New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-06

am not informed |" % the position which usor-0eA
stand the ether side Of the Bull Run oenains ssvne
20 s e Xcqs ssn''' cs
al deem my duty to state that looking al The nsperea
ia nv judgment entirely insdequsts to- asss os t.. ms
portsnt duty to which IL h assigned regard very im.
based upon the hope that promptly
gagged msy learn the number and the char
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"JAs. 8; wADsWORTH. o.
Those communications were brought TO the con.
alteration of the President by the Secretary OF War
The subject was at once referred to the Adjntant-
General Of the Army, aud Msjor-Gen. Z. A. Hitch.
cock, with instructions to report at once whether
the orders Of the President had been complied wsns
Their report is as follows:
49, y WAsnigeTos. ID. C.. April ., l861-7:f0 O'clock.
In compliance with your Instructions have examined
he paper. submitted me- and have tho honor make the
- hst; fhs P,ssidsuys war ordsr No. o dated Machs.
requires TIA: On taking sP any new base Of operations me
points of order IL is unnecessary consider as tho
batteries Ga the POtomas and behind the Rspps-
CourtHouse March H. took place after the enemy bad
retired from Manassas and destroyed tbs railroad their
rear Of opsrsons from Fort Monroe three Of the gen.
srslsa msontydecded that the force necessary to be
LETT should be sufficient to fully ,n , ,o' on me gss
bank with covering force Of Is CO., o yS ts. .ss
& 10 man these forts which with the number the cover
ins force would make total q 5000 ,,.s a.,
Third The Presidents directions OF Mafcn - 70 oene
Mcclellan direct FIRST to leave such force s MsnA.s.s
Junction shall make entirely Certain that IN. ss ~.
entirely secure third that the remainder 81 the army n'ys
down The Potomac move In pursuit Oh the enemy -
regsnd 10 occupying Manassas junction. % the enemy ns
s Ss have Intention Of returning tho reoecnpscn
Of their late position and sns,s,oI' no ''''
ss"sn MsjoGsners lcceans report 70 The Adjs.
Of nS 10 s s
gives representation as follows; AZ WafIenion n9ss
1906 a. Ms1s.:s say H. s'' Lower ~ n' Poso.s.
use Total IA ali. $3.50: And there would
LEFT f., the .Sns ana tSe 10 hs .sevs enamso
Cen BankSs Army Corps but whether TINS sops
~ ts force available for the protection tho inmes
dias front Of Washington, the undersigned express h
si5h Gen. wsdswoKs report Of April I'd gives bis
force follows. infantry 1895 ssiesy 1851 e''ay'
Deduct .cH, in arres and confinement LASS. Total foe
ou.y o .h, force Cen Wordsworth is directed de.sch
to GOOD rxens TO RichardsoI dvisioa Summers corps
which should y. Deducted from his one ma
aud one to relieve regiment Of Rockers dvsion ~ Dsoas
Ferry--totai. four regiments.
Mansssas and WaTenon. Gen. Wsdswouh repFssess mas
he has sh: artillery under his commna t..ss
here but not under his command. or h for service
0en. Wadsweh further report: that nesry az hs iolee
, - 4, yery d.orxsnzsd condition some of thsm hav.
ing been relieved from essdes which have gone INTO sns
regiments remaining having been selected 70 snet
sgss, ss ss or @on,s snS c sss .s
Withdrawn from the forts the south side Oh inc
and Their pssss v Ss Ste, Of that a and
tie value in their present position & tn s ne
within s own limits tas referred report of Gen.
wsdswoh would seem to be entirey iSsdeqa.ss. N.
Of amy the force necessay for the de-
the capital though not numerically stated and Of ne
we are opinion that tue requirements Of the rIsdenss
the city shall Ss M s sss IL b not sn
the army corps; Also has not . Sssa iay c'~psa w
e. A. HlTcaCoCK, Mi Gen. U. s. A." I
TIE PRESIDENT PROTECTS THE CAPITAL.
The day after this report was written, the Presi.
den, directed the Secretary OF War to order one corps
OF the Army Of .he Potomac TO remain IN non. OF
Washington until further orders. The corps OF Gen.
Mcdowell, being the only corps remaining intace
here was selected to remain without the knowledge
of Gen. Mcdowell, he being engsaed at the aIne Of
receiving this order. in making preparations TO me
mediatey follow the rest Oh the army 70 tne penin-
sula. .i. "a
THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN.
! Gen. Heintzelman, who commanded the nrsa
troops of the army Of the Potomac that landed on the
peninsula arrived at Fortress Monroe the 2jd Of
March two weeks after the evacuation OF Manassas.
He had orders to encamp as near Fortress Monroe
as possible, in order thai the enemy should haveno
idea of the direction in which the army was 70
move whether toward Yorktown or Norfolk. Gene
Heintzelman states that shortly after landing be OBJ
tanned information that the enemy had not none
than 900 troops At Yorktown and on the Peninsu-
La and 10 satisfied that he could have advanced and
isolated Yorktown, in which case there would hAyc
been no serious obstacle in the way Of proceeding di-
rsctly to Richmond. On the 9th of March be sent
out accommodating parties far as Big Bethel and
Watts Creek, and went near the Half way House,
where about 400 of the epemy, and little artillery
were seen. Hetelegraphed to Gen. Mcclellan what
be was doing and received dispatch, in reply that
no (Gen McClellan) hoped that nothing had bee1
done TO give the enemy information of the line Of
operations of the army. The reconnaissance wag
then Withdrawn.
and OH the ID OF April Cen. Mcclellan himself ar.
rived. On the 4th of April the army commenced it's
movement in the direction of Yorktown. and ON the
9Th appeared before the enemy's Lines. Gen. NO.
CIellsn states that he moved from Fortress Monroe
sooner than he otherwise would have done, upon
hearing that the enemy Were sending down re-en~
fOrcemeDts.
DELAY BEFORE YORKTOWN.
All the testimony goes 70 prove that when our
troops first landed the Peninsula the force OF the
enemy there consisted Of Magruders command, varI-
ousy estimated At from 1000 TO H. 600 men, exeepe
by Gen. Mcclellan, who estimates it from i50O 20
81, OO0 The Hon. Lemuel j. Bowden, United States
Senator from Virgnia--then living within the Reoes
did not determine to REINFORCE Aasrader unta 's
was apparent that cur forces intended to stop De-
fore Yorktown and commence regular s,ege q sAe
Mace. Ii is now evident, whatever may nave been
he opinion of our officers at the time, that orce,
,cSen they J6rss appeared before Yorktown, could
Inre pierced tie lias Of porks across the PentusGa
there without much dlDfculty, violating Yorkto~",
and cutting e reinforcement, phen the place nase
Sore faIisn in rery short time. Some OF our Gene
rails expected and desired that that should be done.
Cen. Heintzelman forwarded to Gen. Mcclellan ina