The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-11-09

Two weeks ago the RepU blicans Of Leav.
enworth issued an address TO the voters Of
Kansas, Of which the following certificate
formed part:
WHAT THE SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN TIL
BATTERY THINK OF GEORGE I. ANTHONY.
The following list embraces the names o.
the members of the 18th n. y. Battery il
Medina and Shelby Center. y. y. Only
three members Of that Battery declined tc
sign:
SHELBY CENTER, \. Y, /
Oct 2nd, 1876. !
The undersigned, members Of the 18th
New York Battery, served under Capt. Geo
L. Anthony nearly three years:
The battery, for nearly two years, laid al
or near the City OF Washington. His char
acter, from our observation during oul
time Of service, is that of a coward. lie
was tyrannicaI, cruel and oppressive 10 his
men, often inficting upon them excessive
and unjust punishment. We believe that
he holds several thousand dollars Of money
realized from the sale Of rations of which
We were deprived. We believe that he ha
money raised by subscription fer the pur
pose Of embalming comrades Hunt and
Fuller, that has never been paid to the
embalmers. II is our belief, and we think
The impression prevails throughout our
community, that ne is destitute Of business
integ.ily, morally dishonest, and that he
left our village on account Of the feeling
Of dislike and hatred openly expressed
against him.
CHAN ELIICoTT, j.. +. ZIMMERMAN,
WILLIAM LOIER, AVERY A. SMITH,
N. NJ. FDMUNDs, y. l.. HUXLEY,
JOHN w. BLEEKyAN, CHARLES MACE.
Another circular, the .ame as the above,
dated Medina, October Is, 1876, is signed
by twelve more members OF the battery,
to-wit:
S. w. PrTTs, ON. GOULD,
LUKE WALDRoN, ID. e. HENIoN,
DAVID McCARGAR, A. ID. PAUL,
OWEN MCCoLLUs, CHAs. &. STRATToN,
FRED. REaDEE, ID. c. HINES,
II. PITEEE, LYON NREELAND.
George I. attempts to break the force Of
the foregoing certificate signed by twenty
men OF his battery by the following Infamous
assault upon the signers. We copy from
George rs letter, dated Wichita, Kansas,
October 50, 1876:
The good name OF the battery will hardly
he furnished, nor my honesty or faithful
mes in connection Herewith, be harmed by
the deserte-s, bounty Jumpers and dead
beats, every one Of whom have been found
TO bear testimony against II and me-
The truth is, that the strongest and
warmest relations of esteem and confidence
grew up and still exists between all true
and faithful soldiers of my command.
At a meeting held at the Opera House
in this city, October "a, George T. first ut
tered these infamou, charges, which were
published in papers advocating his cause.
THE INFAMOUS SANDER REFUTED.
We at once sent copies of all charges
against George T., and also his defense to
Lieut.. II. E. Sickles, formerly First
Lieutenant Of George 7. Anthony's battery,
md al present Reporter of the Court Of
Appeals for the State of New York, and
received the following reply:
ALBANY, y. y, DC. 81, 1S76.
ID. H. AntioHy, Esq.,:
DEAR SIR Il have examined printed
slips purporting to be statements OF twenty
men formerly belonging to the Eth \. Y.
volunteer battery of light artillery, OF
which battery was First Lieutenant.
As you are aware, | have absolutely de-
clined TO have anything 10 do with any
statements affecting the character OF Geo.
I. Anthony, late Captain of that battery,
although feeling / was much wronged and
in many ways injured by him while under
his command, simply for tie reason that
do not believe 1T returning evil for evil,
and have no inclination TO iDjure him. i
cannot refuse, however, to answer, by an
emph site denial, any aspersions upon the
characters of the brave and patriotic men
who served in that command, and to testify
10 their character when called upon.
Not one of the men whose names are ap-
pended TO those two statements, lone dated
shelby Center, \. Y, October %, 1876"
and enc dated Medina, \. Y, October Is,
1876 was ever deserter nor was he ever
accused as such. Not one of them who
held an Office, was ever reduced to the
ranks. On the contrary, all of them were
excellent soldiers, ard as such
were horora6ly discharged. One of them,
\. S. Huxley, was quartermaster all
through our term of service, and a most
faithful, honorable and faithful one he was. |
Another, S. W. Pitts, was sergeant in my
section, promoted from the ranks, and held
that position when discharged, and no bra |
yer or more gallant soldier served in the |
Union ranks.
! would further say that have in NV |
possession, the muster-out roll of the bat |
terry, which fully corroborates, as far as the |
records can, the statements above made.
Two OF these men, whose names are at |
tached TO the statement, Fred. Remdee and |
NJ. Pitree, do not appear on the muster-out |
roll; can't account for the omission, as |
their names are on the payroll, for May
and June We being mustered out in june. |
Among the names attached TO the statements
are those of some of the very best men in
our command, and all are honorable and |
respectable men, infinitely superior in every.
hing that makes up moral worth 10 their
bid Captain. ii. T. SlcKIEs.
We also addressed letter TO the Adiu-
OF New York, for informa-
ion as 10 The character of the soldiers who
had been thus rudely assailed by their late
Captain. To which We received in reply
he following official document:
'EN'L HEAD QUARTERS, STATE OF y. Y,
AmUTANT GENERALS OFFICE.
Albany, October 81. 1876.
hereby certify, that it appears from the
ecords OF this office, that the following
FAMED men, enlisted in the 18th Indepen-
lent Battery n. y. S. Volunteers, and were
discharged therefrom, and mus
cred ont of the United States service at the
a.es set opposite their respective names, as
Ollows: q
CHANCELLOR ELLICOTT, enlisted
august p, 1862 discharged June L., 1865
WILLIAM LOZIER, enlisted August
S, 1862 DISCHARGED June II, 1865.
MORTON NJ. EDMONDS, enlisted Aug
st 20, 1862; discharged June IL, 1865.
LYMAN F. ZIMMERMAN, Com. Sar-
ent, enlisted August p, 1862; discharged
une u, 1865.