Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-19
DOMESTIC.
Adj. s. Inspector Generals Office. }
November IL, 1916.

Az. 8, Inspector Generals Office,
November IL, 1916.
| At Gcae,gl Court Ma,1ial, of arlicl Nm
| jor General Winfield Scott is Presiaevf
| cohrened at NeW-York, on the I'd o., Soften.
Der, 1916, and continued 5y aljonin,nes,ts-
Major-Geacral Edmund z. Gaines. wn,
triedon hetoiloWing charges and specifca-
| tons, viz:
CHARGEI.
Misconduct in office, and conduct ,anJecominr
an officer d,,da gentleman.
Specification l. In this-That the said
Maior-General Edmund p. Gaines. at
Sackett's Harbor, between the 18th and
25tfl of February, 1914, being then and
There Colonel of the 25th Regiment of
United States Infantry, and acting Adj
lutant General of Maior-General Jacob
Browns command, by misrepres
and deceiving General Brown as to the
consent of officers, and other improper
means, procured, and caused to be issu
Ell General Order, dated at " Sackett's
iiarbor, February oath, 1914" and signed
r. L. Gaines, Adj. Gen" transferring
a detachment of the Goth Regiment of In,
fantry to the aforesaid 18th, contrary TO
the prescribed regulation for the army re-
iative to transfers, to the great injury of
the service.
Specification >. Tn this-That the said
Major General Gaines, in a written official
statement to Major General Brown. dated
at "Sackett's Harbor, May 9TH, 1914"
falsely stated,
LIST. That the transfer aforesaid, of the
men Of the Goth Infantry, was made by
the consent, and at the particular request
OF MAJOR Tod and Captain Swearingen.
Idly. That In conversation between
himself and Captain Swearingen, some
Gays after the date of the transfer afore-
having. received recruiting orders from
the War Department, Capt. Swear;npen
indicated no disposition whatever TO get
back the men of the goth Infantry. who |
had been transferred to the 25fi.
3dly. That IN the aforesaid converse |
non, he Major-General Gaines, expressed |
the opinion that Capt. Swearingen ought |
TO re-enlist the men; (meaning the men of |
the Goth Infantry, who had beentransfer-
red TO the 25th.j
And that the said Major General
Gaines, in the sections or paragraphs
marked lst and I'd, OF his said written of.
fetal statement to Major General Brown.
misrepresented the circumstances of the
transfer aforesaid, and the occurrences
alluded to In said paragraphs, & design
ediy concealed the truth Of said circiim-
stances and occurrences; and thereby
corning which they ought to have receiv-
ed correct information from hlm-inIur-
ed Major Trimble. of the Goth Infantry,
who had made an official representation
30 the Secretary of War on tile subject of
said transfer, and prevented the redress
of an injury, which he, the said Major
General Gaines, had already done TO the
service.
CHARGE II.
Hisconauct and gross injustice IN office.
;Soeeifcationl. In this-That the said |
Major general Edmund 2. Gaines, at the |
fortified encampment near Fort Erie, IN
Upper Canada, on or about the l4th of
August, 1914, being then and there in
command of the army of the United
States, at that place, actuated by injustice
and yindictive spirit towards the afore-
said Major Trimble, then of the 10th
Infantry, refused to give that officer, he
being the only field officer of said 10th
Infantry, OIL that frontier, the command
of two detachments ofsaidregiment, then
present; and, without proper and suth-
Gent object, and for the unjust purpose
of excluding him from command, ordered
him to the opposite side of Lake Erie, to
the injury OF the service.
Specification Q In this-That the said
Major General Gaines, being i'll command
of thearmy of the United States, in the
battle of the 18th of August, 1914, at the
fortified encampment aforesaid, during
said battle, ordered a small detachment
of Infantry and Rihemen into Fort Erie,
not to act under the orders of Major
| Trimble, the officer commanding the
Fort, but under the direction of an officer
of tfe staff, with special orders to charge
| The north east basfion of the Fort, then Ill
| the possession of the enemy--orders
which could not be successfully execut-
| ed-preyented said detachment from be-
| ing usefuliy employed, and exposed part
| OF it tc destruction, without the possbi
lily of its subjecting the enemy to equal
| loss.
Specification 8. In this-That at the
| fortified encampment aforesaid, between
| the 18th and 23d of August, 1914, the
| said Major General Gaines, commanding
as aforesaid, required many officers to
report to him the conduct Of their COM
mands at the battle aforesaid, and, actu-
ated by injustice & a vindicfive spirit, did
not require Major TrimbIc to report the
conduct Ofhis command IN said battle, al
though he held throughout the said battle
the separate and highly important com
mand of Fort Eric, where the battle ra-
ged with fury, and the enemy was
bravely and efficiently fought by said
Trimble's command; but required Major
Hindman and Major Hall to report the
| onorafious IN fire Fort fhp foY-rro o. n