National Republican., 1877-11-23
sa Fort Leavenworth wa,s depot for general army

1884 Fort Leayenworth wasa depot for general army
supplies for the whole Western country and Il was
In charge Of staf oflccr. The post guartermaster
was under the post commander, and he under the
commanding general Of the department Col.
| soldier, and could not have furnished one TO the
President OF the United States even II he had dc.
sired one. no matter how much he would have
wished to 90 50: i he had wanted an esccrt in
this case Of the trains, he could not have ordered,
but might have rscommendcd. The War De.
partmen4i ~ ordered Col. Hodges 10 readvertise in
done, and expired the latter part Of April. There
was verbal arrangement by which Mr. Stewart
should ship goods before the contract was
col. Hodges did not attend personally to the
loading Of the teams, and knew the weight Of the
lie received insrPc,sns ] ' rom he hSS var pSpaTt: S
ment to shin stores with Mr.. Stewart until ue con-
tract was executed. He could not tell whether the
teams started out bgcther or went away separ.
atcy. The authorities generally sec that the
freight r moved under the directions Of their on
cers. ond In way they may desire, and not at the
option OF anv freigh6r lie would not permit q
train IN 90 rnln his depot into an enemy's country
- he captured II he thought such would he the
case. He did not supply the train men with arms,
but thought that he had Correspondence with the
oncerS In charge Of the arsenal for arms.
Mr.. Stewart did apply to the Colonel on one occa-
sinn for ali escort for train about starting for New
Mexico, but he could not tell when that took place
The CORE, ,pondcncc was on fle in the Government
Office md the Colonel saw It some two years ago.
lie did not know whether the transportation had
been paid Tor or not but he thought that 1t was set.
yoys with troops the ordnance stores generally;
took precedence. qnartermas,ers next and so on,
but In cases of need the supplies were sent out nc-
| cording to the demand.
WHERE THE GENERALS STAY.
Gen. Butler The suffers and their supplies came
| in last
ictAttorney Wells. And get there irst.
Gen. Butler. That might have been your expe.
District lluormcy Wells. And what was yours7
Gen. Butler, on, remained behind all, where
|
col Hodges, rcsuining, said that he did not know
what was the advantage, so far as travel was con.
shortly after the team started out what had become
ofit AmeSsenger came into Fort leavenworlh. but
department Of Kansas his train had been attacked
| and the mules stnmpcded. II was understood that
the Indians had done IL. lie did not know of any
more than had been done w In this Instance, Al sS
~; understanding was that Mr. Stewart
SS not own much hmss but
port of this attack reached Col. Hodges, Gen. Cur
| It's had become sufficiently convinced of the So
worth and go out to meet the Savages. lie had
examined into the case, seen all tho papers he pos
sessed, and made a report thereon. lie had no
doubt whatever that the mules were stampeied.
| Alfred Thomas. clerk In the Department made
an examination Of the papers, aud thought there
" H. Gaines, clerk, gave testimony to the Gus.
!ody OF the papers when they were filed, the action
he toGk Oh IN regard to them and what was the cms;
not think thnt the papers submitted were orgi
nally all that had been on file.
Mr.. Charles r. Nanmell, Of the Registers Office
Treasury Dcparmcnt, produced the warrant aud
dram from that Office datG,i December in favor Of
Briant and Craig. for S600. and To show It's pay
mcnt II was cancelled. Colonel Craig, through
General Butler, admitted making the inlorsc ment
Mr.. j. W Whelplcy, paying teller, testified tn pay.
ing the draft and delivering the money TO John
Casscll.
MORE MILITARY TESTIMONY.
Maj. W. II Bacchus lived IN New Mexico in 1851
and IN July Of that year was at Fort JArncd Kan.
sas lie was captain in command of the post at
miles to Cow Creek, and 10 Cimarron Crossing Ar.
kansas River, 10 miles. From the latter place to
Fort Union it was about $50 miles. There was Il
stage communication between Fort Lurned and
Fort Union. and the road was wide and sandy. II
required from three and half 10 four day to make
the trip.
Al that time there were no military stations be-
tween Fort Larned aud Cimarron crossing. There
were about 200 Kansas volunteer. one section OF
In the fort when the Major took command at the
fort. There were four companies reported 10 him
something over 800 men. Gen. Curtis came there
July - aud brought 400 men with him. most of them
being mounted he remained one day and night,
and when he left he took away three additional
companies TO what he brought Tho Major directed
eof the remaining companies to go to Cmarron
crossing to protect trains and he received reports
from them NJ that station mp TO the last day Of An.
gust lsGi They received all their stores from Fort
Lar Larned by the Majors order. The engagement at
mnnd Of the port lie could not tell whose trains
were attacked but he sent soldiers down there three
days after TO bring tho disabled train into the post
That train had nothing to do with the train in this
case.
Gen; Butler. Oh, well, we have nothing to do
District Attorney Wells. What took place?
Gen. Butler. | object to this man swearing for
thirty miles. II mSh be done now in the day Of
the telephone, but that invention did not then ex.
list.
The witness. resuming. stated that the trains
hFat tuhf IuE hNFf frnKtN H..
did not know who they belonged to. He know
Col Craig but he was not present ut that time. lie
did not know Of II train coming there subsequently
and designated as Briants train. Demands were
frequently made on him for escorts for trains mud
he furnished II when there was q sufficient number
Gen. butler conducted the cross examination,
which was very thorough ond exhaustive, and at
the conclusion the court adjourned.
Police Court.
District cdses.-JOhn Kent profanity paid
S.. John Clark carrying concealed weapons, con.
tlnued indefinitely. Alfred Lewis, throwing stones
" or seven days. Rose Tyler, profanity, s.. Fred
erick Hayes, car driver paid IS for using "cuss'
words. William Rcgan paid s. for being loud and
boisterOus. John scmitz swclled the District
treasury with u V for using cuss" words. William
Thomas will be released from the farm three days
before Christmas Us he was proven to he, "ynQ"
Anna Thompson was discharged from custody, as
u was not proven that she was profane, Julia
was sent on her way rejoicing
UJitod States cdsrs-fhomas Osborne, charged
with stealing n bar of lead from tho District
government His employer made statement
which influenced His Honor to impose only
small fine IS being fixed as the penalty. in default
fifteen days. Henry II, Cassday, stealing some
grapes and figs from johnson n Co., on Ninth
street ordered to pay fine ufS or spend hfteen
days In jnil. Charles Matthews convicted of the
larceny Of a gun from Mr.. Matthews. Gallant was
sentenced To pay n fine Of s., which was done by
his employer and he was discharged. Carrie
II. Lewis, same, continued til Saturday Theo.
dorc Gill, same, continued to same day.
SenRtor Pattersou's Case.
The Equity Court room was lighted up last
night for the first time since the Board of Alder.
men met IN that chamber under the old city cor.
poration regime. This exception 10 the usual legal
routine of the court was occasloned by the desire of