Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-29

after night turned Burgoyne's right, ant
Burgoyne had to escape by withdrawn.
his whole force. He will also find that tn
assault on and capture of Stony Point OF
the 18th, of Jsly, 1779, was made at l.
O'Clock atnight by Anthony Wayne.
| He will find also that George Washing
ton crossed the Delaware in small boats OF
the night of the 25th of Decemb er, 177G
when the ice was gorging, floating, ant
crushing everywhere, and on the 26th thu
surrender of Col. Rolf was made.
| Would Gen. Grant pretend to compar,
the march that Porter was required t.
make in the night time with the crossing
of the Delaware, when the stream wa
gorged with ice? He will see also that o.
the night of the 29th of August, 1776
| Washington withdrew from the front Of
the enemy and crossed from Long Island
to New York, over broad river.
Gen. Grant we'll remembers the passing
OF Vicksburg on dark, foggy night in
small steamers. old and unsafe, under the
rain of shot and shell. as if pouring down
from the heavens. He will remember the
march made the night before the battle OF
Thompson's Hill, where many troops were
moved in the darkness of night. myself
marched my division from Hard Times
Landing" to Bruinsburg, distance OF
eight miles, in the night time-crossing
the river in boat at daylight-marched to
the field of battle, and was on the field, a
distance of twelve miles. by IL o'clock that
day.
Gen. Grant will remember that Gen.
McPherson's corps, after marching the
greater part of the day to the sound of
Gen. Sherman's guns at the battle of Jack
son, moved that night at o'clock uader
orders from Gen. Grant, marching twenty
two miles over a muddy road, and by II
the next day was formed in line of battle
and confronting the enemy.
These things, however, were done under
orders from Gen. Grant, whose orders were
always obeyed.
Suppose his officers hat taken it Upon
themselves to determine the manner of
obeying imperative commands, how long
does any one suppose they would have
kept their commands? And suppose Gen.
Grants justification of the disobedience
of orders, as he has stated it now in de-
Tense of Porter, had been published by
him Grant and been so understood by his
generals, does any one suppose by such
discipline he would have ever made the
success he did and become the hero he is?
No, sir! His officers did not stop to write
letters of criticism against him. They
obeyed his orders and fought the enemy
with a good will. If they failed to obey
his orders they failed to retain their com
mands longer under him.
The generals present justification Of the
disobedionce of the peremptory ordeDif
followed out by generals would make any
army mob, and the commanding general
a laughing stock. It would authorize every
officer, down to the lower officers in rank,
to determine how and when they should
act under orders.
George Washington, who is not yet for
gotten in this country as a leader of an
army, issued the following order to his
army and until now 1 have never heard
its correctness disputed by any military
man:
s'It is not for every officer to know the
principles upon which every order is is
sued, and to judge how they may or may
not be dispensed with Or suspended, but
their duty to carry it into execution with
the utmost punctuality and exactness.
ments are like the working of clock, and
every officer does his duty, but without it
be as easily disordered, because neglect
from any one, like the stopping of wheel,
disorders the whole. The general there
fore expects that every officer will duly
consider the Importance of the observa-
ton. Their reputation and the duty they
owe to their country claims it of them and
earnestly calls upon them to do it,
This order was issued at Gen. Washing
toms headquarters on the 10th of October.
1777, at Taomensing.
This much have said, based upon I'M
disputed testimony, IN answer to Gen.
Grants justification of Porter's disobe-
dience of Pope's order of $50 p. m, Aug.
81, 1862.
THE 4:3O P. M. ORDER.
l now desire to examine the position Of
Grant in his justification of Porter in the
of what is known as the ~: 80
p. m. order of the 29th," delivered to Por-
ter by Capt. Douglas Pope; but, in order
to get better understanding of this part
of the case, it will be necessary to take up
the orders issued to Porter prior to the
4 :3O'' order. In doing so propose to
show that he not only disobeyed the '4:3O"
order, but all that preceded it.
The situation was aboEt as follows:
jackson, with the confederate army, was
behind the Independent & Manassas Gap
railroad cut, which contemplated road was
to connect with the old Manassas Gap rail
road at GAINESVILLE, his left at Sudley
Springs, his line following the railroad
cut. Longstreet was marching down
through Thoroughfare Gap to GAINESVILLE
to the support of Jackson.
Pope was moving his force to the front
and left of jackson; his right near Sudley
Springs; his left running up the Warren
ton. GAINESVILLE, and Centreville pike, ex-
tending his left beyond the right flank of
Jackson, on and up the pike beyond Grove
ton. Pope issued an order at p. m. for
Porter to move at daylight to Centreville.
This order being verbal order Porter did
not obey it, but instead of moving he was
in camp at o'clock a. NJ, one hour after
sunrise, writing another letter to Gen.
Burnside criticising the movements of the
general commanding. Gen. Pope in the
meantime, finding that Longstreet was
moving to the support of jackson, and
that Porter was still not moving, changed
hi, order and put it in writing to Porter