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The Daily Dispatch: January 2, 1861., [Electronic resource], Statement of Ex-Secretary Floyd. (search)
damage which such a failure would subject our troops to, who are stationed in the deserts of New Mexico and Arizona. Should any accident befall these men, or any serious inconvenience result to them from the failure of a regular and certain transmission of supplies, it would be difficult to estimate the just indignation which would be heaped upon the head of the ignorant or delinquent officer whose inefficiency had allowed it. Trains necessary for the transportation, to be performed by Russell, Majors, and Waddell, could not cost much short of a million of dollars, and would require months of industry and activity to prepare. It would be very clear to any one that a wise forecast demands of the Government to sustain these contractors by all fair and legitimate means. I have now nearly brought my administration of the War Department to a close, and I will be excused for adverting to it briefly.--There is not one branch of the military service which is not in perfect order, a