New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-06-03
A Summer Sensation.

1t transpires now that the monotony of
militia life is about to be enlivened by the
assembling of general courtm artial, in all
the glorious panoply of shoulder-straps and
side arms. The victim of this inquest is to
be State Senator Emile Detiege, lieutenant
colonel of the third battalion of infantry
of General Barber's brigade, against whom
elaborate charges, covering more than forty
closely written pages of legal cap, have
been prepared There are six charges and
ffty-seven specifications, in fabricating
which it appears the adjutant general has
been busily engaged ever since question
of veracity arose between these two mill
tary no:ables in the columns of the REPUB-
LICAN, out of which the latter emerged with
dropping plumage. The following is the
order convening the court:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
A6iutapt Generals Office, :
| New orleans, May 28, lS74.)
| General Orders, No.ei
| l. A general cOurtm artial is hereby ap-
| pointed to meet at the adjutant generals
| Office, No. Is Dryades street, in the city OF
New Orleans, Louisiana, on Monday, June
8, 1874, at 7:30 p. NJ, or as soon thereafter
as practicable, for the trial of Lieutenant
Colonel Emile Detiege, Third Regiment,
First Brigade, First Division, Louisiana
State National Guard, and such other per-
sons as may be brought before it.
| Detail for the Court-Brigadier General
| A. E. Barber, First Brigade l.. 5. n. G.;
Brigadier General A. s. Badger, Metropoll-
Wright, assistant inspector general, First
Division, 4. s. N. g.; Colonel William Roy,
ordnance officer, First Division, L. S. N. e.;
Lieutenant Colonel William +. Loan, aid
| de-camp, First Division, L. s. n. e.; Lieu
tenant Colonel A. A. Maurice, Second Reg
iment, First Brigade. L. S. n. g.: MAJOR
William H. Decker, A, A. G., staff, Third
zin. A: D. G., staff commando chief;
Major William II. Green, A. A. g., First
Brigade, L. s. n c.; Brigadier General
Henry c. Dibble, judge advocate; Colonel
| George z. Fernald, provost marshal.
Supernumeraries- F. c. Antoine,
A. D. c., commander-in-chief; Lieutenant
Colonel John w. Fairfax. A. D. c., First
Division, L. s. N. g.; Major Charles Mon
taldo, A. 9. NJ; Third Brigade, l.; ;. n; G.;
ade, L. s. N. G..
| No other officers than those named above
| can be assembled without unnecessary ex-
pense to the State.
By order of the cOmmander1n-chlet.
| HENRY STREET,
Adjatant General.
| Official
| T. W. DEKLYNE,
Colonel and A. A. G.
Probably o more intelligent or judicious
body of men could not be chosen from the
rolls of the militia of the State than is Sc
lected to comprise this court; but it is a
serious question whether they can afford to
devote their time for two or three months
to the trial Of this case without hope OF
reward, for there is no fund out of which
they can be paid for their valuable services.
But even if there were, it is doubtful if the
State, in its present impoverished condition,
could afford to pay $l5o day for the sake
of adjusting the adjutant generals squab-
bles with the officers of the State militia.
Perhaps Governor Kellogg had better de-
termine if he can not, by vacating few
commissions unwisely held, establish peace
in his camp.