Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-07
JEROME'S TRIAL.
A Court Martial Convened to- Try an Army
Ofacer-The Members Present, but the
Accused Absent.

A Court-Martial Convened to Try an Army
Ofacer-The Members Present, but the
Accused Absent.
A court-mar4ial To the uninitiated there's
mystery about the combination of the two
words When further complicated with the
addition of drum head-court-martial the sound
ing mystery in its magnitude becomes appal-
ling. A court-martial is military institution
fossilzed in rigid formality, as far back as the
adoption of the ''mutiny act" by the British
parliament. Magma Charta isn't older or more
venerable. court-martlal commenced at
department headquarters yesterday by virtue
of the following order:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF DAKOTA,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 8, 1878.
Special Orders No. las.
(ExrRAor.)
l. general court-matial is hereby appoint
ed to meet at St. Paul, Mimi, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ. on Monday, the 9th day of January, 1879,
or soon thereafter practicable, for the trial
of such persons may be brought before it by
authority from these headquarters.
DETAIL FOR THE COURT.
l. Lieutenant Colonel Pinkney Lugenbeel,
First infantry.
2. Major R. E. A. Crofton, Seventeenth in
fantry.
8. Captain I. D. DeRussy, First infantry.
4. Captain Charles A. Wikoff, Eleventh in
fantry.
5. Captain Henry B. Freeman, Seventh in
6. Captain Constant Williams, Seventh in
fantry.
7. Captain Warren @. Beach, Eleventh in
fautry.
Major Thomas f. Barr, Judge Advocate
U. s. A., Judge Advocate.
No other officers than those named can be as
sembled without manifest injury to the service.
By order of Brigedier General Terry, COM
handing the department..
G. W. RUaGIEs,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Necessary to the proper organization is long
table. At one end the president, senior officer,
is seated, at the other end the chief advocate
questions, advises and promulgates. The seat
to the presidents right is occupied by the next
nifty is preserved in this way until
every seat has an occupant. Thir-
teen seats il full court, if not,
five or any number, who be assembled
without manifest injury to the service con-
stitutes body able ito try and determine,
without favor, Partially or Affection" Law
deals with facts, but military law induces the
ction, without manifest injury to the SER
vice." when corps of able bodied officers are
anxious to participate in ''the mature delibera-
t1On, IL IN a city.
The court, yesterday, was organized, seated,
ETC.. according to custom, at 10 o'clock A. NJ
The President-''Mr. Judge Advocate, what
have you to present to the court?''
Judge Advocate-'I have but one set OF
charges. those preferred against Second Lieut..
Lowell b. Jerome, Second United States cavalry
The accused has not arrived yet
and, in consequence, 1 have no business
to present to the court. Lieut.. jerome was
ordered on the 18th ult. to report here and in
compliance with the order left his post, For
Ellis. Since then nothing has been heard oil
him.
Several hazarded the opinion that he hao
gone East to New York to confer with his fami
ly and friends before his arraignment.
The President-''As we haven't any business
l presume an adjournment is in order. say un.
til next Wednesday,"
Judge Advocate-Rather to meet at the cal
of the president.
Capt. Williams-Just here. want to know
IT that will take me back to Fort Snelling?a
Judge Advocate-If the adjournment is fol-
three days it will.
The President-Do you want to go?
Capt. .Williams-I do not.
The President-Well then, keep quiet and
vote "a visible smile of the facial kind al
round) we may meet again this afternoon to-
morrow or next day.
The motion to adjourn was put and carried
So court-martial isn't such dreadful
secret affair after all.