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to purchase large amount thereof s97 nm
worth, from Wyeth &S Brothers ~-''''"

to purchase large amount thereof s97 nm
worth, from Wyeth IL Brothers. ~-'''''
9th. That he unlawfully directed Wvetb &,
Brothers to send forty thousand cans of tbe;r
extract of beef to various places. and tn send
the account TO the Surgeon Generals office
for payment"
9Th. Conduct unbecoming an officer and q
gentleman, in falsely representing that Medi-
cal PurveyOr Cooper had been relieved from
duty at the request of Major Gen. Halleck.
tn; That Surgeon General Hammond I'M
lawfully ordered the medical storekeeper and
a atg purveyor at Washington to purchase
I Trat Thousand pairs of blankets from J. p.
flscher at Washington
"a pea OF not guilty was entered in each
OF the charges and the specification, and
aiter 1uil hearing of the testimony for
the government and the defence. and an
examination of large amount of docn-
mentary evidence, together with the con-
slderation OF the elaborate argument on
Doth sides, the court rendered a finding of
G9euy" On all the charges, and sem
fenced the accused "to be dismissed tho
service, and to be forever DISCHARGED FROM,
holding any office of honor, profit. or
trust, under the Government of the United
States''
Pursuant to the act of Congress, the
record and proceedings were reviewed by
Brlgadier General Holt, Judge Advocate
General, who delivered an e. aborate opin-
ion, concluding as follows:
That the natural and necessary result of the
acts OF the accused as established by the re-
cord involved criminal spoliaton of the GOV
eminent treasury, which would alone have
called tor his dismissal from the service can
hJ1ty uhn,,i &c
shown by the proof, that this spoliaton was
III part accomplished by the purchase of infe-
nor medical supplies and stores, thus comprO
missing the health and comfort, and leonard
1zng the lives of sick and wounded soldiers
suffering in hospitals and upon the battle-fields
OF the country, soldiers solemnly committed to
the shelter and Sympathies of the office held bv
the accused, by the very law and purpose ofits
creation, it must be admitted that this fearful
ly augmented the measure of his criminality.
The trial, which lasted nearly four
months, was one of the most patient and
thorough that has ever occurred in our
military history, and the accused had,
throughout, the assistance OF eminent and
able counsel in conducting his defence.
The Court, which was composed of nine
general officers, at the close of this pro-
longed investigation declared him guilty
OF the charges preferred, aud awarded the
punishment, which, in their judgment,
was IN accordance with the nature and de-
gree Of the offences committed, and a
careful examination of the record leaves
no room for doubt as to the validity of the
proceedings or of the justice of the find
ings and sentence.
The following is the PRESIDENT order
confirming the sentence in this case:
The record. proceedings, finding, and SEN
tence of the Court in the foregoing case are ap-
proved. and it is ordered that Brigadier Gener-
al w. a. Hammond, surgeon General of the
United States Army, be dismissed the service,
and be forever disqualified from holding any
Office OF honor, profit or trust, under the Gov
ernment Of the United States.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN