of the cornrnandinr ofiioe,
I'pcrnng The order for the boats herr, the prder
,"r "ns Srawn up spon his table, and signed by
ne ulrectly 10 Gen. Woodbury., on he eyeniSg
Eerp. ... : 80
In conversation with Gen. woodenrx ana
Gen. Meigs, II was proposed thar the train OF
rontoons should 60 down by land, as thew couix
oe gotten down sooner In that way without In
@ @rtfine with The supplies, which had, 70 be
Ton I'm relation TO the matter than that: ali other
matters were under Gen. Burnside,s direetion-
i re si,o informed me, while at warrenton, that
'apt. duane, chief of the engineers, had alrpadv
sent an order 10 Harper's Ferry for the poutoon
Taln mere 70 90 down. The order had been
ne%ias. % ,ney s d ss,ns Snder Gen Burn.ide's inn
iere atal1 IN relation to them
Quesuon. do you know whether there was
any delay in starting Them. OF i'm their progress
Answer heard that there was a dslav frou,
TIE steamers getting aground " ith the PORTIONS.
and There was q delay, as understand, IN the
ssn sOlhg Gown ny land, on account OF tho
perhaps, OF the officers in command. and n had
10 be taken 10y water part Of the WY. IL could
not ger through BY land. considerd, from the
reports L received, that these delays resulted
mainly from accident, and the elements dat IA
man had any control over.
Snestion. Was there any request for you 10
ceiay pe adVance Of the men until the hosAu
erriNed, or anything Of the kindl
Answer. No, sir; remember this that 0-n.
" oodoury IN conversation with me, said that
days after 1 told him, and that he couId not
land all boats until Gen. Burnside arrived.
thlnk remarked to him that did moi know
eAac1F the day when Gen. Burnside would
move, mat could not tell him, as the 0eueYsI
dc not know himself / understood thai there
was considerable delay in getting the .l,oats
frcm Aqnia down to the Kappahannock river
on account Of the bad roads. dfificuIty OF trans.
portatton, ETC.. but no other delay than that
which would naturally occur otter n rou~h
country like that We could not Commence
took possession OF il, as IL was ali in she r,o.
session Of the enemy.
Question. When you were at warreentouoeu.
.I ,s , had Iust ass umed the command OF the
Answer. Five days before, think rt fE
Quesnon. was there, or not, any agreement
or understanding between you and Gen. Burn-
Pontoons or army stores, OF either OF theun
: should be furnished to him by the authortt:es
here, without his looking after them hfmseHi
Question. will say army stores uece.sayv
for ham to cross the river and move forUard
for Fredericksburgl y ~
Answer. Yes, sir. 1 requested Gen. Meiss.
as chief qnartermaster, and Gen Haupt IN
charge OF the railroad, TO go with me 70 conssW
" I'm Gen. burnside, and told him that . verv.
ming was at his disposition, he must make 6is
lwn requieitfons and give his own order,. xhaf
would not interfere except to assist in carr.
ng his own views out as much As i copId
In reply TO a question, whe ther he va re-
lnested TO repair the Fredericks burg road h..
ore the army left Harper'e Ferry. bv General
Mcclellan, witness answered:
Not that remfmber. was told that one ~
his stan officers had requested IL TO be repaired.
ma the answer was Immediately made by nav.
eli: "We cannot do anything there until he
axes possession Of the road" and, moreover I
lid not know that he was going there, for he
vas made to me, II WIS fnade wrtn rc1erehce %
some future time, and not as 70 any immediate
iction.
Gen. Meigs testified that he had fIled every
:, QUESTION made upon him by Gen. Burnside
" IN, SIS thought there was a mistake made in
Expecting pontoons which, at the time were at
EerliD, TO bs got 20 Falmouth, while the army
made two and a half days march. He did
1ct think il practicable. A march OF one hun.
ir,d miles for pontoon train Is q eerious
u after, whether the march he made by land or
" ater. Any expectation that q poptoon train
should be az Falmouth when the army arrived
here would necessarily be disappoinsed, i'm his
opinion. No pontoon train could 20 20 Fal.
mouth without a sufi Gent guard 70 drive out
he enemy's pickets; and IL il got there before
he army the enemy would have captured IL