The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-16
washington Corresrondeuce OF Chicago Tribune.
General schoGeld Grants Pet
Grants Dissatisfaction with General
Thomas before sIsc Battle of Sosr.

"eherai SchoGeld Grants Pet
ar"nt's Dissatisfaction will, General
Thomas before the Battle of Saal,.
willie.
Let me introduce yoU into the sumptIous
mansion Of General ii. W. Hallcck IL san
Francisco.
The time was but \ few weeks ago. Co.
neral Hslleck had been ordered to report
himself In the Mississippi Valley, and be-
tore setting out he had. out of his abundant
wealth. given a fine dinner to General
George IL. Thomas. his successor in tho
command "i the Department Of the Pacific.
and invited thereto about n dozen promi-
ncnt o"i""rS and gentlemen. among whom
were General Whipple and Governor Low.
now our Minister to China.
Inc dinner was over tho blood Of tn"
widow tliquot had warmed up the me
mnrv and the ardent feelings of everybody
present; conversation cnsued and it
turned upon the diSagrccablc relations that
possibly might continue 10 exist between
Hallcck and Thomas IL the Nashville mvs-
terry were not frankly and fully explained
h"twc"n them. General iIallcck approached
this subject squarcly. and it was of the in
tenScst interest to General Thomas, who.
Will" n deliberate and even a slow, is n sen
Sitiyc man upon the fine points of his honor
and his reputation !: and so far as refers r.
the movement against him before he turned
and annihilated Hood, he has never beer
~ql!eru!ouS, but always gray" and hurt for
many of his friends have led him to supnoSt
that the order which was issued for his re-.
moval was rs much the fruit of a military
conspiracy as of his cautious tardincsS-,
conspiracy timely ovcrthrown by the inter.
position Of the battle.
g. T,l yyll..I- ~. -
lcct. therefore. Thomas gathered up hi
great STATUE, put his hands behind his back
and with h, massive magnetism locke
IIalleck through and through.
"Gcncr.l Thomas, / was present. ssai',
Hailnck, ''wh.2 he order came from Git
Point for your s~upcrScdcnce. ] wa
aStoundcd ! was dismavca 1T it. ] CARRIE
ii to Stanton and asked him 10 intcrposc, i
only to delay the transmission Of it tire
days"
"Stanton said i am rs much surprised
IS YOU are. I think it "A mistake: but !
Won't intervene. I shan't take the response
bility. 1t must he sent"
Thomas followed all this with his Who'll"
nature and history in MS eyes. "Wcllt
well:" be said. in suppressed impaticnce.
al want YOU 10 know all this" continued
llallcck, "for we may never meet oppor
timely again. ] wanted to tell il TO YOU j.
satisfy Your mind. l want you to know i
once for all
"Wcll sir. Welt"
81 took Grants order 10 President Lin.
coin. and asked him to interpose-to allow
me to detain the order fnr p few days NATL
YOU got ready. tie was ~ sorry about it as
Stanton or ]: but he said, No, ] shan't
take the responsibility; Grant has ordered
it, and il must co.
- went back to Stanton again. ! said TO
him ! was satisfied This thing WAS untimely
and unjust !; and | said:
Nh. Stanton, if | put this order re-
moving General Thomas in my pocket, and
keep it for three days, will you order Inc
under arrcst|
do your duty said NIr. Stanton its
n mistake, but do your duty
II want to know if YOU will have Inc
court-martialed if I dctainit
"'No.' said Stanton, | WON'T
q put that order in my pocket, General
Thomas.' said IIalleck (all present eagerly
listcningl, land you fought the battle OF
Nashville in time to save yourself, TO save
Grant, to save Stanton, and Lincoln, and
me. and the country
We'll. well, sir :" said Thomas, stern
and Eig as a mountain Of will, "is that
alt"
Il tell you again." replied Iiallcck,
"that ] have been wanting to talk 10 YOU
about this. wanted to get it of Of my
mind and yours, Nay never have Il slml-
In opportunity. That order from Genera
Grant relieved YOU from the command be-
fore Nashville. 1t specified in the order
VIII" was to take your place, and that man
name was not Johu y, logan
Here there was q sensation all around.
Father Thomas seemed for tn" first time to
have lost his impcrturhlbi!ity. Well .
wclI!' was Unequal 10 the occasion, so he
said nothing.
~ tell YOU. General Thomas, that l saw
| the order. | carried the order about. The
name Of the man was given, and it was not
John \. Logan
The company burst out, resolved to know
who it was,
:. and ti,e name Of the man in that or.
der" said HalIcck with due emphasis,
'was John VI. Echoiield.'
81 knew it," burst forth General
Thomas. no longer selt-contained, =" knew
It: ! knew he was the man " ;
/ have given General Hailcck's version OF
the conversation a. | believe it to have been
exactly rendered. From under the tca-cup.
where heard it, some words might have
been lost. but | think not. You have, pro-
baby, had set before YOU the precise state.
ment, and have shared the just spirit OF the
interview.
General >chotield continued to share tie
preference of General Grant attcrt the events
~rccounted had passed away and people
stoned writing war history. lie became
Secretary OF War. by General Grant adj
vice, after Stanton's resignation. He was
retained in that place by courtesy some time
by General Grant. And he is now Il briga-
dicr-general in the regular army Of the
United States, with Il ranking command.