The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-25
wAsHINoroH coRREsPoNDRNcE.
WASHINGTON, D.. c., June II, 1871.

correspondence about the time the
circumstance occurred, of the passage
of a resolution by Congress authoriz-
ing the President to appoint a Com
mission of two officers of the Engineer
Corps and one civilian, to report to
that body on the advisability and
practicability of completing the Sutro
Tunnel. Those Senators and Repre-
sentatives who are qualified by expe-
rience and scientific attainments to
judge of the merits of Sutro's gigantic
project, have favored all along the
granting of Governmental aid to the
enterprise, but the majority of Con-
gress have not the time to spare, with
their multifarious duties, to investi-
gate personally its advantages. TWAS
therefore a masterpiece of ''engineer-
ing in our interchangeable tunnelist to
obtain Senator Casserly's influence in
introducing the resolution for a Com
mission; and the unanimity with which
it passed both Houses of Congress
argues a favorable vote for a subsidy
to complete the tunnel when their re-
port is made.
Sutro has no doubt now about the
favorable character of the report. The
only fear that exercised him was, that
incompetent and inexperienced officers
.,.rl L. --lo.~l .--- -.z1l
either to the Establishments or bully
ing tactics of his INSCRIPTIONS oppo-
nents, whose Machiavelism in and out
of Congress had already put a grizzly
bear-head upon his youthful Shout
ders. The announcement of the dis
tinguished appointees, however, gave
buoyancy to his fearful apprehensions
and again the prospective m~illionairist
promenades the Avenue 'as happy as
a big s~untiower."
From the records of the War De-
partment 1 have obtained data that
tic source the high character of the
military gentlemen on the Commits
sion. My limits compel me to be
brief in this introduction to your read
ers and to omit a long list of distin-
guished services standing to their
credit on the public records of the
nation.
MAI, GEN, G, WRIGHT
Began his eventful career as a cadet at
West Point, whence he graduated and
was promoted to be Second Lieutenant
Corps of Engineers, July l.. 1871. He
served several ears as a Professor of
Engineering at the West Point Acade-
my, and in experimenting the con-
structiOn of forts and river improve
ments in Florida. During the rebel
lion he was the Chief Engineer of the
expedition to destroy Norfolk Navy
Yard; was also assigned to the i'm
portant duty of constructing the forts
and defenses around Washington. He
was made a Brigadier General of Vol
unteers Sept. IA, 1861, and performed
important service in the Florida EX-
pedition-with which country he vas
thoroughly familiar by previous ex-
perience. July Is, 1862, as Major Gen
eral of Volunteers, he communicative
department of Ohio and district of
Louisville, Ky. In April, 1868, he
commanded a division of the Army of
the Potomac in the Pennsylvania cam
paign, participating in the battle of
Gettysburg after a forced march of 30
miles; also commanded Sixth Army
Corps in the capture of the rebel works
at Rappahannock Station. During
time he was also steadily receiv-
imp promotion in the regular army for
May T., 1864, he received
as Brevet Colonel in the
for %galiantry at Spottsylvania,
Virginia; May -, 1855, Brevet Brlga-
der General for g%allantry at Cold
Harbor, Va; Brevet Major General
gallantry at capture Of Petersburg,
Va; was present at the capitulation of
r. T.. Lee. He was mustered out
Of volunteer service Sept L, 1856, and
his lineal rank as Lieutenant
Colonel of Engineers, and has since
been on duty in that department at
Washington.
The Legislature of his native State
.Connecticut) voted thanks to General
Wright ''for his eminent services in
The late war, as commander of the first