Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-03-30
The Piatt-Shern1an : fair.

ID: icuc.a replies as fellows:
Now, g 10 Gel Dom Plat; have never
kc1aa tin Cor Do war: to. During tie VAT
| a.7er heard # bin at Shiloh, EIcksburg,
Iba,;auooas. Atlanta CT tlsas mere where there
vas 6ghtiog and danger. | understand be be.
!oog.d 70 TIA: uob!s army OF martyrs who SUI
fcred as provost mzr:hal=, Judge advocates AID
suffers at the rear. His prudence is to be
commended, but as historian be should be
more u ,dest. We bsva bis word fer it that
be was 10 youth trained By Chri-tian pareots
uot 10 swear, but We have ca y aud weekly
p.oot that be violates al! the o;h9r Line COM
u ndmeuts. Thu shalt DOT baar false vii.
LESS against thy neish0ot is oue Ct the com
uandneuts which surely be does cot even pro-
f=:s TO ob-y. His trade, occupation and live:i.
ho0d are based 90 personal defamation. Hon.
e.. man pjiy Coz. Thomas Worthiogton, 0u,
.inpiy despise DoDn P!at,. He quotes me- as
calling Iii; brother 10 Law, General Banning,
damned i6iyt. lie must have Invented the
expression, for It does noi couvey ny mea1los.
The first Army bill reported By Gen. Bsn-
uicg c5nssned tie pr0vlso that 10 case OF the
failure Of the House t. make the usual appEo
p1ia;lon iJr the army 1t should be dlsbanded. -
declared this absolute fJly aud may have
used the wcri 'dsmoed, which Is good word
when appropriately used. Tor this clause has
since been dauoei by the Military COMMITTEE
Of bich be i: chairman, aud DC longer forms
part # the bill COW paodiog. The Army b'!i
and the Pay bill have already undergone 50
macy changes that DO man kGoHs 10 day eI
sc.y how they stand. Bat Gcp. BanGlog :
frs: Army bill contained some good features
ADD soma bad features, al OF which will 10 good
,irJe be aciad 90 by Congress, and Eheo the
bill assumes he form Of law DO man will be
pr0npter than | 10 ob:y. Bat while II Is 40
open question holl the parties Interested have
as much right to our opinions as other Amerl-
can cltlZ:Ds.
"Perso1aI;y Ike Geo. Bindiog very much,
and if [ evtr applied a0g harsh term 10 him |
apologize, but did and 60 pro5ouoce the first
army bill reported by bin as disorgaoizog and
unjust 10 the army itself. There haye been a
dczen or moro changes made. sloce, all OF which
seem for the better bur / still do contend
that a reduction to 1000 enlisted men vii!
| fore. the P!e:ii:1, 10 abandon much Of our ter.
ritory to wild aud savage 1l1.o:. favor the
| most rigid economy and know that the aEmy Is
patriotic. aud tina, if Congress will enact re
duclion OF ). ID or - per capt. of a! salaries,
civil and military alike. 10 compliant will c5ue
| from the army. Bu: 10 =iogc ou: the army
pspab!y utilst.
Mr.. Plat', 10 an ioerricR with reporter Of
| the Washington Post, responds 70 he Genera!
a. follows:
"W. T. Shcrmac, General, charges that he
| did GOT ride along the avenue with folded arms
while poor Tom burlington WAS 90 foot tell
| ing Lis pteous tale. He also says his horses
are not bays, cor am | at liberty to suppose
they arc high s1epperS. He tells us, too, that
! be has Dot ridden alorg the avenue tor two
weeks. | may have been mistaken as 10 the
day, but | can tell W. I. Sherman, General,
that be never has ridden along the avenue With
| Col. Ton thereon, when the latter vas rot
telling his story and can say further for bis
| better information, that he never Cid pass COL.
| Tom on the aveuue or anywhere else that the
| door old man did cot shaka bis aged fit at him
| aud use pro!anc language. | don't say after
this that half the story vas true as told 1t, for
| am ready to make aft 1avlt, after the state.
ment as to the color Of the horses. that three.
| quarters of the story was solid fact.
"Ofa ike sort is bis varia;oo-;o use mild
tern-of the conduct of the toIty sixth Ohio ct
Shiloh. All that said or mean to say-and
am prepared to prove it: that Col. Wonh.
ipgton held the key point of that horrible slaugb
ter field, aud his was the only resin that an
| tcipatcg fight, was ready tor the enemy. The
stoat old mao beld hi: position, az BaauIegard
testiies, until other regiments were formed aud
brought to bis support. a. f5c W. l. Shcr
map, General, he was at Ii; heaGq 1srters On
that fatal day when D, Haas ga!!oped 10 from
the trout ADD told him the enemy Eas Don him
10 force. w. I. Sherman, General, pooh.
pcohed Co., D, Haas, as be has pooh po0htd
me-, as be pooh pooh5 e7ely;hlog except Ills
salary but the friog became 50 coDunuou=
and heavy that be vas forced TO mount his
horse, and riding with Col. DE- Hass he saw
| from the ri.i0g grou5d the Storm bursting 90
his unprotected camp. a0d then be threw up
bis head aod cried. My God. That Is all h.
did with bis head that day. hlIe he was
ga!Iopiog about, more crazy than ever, II posi-.
bic, the Low despsed and neglected old Iom
Worthi0gton was pounding away. As tor The
court MARTA! and the charges OF druukeauess
AID c9uduct uobccomlDg 40 oflcer and g"n'
llenan (old Col. Tom never did claim to be
gen'lemab; he cooteDtcd hlms@lt with beng
soidi@r), they were all set aside: aDd Col.
Tom was summary dismissed oy L5co!n at
the Ds,iga;ion of Gen. HaEecK, OF secuted
memory.
There is a curious anccI0te connected with
Lincoln's memorandum, published by w. /.
SQelmaD, UcUcIdl, III iSltCi' w ~ A@.c
coin told Wor,hiugtou that be was % Colooel,
Worthipgon burst out laughing and replied;
Look here, Dir. President, 10 the army | have
got good reputation Tor veracty, but if | 60
back and tell the boys that you made such
remark as that they will call me id liar.
l Wish you would put it 10 writing so | can
show it 70 them That was the request upon
which Mr.. Lincoln made the memoranduu.
II shall publish the letter of "; !. Sherman
General with comments, because W. T.. She:-
man Ganersl says he has never heard Of me ::
sny point where there was danger and f2htiEg.
l suppose that is based on the fact that he never
turned up st such places, snd consequently they
could not nave been dangerous. Maybe never
was at any point where there was lighting, but
would like to remind W. T. Sherman, General,
that was st mis- elbow at First Bull Run, srd
l will say of him Whist he has lot been kind or
generous enough to say Of me, tbs. wss pro-
foundry impressed with his courage. AS we ap'
Bull Run and halted nst on the 1 6 6p
hind tho trees and brush, w. T. Sherman,
General, then Colonel, rode to within 8. short