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tl, defence of tidpf. mefiMMcaU,
tXAr&tirp, made before a General
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axhw»t»dite^»fji«a asthey origindHi|
stood, Mr. Piesideitt, Qpe«uie next t» (lie wiiwJ
litter, or whab'the ^ntiernso may perhaps, consi
der fcis “small f *
“ Additional
tltmanly and anofi
terlike conduct.”
. Mpecidcation lit. “ In saying between 1st De
^emwr-nd t*l January I8O9—IO, at a puhlick ta
x ills, at Washington, that h* never saw but two trai
fr •’.tors, Gen Wlikinlnn and Burr, and that gen. XV.
Wjrea liar and scoundrel.”
Specification %d. “ In saying, some time about
the last of December, or JstJanuary 1809—10,
he considered a man, as much digrared by serv
inter general Wilkinson, as marrying a prosti
or wordi i» that effect
'apt. Wallace examined in support of the first
specifieatron. stults, that .■’feu i came into his pre
sence I mentioned my arrest, and the personal al
(creation* With the Informer, which led to the arrest
■—spoke of ill treatment—Wilkinson at the bottom
•—•Burr and W. both traitors—W. also a li ir and a
scoundrel—talked of the charges* against roe—said
tetapt was then uttered, would he iirgnd in the way
of delence—11
m -not omitting to.remark an intention, to
J 1 refer charges against \V. or as the witness also has
t, “ to blow him up."
ine court *111 here remark that I wu Already in
•rrest: That I was speaking ■ f wh.it I might pru
bably offer in ^xculpution limp one of the charges
on which my arrest was grounded ; and, that I fur
that declared .:n intention, to prefer charges against
gen. \V. bottomed oh the ideas of disrespert con
tained in my deck rations. Now it must be ad
milted that nn officer under arrest may enumerate
MM) explain, the several points of his intended de
• fcnc« when and t» whomsoever he may please.—
And it is a principle as vnd-nuble, that he may in
(hat defence, ini|>each the chararter of a third par
ly,If it f-e necessary to his own exculpation. Hie
M'C*ntf,poge\37. To convert, therefore, the means
Intended to be employed against rue upon an existing
fljitge, into the ground work of a uew one, is pre
posterous and unjust in th^extremc. It is Intos
forming that, whirh was emt. raced asa shield of se
curity, into a weapon of formidatde rhasttseineru.
Again, Mr, President. Any officer of the <rmi -s
•f the United Stales, may prefer rharges against,
and apply fur the arrest ol any other officer, of the
game.service. Would it not be absurd and p -rveise
in the extreme, to arrest an officer for making an
ppphralinn to that elite t, or for declaring such to
be his intention ? Would it not be shifting the st
ta< k fiom the guilty to the innocent) And what is
. the tact, in the present instance ?
.. I declared it to be ray intention, to allege certain
articles of accusation against gen. W. A minion of
Tiis—for, sir, Ins smiles are us prolifirk of vermin,
i tlif delta of the Nile, under the artion of a suin
uii—a minion of his seizes my words with a
yiditj and converts them iotoan additional charge
against me. Thus, my own arrest is prolonged,
' While tins arco fiend prowls the Eaptb, in a guilty
security, searching for new opportunities of mis
chief and new objects of persecution.
On the other hmd suppose I should meet the
new-fangled accusation by tbe plea ol justification l
■Why sir, I must submit to remain in military du
ress, ‘till. 1 e«n collect from the most distant and op
.pgjHte parts of tbe community, evidence to support
jibe'plea. This, it is, to visit “ the pressure of the
•War,” not on tile accused hut on theacruter; nor
on th* mighty but on the weak.
“ Then' Utter’d clothes sm-.ll vices do appear ;
u Robes and furr’d go.vns hide all. Plate sin
with gold,
' u ‘And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks :
“ Arm it m rars—a pigmy’s straw doth pierce it."
And'herr, Mr. President, I might with safttv
rest my defence, against that part of the charge un
drr ronsideriiti'>n. If I offer other matters to ef
fort the same o'jet, it is not because I distrust the
jjgnoilnfss of the arguments already urged, it is
a§,i*‘ to make assurance dduuly sure, and take a bom.
of fate.1*
I shall new submit, sir, for the consideration of
(be ^ctun, bow fas I have supported the truth of < n
of tnydeclaratioiis, as contained in the first sperifi
ration,and suppornd by the testimony of captain
Wallace, fo wit:
„ T'.»t “ Gen. ll'ilkinson is a Knr and a woundi *■/.’'
% The extract from General Ordeis, Carlisle, S*p
iemtMt as>ih, 180H, shews,
% - Jet, That therein an important advantage in
rank was conceded to officers, of “ anteriour ser
‘•tee#.’’ *
«o«iiy, I n*t nevertheless, thnt advantage was
On ly t o prevail, under the circumstances of “ equal
>t«s”
*. Nutt, it is in evidence, that at the said place, and
Under the said order, Captain Wallace, whoclaim
Madvantage conceded to “ anterior services,”.
• did not take rank of Captain Gibson, his stuior 1
•officer, nor whs he admitted to a ballot with him :
,U fortiori, without that advantage, Captain W.
could not be placed on an equality with Captain G.
And, such precisely, were the cases with Captain
IJankheid and myself, in'relation to rank. I was
his seoior Captain, and each of as in our first com
rwajatcUP --ballot for «is, and
Mittens. Yet did Gen. Wilkinson bal
Confer the command ou Captain B. which, he said,
UU agreeable tog precedent established at CHrlislr.
► But, perhaps it will be said, that Gen. Wilkin
in Was ignorant of the fact of my seniority;_
L"t Abe ballot was huddled in the dark and no
ilriet made into date* of appointment. This,
would be presuming the General to have ne
glected* very essential point of his duty, and to be
ignorant of a fact, which was notorious to all at the
time, but particularly to military men.—The wit
nesses 4>U jfou.t was senior Captain at Fort Norfolk,
and so continued till the publication of the general
n .fytet OO our embarkation for New Orleans: That
* serious dissatisfaction prevailed on bearing a new
principle of rank was about to be promulgated, „nd
tha$ cm application to C«l. Parker, be waited on
- Gen. W. to refnnwtfrgje and to avert: That Col. P.
performed the duty which was incumbent upon him
as commander of the whole—ns the organ und pro
fhfee odMltr Ms dtveetioti. What answer
ref Wbyr, that Ceu. would, in a i
eaea^disevenerk fflmrity, that, be would J
ha sUtad tu
tto witarn, or C«i1. F. of (he gift*
«!' prophecy/ The Court will presume he performed
hie duty1/rather (ban escribe to him any supernatu
ral qualities whatsoever.
As to the pto amino, of the order, Mr. president,
the violence of the art bespeaks the violent motives
by which ft was propelled. Look at the quondam
charge for mutiny?—recollect by whom it was pre
ferred—
. %
“ There is pot a Thane of them, but in his house
“ I keep a servant fee'd,”
was ths confession of the infamous Macbeth, and
with equal truth so might another conless.
1 have, then, incontroverfililv shewn, that I was
Capt. Bankhead's senior officer—That (Jen. Wilkin
son, from circumstances proved, must have been ap
prised ol the fact: Thai, nevertheless, hr placed
Capt. B. over me: and lastly, That he most cer
tainly lied, in saying such was the practice at Car
lisle.— Having established this point, the Court
will not te.so fastidious in liw, or in logic, as to
deny the term “scoundrel,” may pass in the way
of appurtenance, or corollary.
But, it seems, I likewise called the Geneial a trai
tor and coupled his venerable name with that ol
Biijrr. Il this be wrong, Mr. President, I caught
the error front my fellow-citizens of the plough,
among whops, it appears at present, a sort of epi
demic. Sir, I will meet the charge with r*n
candonr, and if I have not greatly erred in my read
ing, it shall perish, Vre it eludes my grasp.
Let me roniess, then,, having used ol Gen. W.
me language <>t the accusation; and further, let me
if knowledge, that, iny words but limped on the
rear of my ^bought:. Nor, Sir, am 1 about to dis
EOSt the Court with the nauseous detail <d his tree
sons aod-machinations. I will not ar.th ipate the
tiuaderfw hie Irare in preparation elsewhere. The
red bolt of vengeance, hurled by an ;t».figment peo
pie, is as terrible to the guilty ecus i•.■ore, as the
Lightning of Heaven, when love1 if wns in nonet,
and rides upon the storm. Vox pnyuti, vox (let.
L-1 him go no, then, to meet ills trial; arid with
sincerity I exclaim—God gram him a just deliver
tnce.
I meet the whole additional charge, Mr. Presi
dent, on two other points; either of which, ll sup
ported, wilt be sufficient of its. K, “ to put to flight
the louse rabble" ol accusations therein ulledged.
1st. That the words charged do not amount to a
behaving with contempt and disrespect; and,
2ndly, lhat General Wilkinson, was nut, at the
time of uttering those words, uty commanding
officer.
The eonrt will here recollect, that similar points
were- Unde by me, on the opening of the trial, to
shew, why 1 should not be put to answer the addi
tional (barge and specifications. I was, however,
put to my plea, though I knew rot the principle on
which the emut overruled my injections. But, n
any member, then gave his opinion, by construct
ingtbe law differently from myself, to him, I now
more particularly address my arguments, and ask
his most serious atlrution. Let me entreat him, to
search out his place under the constitution and laws
of this happy country, tend then to pot the question.
Which of his natural rights is restrained, without i
.’omc cogent reason of publirk good and of rnl
necessity? Let him also reflect where th#* exercise j
of a natural right in not positively prohibited it con
tinues as salient in its existence as when the God
of the Universe decreed it to man and stamped Hp
on his condition the great seal of freedom. And if
the gentleman whose attention l have particulaily
-asked will follow me a little further, I will not only
demonstrate to his conviction, lhat the right 1 ex
ercised in relation to general Wilkinson is nnsup
pressed by the military law but further prove to his
satisfaction that there ex sts no necessity for its sup
pression. Had my words amounted to mutiny or
sedition the “lit article of the rules and articles o'
•var would embrace the offence. Nor would the
piosecutor have neglected to make the charge under
the proper head. Oj this subject in training of a
previous charge* he shewed himself well disposed
and well advised. Besides, the words were not par
ticularly addiessed to military m"n foi mtt'inimg or
seditious purposes. They were uttered out of camp,
and are hy mere accident Within the hearing of an
officer.—Again : if the words used were less than
I mutiny or sedition, and ad.ir s-ed to general \V. not
; spoken >f bins, the offrnee would tall under the
| 'd-Lf) article, which, merely decrees an arrest, f«r
its violation, without prescribing, or permuting
any further punishment.
I have then shewn, that, the words under con
sider, ton, do not amount to mutiny or sedition;
and therefore not embraced hylhe 7th artirle of the
military code; and 1 have also shewn,that because
the words were spoken if gen. \V. and not adrires
se.l to him, they, therefore, do not fall under the
?4tb. Nor does the 5th article embrace the case.
1 said that Gen. Wilkinson was a traitor—God for
bid, I should ever have the misfortune to believe,
* Tbs charge for mutiny, was in these words :
“ For threatening the life of his commanding offi
cer at Petersburg, Virginia, some time in the month
of August or September, 1808, by saying, that if
be went into action under the command of general
Wilkinson, ho would carry two pistols, one for his
enemy and one for his general." A charge nf
“ shreds and patch**,” taken from a conversation
actually had and frequently repeated, but omitting
the words which would give to the whole, its true
colour and meaning. These were supplied by the
testimony of maj. Fuller, of the rifle corps! (also a
revolutionary officer,) introduced on the part of the
prosecution.- Major F. sworn. (Extract from his
testimony.) " Capt. Scott then observed, that he
held it the duty of every officer and soldier, to shnot
the traitor flying." Q. by the prosecutor. “ Who
was understood to he ineunt or alluded to, when the
accused talked of shooting the traitor ?* A. “ It is
impossible for me in say, who Captain S. meant or
alluded to. From actual knowledge, I recognize
Arnold; from publirk opinion, I recognize Burr
and Wilkinson.” Q. by the accused. “ You use
the words shoot the traitor (lying—under what cir
cumstances, did I say, it would be justifiable so to
act f” A. “ I bad no other impression on hearing,
the conversation, only,' 1 supposed it would be jus
tifiable in any roan serving with a traitet, that if
be should shoot him flying to tbs enemy, he should
.rtoAUdtdy and be applauded for it.”—The surprise,
produced by this testimony, together with the 76
stamj^anl honest simplicity oft he major, produc
■ <4pSpIssIaltogether too great fu« tbs gravity of
tbs CMTt. ?:■*' Z -Yin ? *
- a- '
thgisBj of tbe person. «umer. 1.4* the last reel
t«l article, carte within i^at desefl^ion. No, my
country! IJnpeve your itum to he virtuous.
tale of construction applicable to the
5tC^MRcle *' lord Verulum tells us that," as excep
tion, strengthens the force of a Taw, in rases not
excepted, so enumeration weakens it, in cases not
enumerated/' Now the 5th article, makes it a
casbierahle offence in an officer, to use contemptu
ous nr disrespectful words against, either the presi
dent of the United Stales, or against any une of four
other classes of persons, enumerated therein. Nei
ther ol these classes embrace the case of the com
manding officer, or the name of Wilkinson. There
fore he cannot claim to be associated in a happy
immunity from contempt and disrespect, with the
high personages therein enumerated, because he is
unsheltered by their virtues, and berause in that
enumeration, Ins case is omitted. And, saith tiie
rule, “ enumeration, weakens a law, in cases not
enumerated." That is it net ouly weakens the force
of the particular article under consideration, as to
the omitted case; hut of the entire law of which
that article is a part as to that case.
With tbis principle, glowing in your mind, Mr.
President, let ms advance to the succeeding article,
which was .‘opposed to embrace the woids under
consideration, and, if possible, meaning and inten
tion o| congress, on tins subject, acquire new ener
t-jV and perspicuity. The 6’tli article, does not pro
hibit, the “ use of contemptuous or disrespectful
words,” as in the preceding one, but prohibits the
ad of “behaving with contempt, &c. towards the
comui .nduig officer,” without giving therrin the
power o' cashiering tbe offender, as in the preced
ing article.
Hrrel“t it t<e remarked, had it been the intenti
on of the legislative, to give to “'the commanding
officer,” mentionea :n the 6th article, the same in»
<»nttv from words, as is given to “ the president,”
(tor insi tnre,) undi r the 5lh article, how easy whs
it, to place both rases under the same. Instead «f
clinch, they occur in successive ai tries; the of
fences winch may lie committed thereunder, against
the two characters, dissimilarly described and pu
■ islialde dissimilarly. Consequently, the nflences
in themselves most be dissimilar ; and that, which,
tails under the one, will not fall under the other.—
Hut, Cfrtain words are declared to be in violation of
the 5th article.—Therefore, such words, cannot
anion.it to a violation of the (Mil. Now, the charge
under ronsinerali'-n, is for words of the character
contemplated in the 5th. Wherefore to he guilty
ol that charg', is not a violation of the 6th article.
Bat it may be objected, that this construction of
the law, would leave a part ol it. without meaning
or effect. That, if winds do not constitute “ betia
vmg,” &c. what will? The answer to this questi
on, reconciles every thing to common sense, and
Hives to every letter and syllable ol the law, its true
meaning, operation and effect. On general Wil
kinson s arrival at Norfolk, where I was mt />■ st, if
I had not wajttd on him in irty official capacity, 1
should have “ behaved towaids him with contempt
and disrespect.” So, on my arrival at ibis camp,
while that officer was vet in command. Again ; if
I wereoffi. er ol the guard, and tefused on the com
manding general’s pas-intt me, to pay him the usual
silule, I should “ behave towards him, with con
tempt and disrespect.” So bn parade ; if after it,
the officers present, were not to pay to the com
manding officer the customary compliment of the
hat, I conceive they would “ behave to him, with
contempt and disrespect.”—Or, if on any command
whatever, the commanding officer were to be obey
ed, in a way, so as to insult hint in their execution,
such conduct in the inferior officer, would, likewise,
in my opinion, amount to a “ behaving with con
tempt and d.srespect.” All of which acts, would fall
under the 6th article of the military rode, and justly
merit the ammadvertions of a court martial.
I bare, then, demonstrated, Mr. President, that,
the words under consideration, do not amount to
mutiny or sedition ; neither are they charged as
such : That they do not fall under the 24-th article,
because that applies to provoking speeches and ges
tures, addressed to any offirer, and prescribes a spe
citick punishment not sought in my rase : That the
said words are not rmhraced by the 5th article, be
cause in the enumeration therein, the rase ol “ the
commanding officer,” is preirrmitted: and, lastly,
that, the 6tb, and remaining article, contemplates
behaviour and not wonts : contemplates conduct, in
contradistinction to speech.
It yet remains for me to discuss the other point of
my defence, against the specifications of toe additi
onal charge, laid down by me in this part of the ar
gument, to wit:—
“That Gen. Wilkinson, was not my “ command
ing officer,” at the time ol uttering the words
charged.”
1 his point, is not stirrrd, from any opinion of its
necessity to my exrolpatinu, but merely to shew
how entirely malignant and ridiculous, is the accu
sation under consideration, in all its amplitude of
allegation and detail.
It it be possible, sir, let it be supposed for a mo
ment, that any one or all, of the words comprised in
the additional specifications, amounted to a “ be
having with contempt" &c. Still the gaunt Fiend of
Revenge, must lose its victim and gnaw its entrails
in disappointment, unless it can also be shewn that
gen. Wilkinsou was not only my superiour, but “com
mantling officer,” at the time to which 1 reler. Will it
be pretended, sir, that any one of you, for instance,
are at all limes, the commanding officer, of those
gentlemen of the camp who till life inferior grades?
Ano, if the affirmative of that question he objecti
onable, how infinitely absurd is the idea, that Gen.
W. continued my commanding officer alter be had
expiessly resigned all command, and at a time, too,
when 1 was in arrest and therefore could be on
no command? Called home as he is, (certainly not
for promotion,) it would be as ridiculous, to style
Gen. Wilkinson, commanding officer of this, or a.
ny other urmy, as it would be odious rind insulting i
to the llritish navy, to call Sir Peter Parker, com
mander of it, because as senior officer therein, he is
emphatically styled “ Admiral of the Fleetwhen
it is notorious that, that Admiral, has not been in
service, since our gallant'Ainultne disgraced him
>t Sullivan’s Island. And so is Gen. W. the senior
officer of the American arm) ; but both are out of
service, dr as they say in England, « on the shelf,;
or under the yellow ft*gJ*.'
There is * small argument, Mr. President* in fa
vor of the existing authority w Gen. W. which,
find* a momentary refuge, in the blase of the style j
and title, and name, at IIis Exc ellency brigadier
General James VVilkiuion, Commander in Chief of;
... J. , -t - n i: ... -1
tlw Armies of tte United States of America, rafted
"d to be railed within the siftel! Is this, Sir,
pei mil roett aifc, (out of breath as I am, with this
volume of title and addition,) u this, bf abnse, or is
H by privilege? It is believed, since the adoption of
the present constitution, the practise commenced
with, and has been propagated by himself. Usage,
has indeed, given it a sort of sutu tion, but sever*
theless, “ it is a enstotn, more hohoored in the
breach than the observe nee.” See raft. 2. »er.’2,
Constitution U. S.~-Marshal’s Life of lljfhinglon,
t'ol. 5, p. ‘?0G—Military Peace BstabliXkmeW, p. 2,3,
S, 16—Anil rules and arhcles of War:
From the constitution of the United States it ap
pears the Preident, is ex officio commander in chief
of the army, as well as tbe navy. ■ Wow, if another
were so commissioned, either in the army, or in tb^
navy, there would be two authorities, contemporary
and co-extensive, and both supreme, which is ab
surd. Therefore, there can be no other command
er in chief, of the regular forces of the United States
by sea or bv land, than the President. And from
the life of Washington, referred to, it seems tba
style of his excellency, &e. was tho’t too extrava
gant for this civil and military chief, by the simple
republicans of the first congress. Shall Gen. Wil
kinson be permitted to inflate himsall with this re
gal pomp ? I trust, sir, his vanity will be indulged
with no other title, than his legal one ; and the mi
litary peace establishment, speaking of tbe oflfica
exercised by him, invariably styles the holder of.
that office, the Brigadier General. The same of the
rules and articles of war.
I is trur, that before the adoption of the Federal
Constitution, Gen. Washington was not only styled
rotninander in chief, but was commissioned so in
htct ; loi at that period, i,iere was no constitutional
or legal difficulty on the subject. The President of
Congress, under the old artii les of confederation,
and perpetual Union, was merely a member and
chairman of that body : as such ther£ were no par
ticular executive functions attaching to his office.
Gen. Wilkinson, then, Mr. President, ia not com
mander in chief of the American army. But he ia
s. ntot Brigadier General; and as such, it will not;
be preten !e<‘,has a sort of ubiquity of person and
universality ol command. 1 have shewn how thta
statu s at present. I will now remark even beforo
he resigned the rommnnd, hy o.der of the President,
to Gen. Hampton, the consequences inferred from
seniority, did not exist. Before the late arrange
ment, one of the Brigadiers was as independent ia
his geographical department as the other: each
was independent of the other two. AM three, re
ceived their orders directly from the war office ; to
the secretary of which, they were only atneanahle.
To recapitulate, all the points made to oppositi
on to the whole of the additional charge, but parti
cularly to the first specification hereunder*
I have shewn, the charges to bqtmpropjSrbefatisa
the specifications under it, are taken from a conver
sation in which 1 exercised a legal right, to wit: is
enumerating the points of an intended defence, a
gainst an existing chuige, under which, I was alrea
dy in arrest; and, 2dly, in stating, what were the
accusations 1 intended to prefer against General
Wilkinson in order to bis arrest.
I have also supported the truth of one of my de
viations in lelatiun to Gen. W; to wit: That, be
is a liar and a scoundrel.
1 have likewise demonstrated, to the Court, that,
the words charged, do not amount to a behaving
with contempt and disrespect.
And, Sir, I have further established the point,
that, Gen. W. was not my Commanding Officer, at
the time of uttering the words charged.
Nearly the whole of which defence, applies aa
well to the second, as to the first specification.
But, if it he worth the attention of the Court, after
what h^s already been laid to the whole rbarga,
they are desired to observe, the second specification
does not give the place where the words were utter
ed, and consequently I could not be required to an
swer it.—See APl'omb, p. 55 56.
1 have now, Mr. President, gone through, one by
one, the charges and specifications, exhibited
against me, by Dr. William Upshaw. Let me,
here, return my thanks to the Court, for thepatienco
and politeness extended to me by every Member of
■ it, during this long and laborious investigation, X
congratulate you. Sirs, and myself, that oar differ
ent labors are so nearly at an end. 1 feel, that, not
withstanding my great indisposition, removal from
bonks, and want of legal advice, 1 have fully answer
ed all that has been alledged against me; and,
therefore, submit my cause to my jurors, in Iba
high confidence, of a speedy and honorable acquit
tal.
Permit me. Sir, now to enquire, Where is that
once formidable chain of accusation, which, like a
Serpent, sinewy and cold, coiled itself arouqd tha
green tree of the forest, thinking to check its
growth, and to poison the sap of its existence ?—
Where now is “the green eyed Monster” which
wrapped in many a fold, for a moment supinely slept
in the spreading boughs of youthful indisrretionl
Sir, it has been touched by the potent wand of Jus
tice— ur.clnspsd in its folds—precipitated to the
ground, and crushed in its fall. Here, let the wor
thy parent weep over the offspring of his morbid
imagination; may his sorrows bs unbushed and
unceasing!
Natchez, February S.
Communication—On Saturday last a duel wat
fought on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi, op*
posite Natchez, between captain Winfield Scott, of
the United States light artillery, and Doctor Up
shaw, surgeon in the 5th infantry, in which tba
former rereived « severe wound on the pericrauiuHt
at the first fire, which for the tune ended the affair.
The wound of capt. S. though serious and highly
painful is not considered dangerous ; the scull being
slightly furrowed hut not fractured. "
The ground work of the meeting was laid at New
Orleans as far back as last spring, when the parties
disputed on the sulyecl of the puhlick character and
official conduct of general Wilkinson. Dr. UVcon
tinued indisposition, and capt. Sa subsequent ab
sence from the army, prevented any correspondence
between them on the subject of their difference till
December last, when Dr. U. replied to* note of
capt. Sr’s, that he would prefer charges against him
founded on certain disrespectful words used by cupt.
S. towards gen. Wilkiov'Q in Virginia, in the fait
of 1808, which were accordingly charged as H mu
tiny ; and on certain of c*pi. S's company trans
actions which wera charged as *» conduc t unbecom
ing an officer and a gentlemen,’’
An arrest ensued a ad <v general court martial was