The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1864-05-26
The Assurance that Gen, Grant win be
Supported.

The Assurance that Gen, Grant win be
Supported.
The assurances which arc reiterated in
the official war bulletins of the Secretary
War, that the administration is support.
ing General Grant with re.cniorcements
Oro both gratifying and necessary. The
country hopes ihu these assurances will
The reputation of tho Washington
authorities for supporting our generals
in their cOmpaigns is not of the best,
and the country hopes that these promi'
scs arc signs Of an amendment.
Wcmay now hope that GenOml Hal
leck willnottako close account of Grants
supplies ia order to show that he has al.
ready moIo men than be can focd, as ho
did Of Roseoran's forage when hO rcqui'
red moro horses, as is shown in General
Hallcck's admirable repor, Of tho mill,
tary operations of last year. Ii showed
exceeding fitness for tho position of Ost'
Ter to small genlleman's establishment,
as well rs for a general. BY fast no,
glecting 10 furnish supplies, and then
refusing men and horses because there
are no supplies to feed them, tho mill
tary operations can soon bO brought TO
the small end Of the horn,
We may also hope that rc.culorcc.
mcnts will not bo denied TO General
Grant, because lie has not made good
use Of the force ho has, as was done to
Rosccran's when he was making the
greatest campaign Of the war, except
the present, with about $4,000 men,
and when the administration could have
sen! him 10000 more Just as well as not.
This requiring generals to carry their
campaigns through to success before
they shall be deemed worthy of 70 on
forccmcnts, is apolicy so peculiar that il
il is we'll 10 suspend it for the present.
We take these Official promises to mean
that this military policy has been rotor
mcd,
We may also hope that in the very
crisis of the campaign, the military au.
thority Of the Capital will not raise a
conflict with General Grant about tho
disposition Of somo detachment. as he
did with Hooker when ho had made that
brilliantly successful march from tho
Rappnhanuoek. TO cover Washington
and encounter Lee in Pennsylvania
We allulc 10 these incidents, out ofma-
ny, merely to illustrate how gratified
the country ought 10 be at the assurance
thai ;hcsc raro lGctics urO not going to
be played on General Grant, to rob his
army of success. We do not 60 fat
back.
The Army ofthe Potomtc has nigh
ty undertaking before it. and q possible
success that will justify extraordinary
drafts upon The resources of the country
to obtain. lis advance should bo sup
ported not only by gathering in the
troops that are convenient, and by with.
drawing all scailOring expeditions. but
by any extraordinary measures that may
be necessary to give it force 10 make i
irresistible, and to restore and keep up
its communications, take care Of il!
wounded, open new bases and lines o
supply, and continually replace It's des
truction. This, we suppose, is being
done, and besides The repeated assuran
ccs Of the Secretary Of War, there il
this additional ground for the hope thai
| it will be done, in the fact that Grant hal
before been an exceptional case with the
Washington military authorities, and has
always had their support, and ample
force for his undertaking.. Cincinnati
Gazette.