Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-12

extra allowance OF 81 Is per dag. nor any silsr-
sne,s efL>r fhan those paid 70 al efeers Ga a1fy
an eifies' Mark the italics. We vili give our
oor,e.po ndens the bensft Of ID. statement that
40 additional allowance IL paid, although 10
ioinr 90 We e, aside good evidence. Our bill
will then itsBd thus:
Computation BY The Tnbuns. .......ss1 ,o5s 50
Errof sllored. ........'...-.. ~ W
ssOs2l -
80 that &c fsd The bin 10 be go. 325 %. &C
cording to the showing Of our correspondent,
We return 10 the italics, nor any ailossnces
other than those paid 70 az officers on duty 10
cities Well. we printed just the allosances
paid 70 AN oficrs on duty 10 cities. aud moth
log more. We do not pretend to cay that the
Doubleday people are better paid than
.ay other people similarly crcpmstan.
csd. They receive the usual wages and
a. these allowances involve the pay
usnl OF moe officers. twenty servants. one pho
nogr.pher and thirty four horses. think they
receive enough. We find, indeed. that IN our
anxiety to be fair We erred 10 another respect
Oar correspondent informs us that there = a
clerk. whose salary is SIS per month. Let us
get the clerk into line: -s..
Tribup- eompatssion with error allowed 40 - ~
Clerk hire fSr forty days ..-............- '0V "
go 6.s q
The second point controvsrted by our cores
,onasnt /. the item called Miscellaneous,
which We make to include witness fees, horse
feed. usbers, detectives, policemen, averaging on
low estimate Fifty dollars per daY We see
nothing 10 show that this IL high estimate. w e
do not know what horse-feed costs in Phisdel.
pbis: but before the Government furnished Il Ia
kind-,hat Is Ia times OF peaee-eight dollars
nsr month were allowed for each horse az com
mutation for forage. Al this estimate, which n
about one half What 10 should be. the bills fo'
feeding the thirty -four horses that aid in compos
ing this Court Martial would be 81 $50 80 Their
ue have witness fees We Do not know how
many witnesses there were. but our correspond
ent tells us they spoke 5000 pages OF manu-
script. They are paid three dollars per day ane
cost Of travel They are summoned when the
Court begins. held IN attendance until IL ends ant
all this time paid. Allowing ten witnesses L
this Court. the bill alone would be s4.2OO, no
counting transportation. Add transportation
and the extras that our Govern nent people know
so we'll how 10 create. and il will be found tina
our estm.te Is low. At all events. this critic
does not amend il. and IL shall stand IL h
wished to correct il, why did he not send us the
facts from the books OF the CourtrP
The Tribune then presents the following iorci
| BILE objections TO the system Of Court Aartials
which il regards no. only. expensive. but as ont
which hampers with justice and does violence q
the rights Of the people. Says the Tribune:
We do not assail the men composing thi
! Court MArtial--we honor its members for thei
| gallantry, and hope the country will never forge
sons like Abper Doubleday We object to tn
system that Hampers with Justice. and does VIC
lence to the rights OF the people. creates scands
among the natioDs, AMI places in the hands o
any person who may be War Minister as muc
| power over life and person as u held by the Ca
| OF Russia. We denouuce IL on every ground
but 10 this case We confnc our argument 10 IL
| ecoaomy Pennsylvania has courts and officer
Of Law whose duty il Il TO decide these questions
| Officers of the army, our correspondent COOL
remarks, are also receiving pay. and may a
we'll attend 10 this as any other duty We hsy
always been under the impre ssion that officers q
the army were commissioned To fight, aud that
| did not require men with swords on their person
to sit and hear lawyers squabble for l4O day
about the shrinking qualities OF duck canvass.
these men have served their time, let them &
home. Ii there are military duties for them {
| perform let them be assigned TO them. IL the
have been wounded. let them be pensioned. or a:
signed TO some civil EMPLOY ment IL places can b
found; but do not keep them administering iu,
ticc at a cost Of nearly $50 per day when ther
are Courts competent TO do the work and "a
eeiving pay, aud the Secretary of War is con
PEELED to release hs prisoners after they ar
tried in obedience 10 habeas corpus froI
Judge Thompson. Our correspondent repre-
sents that there is no official announcement
that the Government scquiesces in the habea
corpus decision Of Judge Thompson. and hint
that time is being taken TO consider. We as
no better announcement than the fact that Coz
zens was released and no Provost Marshal hs
| since been ordered to arrest him."