The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-02
SECRETARY STANTON.
THE TRANSFER OF HOOkeR's CORPS
FROM viRC mia TO TENNESSEE.
Red Tape and Regulation Routine Sci
Asids-iabor Accomplished In a Few
Days which Hallock Said Would
Require Forty Days
I"Gath' in Cincinnati ENQUIRER


who was at the war office in Washington
during most of the conflict. Previous ia tn
war lie had Leen railroad contractor. ai'd
| built portions of this Ohio 4 Mis- ,issipp r,i
| road ami of the Tennessee railroads. Wien the
| war cam. ten. McCullnm a contractor na,
| builder, wa made chief OF the railro ii s,.rv
| Ice of the United State, and MI. W titoi
was his associat, and chief Of staff Ia
| private conversation rambling into m after
| of the past haple,,si To ask Mr. Nfito'
the question If Edwin n. Stanton had hce,
| very u-efri Parsonage in our war "Whv,'
sad he, this country does not know anG
| it may never appreciate what il 1--WE, t,
Stanton, lie was the great power of the
| Union in the war. Capable as other mer
were in their respective departments, he
| had the great department. He was the wal
| maker"
| In the course of the conversation which
| followed. | asked: Cant you recall some
circumstance that will show me Stanton,
power in the cabneCf'
"YeS," said Mr.. Wilton, after thinking &
| momant 81 can recall one remarkable cir.
cunlatance. | was sitting at my lie TX one
day late when one of our general staff in the
war department said to me: They are de
hberating in cabinet meeting now about
sending Honker's corps of 2o,OU men III full
fighting order from the valley OF Nirgi ina
to Tennessee Where is Gen McCollum"
said that McColium was in the city,
thought, but | could not tell where to put
nv bnul on him Wall, saiJ INV inform
ant Il cam. ov.r bara IN slim TIN. infnrma.
tion ia ynn fnr ,on knoy that Sta,tnn vii
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thot thns,, nu onn ,,a, .,,,II ..nm;ro -.
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a1'i" the irsl "iNfh"h on th't corps was
ordered to break camp AMI march all night
and rendezvous at Bristuw station The next
morning they were at the SPOT and the cars
had been sent down to nut Them in
"Bv tina Same order Stanton is.uai
..,,oni o,,l.r oil tho mo-, ~ ,I, -, W.
80 o. 'e ' on III ,"e iai'r"a.