From t,s AhTdadrid Gazette.
PROSECUTION OF THE WAR
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The Washington Union says that = il Is
the fixed determination of the Government
to prosecute the waI with all possible en'r.
gy and rigar." until peace be Obtained.
With all due respect We must he permitted
10 dOub, it Oar gallant soldiers fgh with
energy aud yiglr, whenever an opportunity
is afforded lhrm, but as 10 any energy or
ygor on the part Of the Administration in
us management Of the war, We have yet
for the tirst to sec it, SAGE on paper. In the
very Iirst war message OF Mr.. Polk, on the
llIh May, 1916, be- invoked Congress "io
place at the disposition Of the Executive
the means ul prosecuting the war with
yigor, aud thus Fastening the restoration oi
peace" Two days after, Congress placed
AT his disposal MY thousand uo'uq'ecrs aud
ten millions III money. Ga the 10Th OF
June following, Mr.. Polk stated his deter.
mlualion 10 prosecute the war "yigorously,'
and asked, in order that mo contingency
be permitted to occur in which there would
be a deficiency in the Treasury for The zig


orous prosecution Of the war" that "au
lhority be given 10 issue Treasury notes or
10 contract loan" This was granted


All the men aud all the money subsequent
ly asked for have been granted. and all the
messages Of Mr.. Polk have reiterated the
dclcun,Ia i'm Of the Administration 10 pros.
ccu'e tie war with all possible energy and
yigor. Notwithstanding all these proies.
sions. and notwithstanding the fact that
Congress has granted all the supplies Of
men AMI money asked for. Except the
Lieutenant Grneal, the war has never to
this day been prosecuted vigorously" in
the sense in which the Administration
journals use that term.


Oar troops have done all that brave men
could d.. hut they have always been left by
the Administration with such limited means,
both OF men and supplies, that they have
never, in single UiS'dn c, been able to
follow up their victories as they might have
done had the Administration performed iis
duty. So far from adopting or encouraging
u "yigorous prosecution OF the war, tho
Administration appears to have done every
thing in its power to prevent IT, Instead
of retaining aud employing the volunteers
raised by Gen. Games, alta time when their
services would have proved Of more mpor.
lance probably than at any subsequent Pc
riod OF the campaign, aud when they could
have been employed under The act Of 18Th
May, 1916, they were disbanded. Subse.
queutly thousands ofyolunlcers who offered
themselves have been rejected, and it is but
few weeks since the services Of cnmpa.
ny raised in Wilmington (Del.) were re-.
fused, although both Gen. Taylor and Gen.
Scott are well known to have their hands
tied for want of troops. Tho Union some
weeks ago published elaborate state.
menls showing that by the first ofJuy Gen
Scott would be at the head Of 10000 men
and Gen. Taylor al the head of 10000;
and yet, at the last dates from Gen. Scott,
his force did not exceed 5000 effective men,
including tho garrisons at Jalapa and Pc.
rotc, while only about 5000 were on the
march from Vera Cruz TO reinforce him;
aud Con. Taylor had only about 5000, in.