Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 1863, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 1863, Vol. 1 of 3 This much, at least, a pears to be established: General Fremont, upon tak ing the command, was c othed with the most ample authority, and the exigen cies of the department were such that much should be pardoned in one com polled to act so promptly, and with so little at his command, Whether that authority was exercised, in all res cts, as it should have been - whether Gen eral Fremont was justified in all t at he did by the circumstances under which he was called upon to act - your committee do not undertake to express a posi tive Opinion. In relation to the purchase of arms, &c., , it appears that the department was very destitute of supplies of all kinds, the demand was most pressing, and the government was unable to supply it. Some of the arms engaged by General Fremont, for the soldiers in his department, were diverted to the army of the Potomac, the primary Object of the government then being to collect and equip an army at Washington, as soon as could possibly be done. This rendered it the more important that other arms should be obtained, yet with all that General Fremont deemed it proper to do his department long felt the want of adequate eu lies. Ill: reference to the fortifications about St. Louis, General Fremont but carried out what General Lyon, before him, had deemed necessary. In reference to the manner in which it was done - as the government has had its agents to ex amine the contracts for that work, as well as other contracts - your committee forbear expressing an opinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.