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Promotion OF THE OFFICERS IN GEN. TAYLoR's
CoMMAND.-When the tidings of the brilliant VIC
tories at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma reach
ed the ears of the President, in obedience to the
dictates Of his own sense Of right, and in accord
ance with the wishes of the whole people, he at
once promoted the hero of them to the rank of
Brevet Major General.


In the official paper Of the government, in speak
ing of the promotion of Gen. Taylor,t was stated,
that when the official returns oil the battles had
been received, officers of lower rank, who had
distinguished themselves in them, would be re-
membered by the President This delay W $, OF
course, very properly based upon the supposition
that with the official returns, he would obtain the
facts in regard to the brave conduct Of the Off
GERS in General Taylor's command, and be
able to apportion the honors of promotion among
them in accordance with the merit attached to
them.


The official returns OF General Taylor, which
speak in the highest terms of praise of many o
the officers in his command, have been received,
and yet we hear nothing of the promotion Of those
gallant officers, without whom the General would
have been comparativly powerless. Why are they
not promoted There have been sufficient op-
portunities for their promotion. 1t is high time
they received their rewards Their kaurels, in.
stead Of being suffered to fade, should be bright
ened and encouraged by the Executive-they
should be sent forth to gain more


1t has become proverb, that promotion in the
American army is slow. There is no necessity fol
this. There are at present about sixty West Pon
graduates, who are ready to step in and fill the
places of those who, by their valor, have deserved
promotion. Let them be promoted, say we, and
not suffered to remain longer in state of glor
Gus uncertainty.