The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1862-07-22

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ne a WI az rth n,ut 4lswer. oan hundred ard twenty
I'll aadsl al Fortress Monr"e. aid sat
daw be ore " ktnNn under 1enari Nc le-an wAle
the y III tiiae ad oot nun.ber IL. 90 men. la.
slaHtiy Geaeia iapisan bean 70 Telegraph Tor re- ~
o. nlaa.s a continued 70 teogr ~ y the day no
attacSel b, Lac rehas. The eenNry h's q ca DO.
cei ~ u Mc cisns force has boon I'd I, becse u
WIS .adeqnaie. JOAN iteSer, Assistant sec GA :"
Wac precu Cd trAls orla ion a1a riDended the snip
meAt u all The troops and relfoTceneats he testhss
rs liGss:--
ou,slionwhat Is your position under government
Quest on-Do you nyinag the transportation
" er0i 1871 co. H cd 70 h ebarka.on
ptsston-of TO whole or themi
QUESTION you what number Of troops first
'A' 3 c 9Th Of April as know from tho
statements made 70 me by the VINO were o.
eueston-rha. was before General F'ankln's division
AnsmerYss, Shortly after tina. Fransis's division
.ams sHs g, B..tm ma &, ana r
ss ss &c Of 'seie w dvn Mas ped ss 49, s
pgrniena that bat informed about 5000
1S.s 3 Of all tho
4 Gel erA Mcclellan since he landed tneler
Answer-lhM ~ al that I know Of.
/ Answer-Yes sir That makes 900 men In ALL
Questionable you ANY a tho disposal
of the that could have been spared
Answcr-I % not. .....u a.. ,.n.-.m. 49,.
i
for r. 81 ae'"ea Aem
uesonAnd that orce Was none too strong for the do
AnsMer-It as 50 regarded.
o.
'u1 Can Mc Apr yH oGf ns ay
Msoa , sss asss rs the
my arrival Gem @ hsaaqarters I'm
!; was impossible for him to transport ior e.
% 4e p A az essnss Of h condition Of the od
hours gons seven miles on horseback
This testimony is 50 important that have deemed IL
absolutely rslusite that the country should havei
Tue country has been deceived 1t has been led to be-
love that The Secretary Of War somebody has
iaterered with Gouera cC lelan's plans, when he hid
army that could have crushed any other army the
face Of the Garth. One hundred and ty eight Thousand
of the best troops that stood Gods footstoo
sent down to the peninsula and placed under command
OF Gene al Mcclellan; and yet the whole reasonable
lary Of War; because Of his alleged refusal to scnd
| 70 iniorcemsrts to General Mcclellan. AS / said
0as, day as has ss'
| be spared from any source whatever to increase
that grand army under Gen. Mcclellan front or Rich
mond. Why did he not enter Richmond7 We shall
Gen. McDowss force not down because it was
deemed necessary TO protect the capital and its
emulation OF military stores. Although the President
aud Secretary Of War would have been justified hold
ing tho whole Of that force, Gen. Frankns division
taken from it, and shipped to the peninsula at Gen.
McCeans most urgent solicitation and it his urgent
cry for renlorcements that brought helds down
with Mcdowell and thus united those two columns were
march upon Richmond, and still further reinforce aud
all Gen Mcclellan. AS 20 the in which General
Mcclellan has 81 been treated ~ <, the War Department
General N. c. Meigs testlies follows, among other
things
estimate e iae . sen: General
AnswerIn doing sail to Civ. the groanes
a aas 1 ana s ouppssa s
nitIIsry horses sag,aee provisions &c am informed
G me- Of tho rs ss Sa
% s ss s ea ssa S
en think Two nandrsi aud seven'een .onsand
had ga v for me sl neaaa Il s, n d An
Tss
troops Obtained from Fortress Monroe and
saf aasa i@a 'qsa BY Sa
es Or s sy So
since nsss late ess s haye sssn Mt from
ha tassn from here have esip.,ea roushIy tha.
thousand men, rst to last. transported TO PENN
aaSs an M Mss here s ess
day and was ehef qusrtermaster the peninsula, told
a1 hss sent DOWN.
from time e time to replace those that died or broken
oacsiion-Ha;e had the Of knowing VIII ether
foroenenis Mcclellan & since his land
not think the coua have safely
ss sny si ss s h
already sent. few hundred men. more css, would
H%s as1
and made hs% = % 8. there for troops q
s.sa1ss secsasa Vs Of e he
shns So ha. he Las de-
IL ns!e hass double ss
been done in all the other departments.
Ipresent this testimony partly because we have
yet had to the resolution Of the Senate
asking for information as TO The number OF men shipped
to the penns,n; Il IS no. for me- sir tho
1853 600 mon less the number lost by sickness and
casualties. Does any doubt that this army, ably
handled was sufficiently strong to have captured Rich
mond and crushed the rebel armys think not IL |
promptly led against the enemy; but instead Of that it
SAT- down If maarogs swan,,s awsted tho drafting
arming drilling aud making soldiers Of army fight
H. and in the meantime army rapidly
ing away. Unwhoesoms water, inadequate food, over
work, and sleeping in marshes, We're rapidly NIL
ing the hospitals, aud ovsrloaiiug the return
spade than the bullet Ave one, since the army started
from Yorktown under Mcclellan Had the soldiers been
rsesea from agss aha men a h oy Inc
day, my estimaticn. contain 80 900 more bravo and
efficient soldiers than 1t docs Had been relieved from
lives would have been saved. Yorktown evacuated
after sacrifice o. moro by sickness hln the enemy
had In their works whoa army landed Fortress
Monroe The battle n Williamsburg fopgh. by a
small fraction Of army, aud the enemy routed. Dur
ing the battle, General Mcclellan wrote the following des
patch, miles from the field Of battle
Svouao ~ rrosr q wILtImassnsno..
Hon EpwIs n; srayros, Secretary Of War
Urgently fsT here s u M sGs d TsF
issas
brigade BY real charge with the bayonet ak. Colonel
and hundred anu atty prisoncrs killing at least
and many prirates fis brilliant
do know loss, fear Hooker
considerably left. learn from prisoners
the, nscnd dsputing every sep 10 Richmond. shall
Of at least holding them check here, while
the original plan.
NY entire undoubtedly eray inferior 70 that
Of the rebels WHO viii hsht wei; but win DO oil with
q. b. MCCLELLAN Major General Commanding
He would try 10 "hoid them In chsckn lie could not
hold them lie could stop his eager troops chas
ing them. After small fraction of his army had
whipped their entire force aud had been chasing them
for hour. he pcnned that despatch and TO the
secretary Of War, and, IL remember Alright read
In one Of the two houses Of Congress. yoma sup
poes FROM that despatch, there great eagornsss
a. following up that victory Three Michigan regiments
were only decimated, they div ided In twain ia
that bloody baltic at Williamsburg. They fought there
Il dav -