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was on duty at the stables in Tort Leayen-
worth when a fire broke ont there. \ tent
near by contained this faithful soldier 5
clothes, which he coull easily have saved but
duty forbade him to leave his post. The
tent was burned and Patrick clothes with
it. \ few weeks after. Private Noonan sent
up a petition for compensation Tor his
| burned garments The petition went first
10 his company commander. then TO the post
quartermastcr. then TO the post a3iutant
each of whom, in turn. approved it without
| hesitation The claimant felt sure Of his
new uniform. But that was year ago,
and though the business has gone on pros
peronsly and with no ay0iiabie delay, bis
new coat has not been ordered.
Nelson \. Miles, colonel 18th infantry.
next considered Patrick 5 petition, approved
and transmitted il for the action OF the de-
partmeut commander. This was getting on
iamously General Pope was to decide
whether Private No0nan should have new
pair Of trousers. But this momentous ques-
lion was too much Tor the General L Wi
liams. Assistant Adiutant-G General, referred
it, d" by command OF General Pore. to the
chief quartermaSter Of the department,
Stewart Van ' let, who " remarked " that
the subject matter of the petition was cover
ed By paragraph s.. appendix B. Of revised
army regulations. 1863. With tins remark
the papers went back to Williams, Assistant
Adjutant General, who sent them back to
the regimental commander with copy Of
General Order No. l3, War Departmental and
direction that the requirements Of that
order should be complied with. In obedience !
to this order a board of survey was called. |
over which Captain Samuel Oyenshine |
presided. The board reported unani- |
mously that the petition should be granted, |
and a wiser man than Patrick might reason /
ably have thought that hi new garments |
would be issued in a day or two But his |
papers had merely come back for fresh
start, and were bound on much longer |
journey than they had yet had
The report Of the board was forwarded to
the assistant adjutant general Of the de-
partment Of the Missouri. General pope
then gave his great mind for the third time
to the consideration OF this weighty matter
II was still too much for him. however and
the papers, bulky package by this time.
written, with Endorsements regu-
lar, and precisely the proper quantity of red
tape, tied after the most approved fashion,
went to p. H. Sheridan. Lieutenant General
Commanding. Little Phil found the prob
lem too tough for him, and referred it to E.
D. Townsend, Adiutant General lie sent
he formidable manuscripts to the Judge
Advocate General, and from him they went
o Quartermaster General Meigs for a GER
raj review Of the whole matter At this
,0lnt. the military authorities, except Gen
raj Sherman, having all tried their hands {
t tie settlement of the problem. it was
urned over to the Secretary of War. He
)rwarded the petition with It's accumula- {
ions to the House Of Representatives, in l
)rming that body that relief could only be {
iven by new legislation, the War DEPART
lent having no authority to replace Private
CONAN 5 garments. \ Joint resolution was '
zen prepared by somebody and referred to
&c committee on military affairs, where {
reposes Tor the present. It remains TO be ,
en, whether or Nc Congress viii find itself G
pOwer.esS in this emergency - tie United |
atcs army or if nothing short Of an amend |
ent to the Constitution will supply Private i
CONAN with 4 new coat and trousers. b
The recent publication Of Gen Lee let X
r to Jefferson Davis, after the battle of e.
sttysburg. Offering to resign his commits 81
IN. has called out another letter written d
Gen. Longstreet 10 a relative, a few days
ter the defeat, which appears in the New
leans Republican. In it Longstreet says Is
1T the battle was not fought according to III
idea, and as he advised the commander III
chief. His plan was to throw the rebel q
my between the Union forces and WASH ~
,tOn. select strong position and force :.
n. Meade to fight at a disadvantage. Tie y
tier is confident that the victory would ~
re been won by the Confedera,es and then ,a
ashin.ton would have fallen into their u
nds. After that they could have dictated III
h terms as thew pleased, or at any rate
secuted the remainder of the war under
more favorable circumstances. His ad-
e, however, was disregarded. Lee hurled
army against the Union batteries at Get tire
burg, and there read his doom in the re,
ken columns of his troops. In 1864, Lee Hs
,te to Long<reet " Had taken your
ice lat Gettysburg) instead of pnrsu- tn
the course did, how different all might say
c been - W.;
IT, Bowen may be well founded in his rae
Mon. bnt how can he acquit himself in % a
eyes OF the community tor not long ago ma,
lging forward the evidence upon which ,
based, and thus giving res; to dis
ting and unsavory scandal2 Mr.. Bow oy
unsupported opinion now cannot end Dus
sickening controversy. -PrOridenoe Iai
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