The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-08

der every year. il there be truth and honesty in the

der every year. there be truth and honesty In the
navy estimates.
character-Joseph Holt, Of Kentucky The man
VINO has sat In cabinets with statesmen In fact as
In name, In his old age finds the quietness OF .
and pay better than the strife OF politics, the
drudgery or the Bench and the turmoil OF the Bar
s so ao what q loss elsewhere . al clear gam
sustained By the law that requires the proceedings
OF every military court to be sent to him for review
ne Is bringing to the attention OF the executive
mead OF the army some deed OF injustice wrought
upon that object Of sympathy, "the accused" by
Ignorance, neglect or malice-none OF them utter
strangers to courts-maftial What Judge Holt has
does not fully know, and Is, perhaps, Of il not
whose lives, liberties or fortunes are staked before
court s martial s may well wish worthy successor
the fate OF thousands gone before.
CATER me the delugep' the Judge Advocate Gen.
in 1.-THE presence Is Colonel Albert Myer Setssr
known as "Old Probabilities former surgeon in
the army. who turned his earlier leisure
army dag and torch signals and neid
telegraph trains, and afterwards to the
ns Fl aas
dd Interim arrangements In the absence OF the
regular head Of the department., for the ordering
OF the weather. Secretary RObesOn, who, from
his frequent vocal assertions after dinner, in the
evening, Is known to lsve
A wet sheet and a flowing sea.
bespeaks pr0longati0n OF the equinoctial winds
and rains OF March into April, with exceptions to
be noted in favor OF the nights which he intends
to go out to have rubber, 0 glass OF sherry and
biscuit with some OF the old sea dogs on turn OF
shore duty In the Navy Department. Myer, who Is
one OF the most accommodating Of men, though
little out ofs0rts on Inauguration Day, promises due
with the secretary an enlarged neurological map
OF New Jersey and paper OF red-neaded pins, by
means q which the Sage OF Camden can dedqce
and Long Branch from series Of observations
running back to the siiurian age
sings out the dusky Chesterfield with absent
minded recurrence to former scenes and Occupa-
TONS and, responsive to familiar summons,
dress, In society and in his pr0iession harmonious
WITHIN ana without; firm believer In allOpathy,
the Jefferson Medical college, the Protestant Epis
powers that be and are to be, in grades and dis
tinctiens OF life, and hereafter OF good dinners
and good society where Father Mathews and Par
son Bcechers will neither be heard or seen. Gen.
eral Barnes, who has spent nearly his whole life
IN the medical corps OF the army, was created
Surgeon General by Secretary stanton upon the
fall OF DR.. HammOnd-a fall that turned out to be
rise IN the end. The Secretary saw something to
DR.. Barnes, then Medical Inspector General, and
took him trst into official favor and afterwards
into personal friendship He became his patrons
0verbearing as his PATIENTS manner, prolonged for
six years life already forfeited when placed In his
as his s th sten mf
20 crushing rivalry and intrigue, and this, with
ample means and disposition, he efrectually accom-
geon Edward p Vollum ranking first in intellect
and attainment in the whole medical stat. voum,
however, went to the wall and has been kept close
4 VOLUNTEER SURGEON
who came into the regular service with the close
OF the war, bringing professional reputation az
good as any already In It, and with political con-
necton and capacity for intrigue that have 80 lar
given him the mastery OF the field. For seven
years struggle mas gone on between this young
Napoleon OF surgery and his nominal chief, and
wherever the latter has not saved himself by COM
promise he has suffered ignoble defeat. The steps
Of his throne are already reached and at last he
breads the appearance OF the intruder IN Its seat
Congressman from Vermont and somewhat known
to the medical profession of New York through
GHte-beuus service in the hospitals OF the public
institutions OF charity and correction,
But the present thoughts and errand OF DR..
Barnes are proud and agreeable. AS Secretary OF
War. even pro tenapore, the scholarly and scien-
tlhc Robeson is deemed to be entitled to morocco
bound and gilt-edged copy OF that precious
volume, the medical and Surgical History OF the
to present 1t in person. For seven years, upon the
pay OF captains, two devOtees OF science, Drs J. j.
ans and Gg A. 9 Sred
promises OF that reward which is dearer thai
praise could be more fuIiy and nttingiy rendered
than in the closing sentence OF letter Of acknowl
edgment from one OF Europe's most illustrious
living surgeOns:-"After ALL your civil war was
not a vain and empty slaughter" Extravaganza
OF idea and expression this, from, non-medical
standpoint; but the demonstration and student OF
anatomy must not moraze over subject but
proceed cheerfuly to Its dissection.
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION"
at the War Office Is virtually over for the day.
Mutiari0us papers are brought In by the clerks TO
be signed or read, but they are chiefly routine
matters and offer nothing to the recording pen of
history. Various officers and civilians are also ad-
mitted to brief interviews by card but as their
business relates generally to personal profit or
qualification they referred to the proper bureau
officers or told to call again when General Belknap
gets back from Texas There Is nothing In all their
recitals to detaiR the Acting Secretary entertain
the readers OF the HERALD. aG t-At nl
At thirty five minutes past noon the genial Robe
son puts on mis- hat and gloves, adjusts his cane
and eyeglasses for promenade service and, with
the HERALD corresponding upon his arm passes
through double rank of respectful attendants
frem ante-room to corridor down the stairs and
out OF building that, because OF associations yet
to become classic, deserves to be saved from the
destruction soon to come upon Ii.