Evening star., 1869-12-07
0@EXECUTIyE BOARD, BOYS IN BLUE
N WASHINGTON, December -. ls59
10 fis OFrsrS opi Mar OF the Bows an ElKf

S WASHINGTON, December =. Iso3
To tie Offers md MeR OF the Boys an Blue:
The extraordinary proceedings of A. Grant anil
others at League Hall his Illegal aud violent acts in
faerant insnborination t. the constitutional au
mand from Us to You statement of the an,l
the facts which lei TO \. Grant, recent impcach-
Lat the facts: AT the sitting Vt this Boari on
Ihur-,ay; ,i October p. upon the Information "I q
t. his PurPo,cs; was eon.piring for its overthrow
10 Illegally remove snch of its members ha sup
I"sed to be i''mral to himslf p"rr"nally. AMI for
were added Others based, among other things.
u the c0it,i"n If his csnnsndHthst @ of | incoSps D
fsH'y anu - MoSGd,n'B '>irnito". At p subsequent
t. inPeach A. Grant, the ,:-nera commanding upon
the same charges anil sII-pensling him from
ly confirr'd AT the siitings t, motion to i'm
peach received the affirmative vote of the piRs
LeTs present and hal The Of other,
not present: thus a clique merely. bur sisrsn or
quite tM1-trds 1t the seventeen member, compri,-
ing the Board demanded ms impea eaehneht upon th.
gravest charges. Nor OF all of the se1 1entren do [
knew # lut three members. who, if all hal been
present wOuld not have voted for his Impeachment;
General J Bell Adams, being the senior OH
signed - the command il required by the mill
;ary rule, governing the Organization.
of 4. Grant report to this BoSr Of the condition of
again ard again made, thar he hal expended of his
funds. Tor the benefit of the organization. thou
sands Of dollars but this rsport-his own official
Money received frJiI all s1urcHs......... so 90
Total amount paid out .......-...... 1875 ~
Indebtedness OF the 2sio n
Total cxpenditure-............... ............... 45ls s
Of the Thousand, which h. h- boa-t,. that he ha,
"rly show total If money paid of . .5,j, and this
while te shows IL arg'nzati"r 10 b. nearly SsIvo
money paid H. charging up against the organiza
tion LIS = items which have no eonnection what
the r,It ami iu,l of hi> place of private buSi
I,s 81 Peiin;y iEio avenue which ir calls heal
amounting n al to s9 81 Now. deduct this latter
sum from IN" 100 claimed a. pail and it leave.
"i the Organization. II we add [" the S5se.a, ae
SJTe5ed E TO have wa. Dem na; reir'.d h snoh me So
son. a haNe an agsrsgate oi 9eo2. 3r S5sse
this saoe be accounted for. while he shows the
organization 90 be Eearly S5tto IN debt. Thus. il
tfs' 4. froH' has no. art cannot Sars srPsatsa or
caHr'tg'.d oss doiay or oaS P.n9y o. ms ora fo'
Ic, t6 tax the Boys in Blue for fi expenses of his
private place If business and his liverS horses
Alter carefully studying this chsracteristic rrpart
oniy surprised that A. Grant has not inc uied
" II charse for his spCrs and shoulder straps
Tt@ irdeitednrss Of the organization is really
frigh'fui. The uniforms are unpaid for.the very
cOnI 'siHn- q the officers unpaid f"r-S a5l
owed 70. uniform done; Sg7 for fags. Ga heavy bill)
f"T blank for iiyeTy Tor rent OF 5i3 Pa
ayeIine; and iiideel nearly every printing office in
= A nj
the many private Establishments have each heavy
hill for printing against the Boys IN Blue; taS A
GTGH, green trt arr gO0j r.Js1s fDbstisrs al
t1S o. ms eita-T Of srptHd'-"rss OF Tsr-rpfS.
Such. ineed- has been the iIicOm p-tencysuch the
offcial report this Porl that tn equalization is
Ia peril 1T This moment ~ icng aTra2ed before the
ami it denounced a. swindIe Already. indeed, =
grti@n 81 IL property az niott Hall IN the First
udemeEts are held ~ ofLSr person. against the
organization, or rather asai'ss: \. Grant for the
tuder this condition of af..ir-. disclosed by his
own official report what wa- leIt 70 this Board but
state oi aail the fact was reported IL u Iy proper
aud Responsible parties ihat IL was cOnspiring Tor
A. the power Of the Boarl 20 iIrpcach the MAJOR
GeDeral the constitution IS plain and emphatic IL
be under tue ntrcl and sub cI t. t" decisions Of
an Executive Board. consisting Of seventeen mem
bcTs, two from each war,l and three from George
town; In Sec, 9. Art. XIV it says The Executiv.
S R MAJOR S1s @pon
changes beiEs preferred and substautiated by suffi
lutte ami really .upgualifed; The only limitation
being that the charges shall be proper char ges
and shall he ''substantated by sufficient evidence.
These charges may be made by member Of the
Board by any one, the constitution does not in
any article section cOntine the preferrng of
charges To the military part Of the organization and
while the acts ci general meetings or courts martial
TIE Board, the acts and decisions Of the Board
cannot lie reversed sHiTs orgss, z0tioa is NRder
cannot by iptcrpolating words in the rules and reg
uatons either alter or destroy their prov isions
their plain intent and meaning: nor can he cite a
single instance of military officer ho when placed
cn trial was not immediately suspended, or who was
permitted To- continue IN the exercise OF his COM
msnd for a moment.
And in reference to the organization OF the present
Board. its history j. plain. The old Board, con-
sisting Of members, and to which A Grant re-
fcrs in his s-ateInent published in Wednesdays ne
pH1iiroR- when the present Board was elected
hin-elf shows, there were not two Of its member:
I,lt-es- than quorum In June last, Article MI
of the Rules and Regulations changed as IL
create a new Board-the present Board. The old
Board consisted OF ssreH menbers-the present Board
Of SerSnffea members OF the members Of the old
Board four TO be elected for year three for
six months but ALI Of the present Board
one year. The whole character and compile xion OF
the Executive Board were therefore changed, max
ing IL in all its parts Board. Under this amend
ed article the member II the present Board were
elected the two members of the old Board being re
elected and the prctence set up by A. Grant that q
Board OF streateea members, to serve for year
were elected or merely intended to out tbs
exprea term OF s'r months ~ q defKnef Board OF
css nefnbers and that fhe only officer left Of thi,
old Board when hat passed Of existence, shold
De the President OF the present Board 80 silly AM
preposterOus that II need b. but stated TO cover II
With rihicuie We resented Grant. dictati,r 1,
this matter We claimed and exercised the right o
electing cur officers and organizing our Boar
In cur own way and this strictly in obedience 10 thg
/ Rules and Regulations which guarantees us thai
1 right.
A. Grant pretence in reference TO members Of the
Board holding commiss ms IL Of the nonsense
cal character it'll all the rcst. Section Of artcl,
XIV only declares that " no member Of the Execu
| tive Bcard shall hold commission an officer in
/ holding commission from becoming a member O
i the r.. Int m hat ma hall NO