, 1874-07-02
REMOVING THE ARMY IiEADQUAR.
TIERS.

III managing tu1 UNDERTAKING.
REMOVING THE ARMY 1lEADQUAR-
TIERS.
Gen. Sherman Stntcs Some OF tho
C.,,,sca OF HIS Dtnsntisfucttost with
the Existing ayetcni-'Ehc Powers Of
tho Comm asl1lHanr General OF tho
Army Slaorls by Jefferson Davis nnd
Floyl-tscn. Grant 1sGfurs TO Embnr-
rtlssing EcntnrcH i'll The Present T0-
sitinn OF the Commanding General.
na'At"sto" ya"e ~ |;itrs MsusteA to Tho S'~ 1''s
Tho following official letter. for tho frat tiino
mado public, gives noue Insight into tho cnrsos
which have led to tho proposed removal Of arnly
hyadquarters 10 st. Luuis. 1t wi,l be seen that
the controversy IL OF long standing. The 1ottor
Of Con. Sherman laB not lcen answered by the
Secretary Of Nnr. 49,.
GEN. SHERMAN nEG1TES THE an1EYAScEa OF HIS
| POSITION.
| HEADQUARTERS ARMY ur THE uNrrEp sTArEs,l
] WASHINGTON, b. C., AuB. II, 1870. {
GsSlnA1: NJ Tint. m1ost rospsctfnity and urgently
| invito your attention, 1t leisure, to matter of
deep interest to future Commanding Generals Of
tue Army 1nolc thnn to myAolf-of tho lnlpora-
lin1ts Of the powers md duties Of tho Goneral
| Ut tue Army, or OF whon!soever may succeed
saao ia well stated by Gen: Grant i'll
| GlH ,lEttGE u JHil. LCt 4CDUf " lu5 OCClath4J
Of Var (Alr. stanton}, hereto appended; aud
| though I find no otllcaf auswor recorded, l re-
member that Ge1,. Graut told me TINT tue Score
tary Of War Ina promptly assured him, IN con~-
ssas u f M he ay 5ay s o IL ' e sS
lect wns much discussed, mud soon after Cotl-
grcas u..acted the bill rcviysng tho grade Of 0en
eral, which bill waB approved July 70, 1860, and
''may he authorized under tho direction aud
| during tho pleasure to command tho arin'os OF
I tho United Statoe." aud a few days utter, viz:
July 2S, 1866, the law was enacted which defined
clause statis: "1hat tia military peace estnb-
liehment Of the United States shall hereafter
| colast Ut five regiments Of artillery. ton regl-
neuts Of cavalry, forty-ave regiments Of H.
faulty. the Professors aud corps OF cadets of the
Unitod States Military Academy aud suuh other
forces AZ BLull bo provided for by this act to Do
kuown as tho army Of tho United States"
Tho act then recitos In great detaas a'l tho
paris Of The army. making no distinction be-
at,d oyory part a,1 elelnout Of the whole
Sec. 81 provides for Board 10 royBo the
amy regulations nnd report, and decides that
tho regulations then in force-naMely, those il.
1S63-Hhould remain until Congress- 'shall net
aid provides that ail Lawn aud patts Of laws i'll
culbistout with the provisions of this act bo,
AID the Bame arc hereby ropentea"
Under the provisions Of ths law my predecoa;
and mnko orders to nil partn of tho army. tho
! Military Academy md sta1f aud it waa uudpr
his advice Tint the new regulations were COM
,aIci i, 1St;R that drow tho iino more CLEARLY be.
Tween tie Ligh mud responsibls duties Of tile
Srcretary Of War nud tho Goua,al commanding
tia aruy. Ito ass,1rod ne ula,,y time before
was called here to succeed llm, that lo wanted
mo To perfect tho distinction, and it was by hia
expregs orders thas on assuming tho command
Of the army specifically placod the heads Of tic
etaff corpy here in Washington in tho exact ro-
Intion to tho army which tLoy would bear to an
army In tho ileld.
/ an aware TINT subsequently, in his orter OF
Marcel 81. he noujtiod his former orders oil
Niarch +. Int ouly az to thu heads Of Bureaus 10
Washinrton. WHO have. Ao told me, certu}r
functions Of Office i,nposed GU them By Hpocnl
lava Of Congress-, which laws, Of co,,rso, over.
: ride all orders and reEulations but did not un
dorstand either from linn iu person or from Gen
laawliup, at whose Instance this order WAS nude
. aud change AlR purpose that tic department md
division con1naudary. M we'll az tl,s General oj
tho Army, should exercise tho same command ol
tLa stau a. they do OF tho limo Of tue army.
need not remind tho seoretary tllts ordors
and repofts arc made to and iron, the Mitar,
; Academy which the Gonoral docs not oven 500
though tho Military AcHlomy III Hpecll1cnlll
. naillod as part OF TINT army which no III To-
guir0a to command. LeRy9d OF noHol1ce nrt
granted, tho stations OF oilicer8 nro changed
: aud olher orders arc now made directly to tLt
sr,nw ,,ot thrcurh tI,e Genarnl mt d;rer
s13,,, ot,,a nniaa., ~ t,,o Ad;w,ents onnrni
through o'neF uHlesih or tuo ~, m
command tho army Of the Unted states, a.,t
a,n not Responsible for It. am aware thAt th1
of fna a y s oSyass e