Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-16

eIf you have lad drawn battle. or a repuls
is the price ne pay for the enemy not beinl
ia Washington We protected Washington an
the enemy concentrated on you. Had "
stripped Washington he would have been upoi
as before the troops sent could have got to you
Save your army ct all events VIII sen,
reinfoEcements as soon as we can. OF cours
ihey cannot reach you to-day, tomorrow, 0
next day"
o. the 9Oih Of July, 1852, according to sb
returns sent 70 the sdjutant-genersp ef5cs b.
General MeCl Han, shs army Of ths Potomac
under bis command, was a. follows presen
for duty, l0i ,69Ii special dasy. sick, and IL
arrest IL .523i absent, 80 795; total, I55 3l4
This inciuded the corps Of General Dix, gmounr
ing to 8 99z present for duty, or in all II ,77S
Emeu.
In regard to the reinforcemsnts Of the army
While ct Hsrrison's landing, the testimony o.
Cen Mcclellan is as follows:
Question. How many available msn did you
! estimate that you had at Harrison's bar, aud
how many more would you have required in or
der 70 undertake q movement successfully upon
Richmond
Answer think had about s5 600 or 80. :
/ OJO men ct HsrTison's bar, and would have un-
/ dertaken another movement In advance with
about 10000 more reinforeemsnts. by
I view was, that pretty much everything ths,
/ the government could have controlled ought TO
/ have been massed on the James river I did
not believe the enemy would trouble Washing
/ ton 81 long as we had powerful army in the
vicinity Of hiehmond, and did not share the nB-
pTehensions for the safety Of Washington that
were entertained BY great many
- 1 asked for fifty thousand men at first on
the ground that thought the army should be
made as strong as possible, and as little IS pos
sibe left to chance When General Haneelr
came down to Hsrrison's Bar, my recollection
IS, that he said that twenty Thousand men, or
something about that number, was sll that could
be had and said that l would try it sgain with
that number.
Question-Will you state in what you think
your chances for success would have been CREST
or, with the addition Of twenty thousand man to
the number which you hsd a. Harrison's land
ing, than they were in front of Riehmend and
before jackson had formed a junction with the
rest Of the enemy's forcesl
"Answer-f should have counted upon tbe
effect Of the battles, which had Just taken place
upon the enemy. We had then strong reasons
to believe that the eDemy's Losses had been very
much heavier thsn our own, and that portions
OF bis army were very much demoralzed, espe-
cisliy after the battle of Malvern hill
The report Of General Barnard, chief Of En-
gineeTs Of the army Of the Potomac. is very
severe on the management Of the Peninsula
csmpsign-
The committee on the conduct Of the wsr,
conelude their report, after dwelling upon the
exhaustion Of the resources Of the rebels, in the
following terms:
Il may be in the future, as in tho past, we
shall meet with reverses; they srs the inevitable
incidents Of great war, extending over SO vast
a territory, and requiring armies st 50 widely |
separated points. We have already seen that Il !
ID not our true policy 10 attempt an actual mill I
tary occupation of the rebel territory, except ct
q few aud important controlling points We 1
must destroy their armies. and TO do this we /
must coneentrats, net scatter, our forces II is I
better to successfully against one strong
hold or one army than to attempt three and fail /
The indications now clearly are that both in the 4
East aud West, the campaign Of 1853 viii give
as brilliant aehievements-decisive victories i
Our generals now ia the fsld have the full con
hdeuce Of the soldiers and the people, and the
armies viii 60 forth, knowing that their ranks
are to be made fulli that every day chat passes
viii aud to, not diminish, their strength or num-
bers. Never before did the world see such 40
army in the field; never before did generals lead
5ucn men TO battle. Each man goes forth feel
ing, not only that be has a soldiers reputation
10 maintain, but also that be has country to
5efaad IN which his interest is as great as that Of
.he highest officer IN the land. Such an army.
win is energy, power, iutsllgsrce, aud viii.
properly drected, must be invuc bic. The past
has already demonstrated that the true Ameri
'sn soldier can be Tsiod upoa, to dare DO, and
sndure sll that human power can attempt, ac-
,omplish, or sustsin-
Let no men be placed or keptin co umand Of
Iueh men who have not the ability 70 command
md the via to do; thus the errors and mistakes
lf Tee past VIII be avoided in the future, the
I'D hopes and anticipatons Of a true and loyal
)e0ps realized, the government Tindcated, and
ebellion speedily and forever crushed
We know that this contest has cost as snd
viii cost US treasures and bl00i--the beat blood
'veT SHE'D by any people il maintenance Of their
government ana ia defense Of free Institutions
he blood Of the flower Of eur land Let Us not
mako their lives vain Offering by f0r mo-
nent entertaining the idea Of partition of cur
auitGry, which would forever involve us ia ar
iTchy and border wars, or BY any base eomPro-
mise with rebels
We owe it 10 the noble dead who have 81 ed
heir blood in founding and defending this gov
.rnmen; We owe it to ourselves; we owe it 70
countless millions who have TO come after Us, to
Rsintain this government and the Institutions
Fe have inherited from our fathsTs-ths richest
egacy eyer hequssthad BY enc generation to an
thar-sud to transmit them to our postsrity, If /
lot improved, cartaiuly unimpairsd.
Ia conclusion your committee win only say, /,
hat ali the men who hold high positions in the
rmy and navy, and hsvs Tendersd valuable ,
eTTices to the country, with whom they have
eld intercourse, unite in the opinion that fight
ne can end this rebellon; that every traitor iu
be land must and shall be made TO acknowl- ]
dge aud yield absolute, unqualified, and IN
oRditional obediencs to the Constitution and 8
he laws.
And your committee believe this to be the sen /
ment not only of the army and navy, but Of :
very man in the countrY-traitOrs and towards {
lone excepted
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