, 1879-02-07

Wsr.isss ~ Nnx HGsot,} Ham5.h} LOT un'.e4 n.atee
scntl, United States Attorney for The Northern
District Of New York; Jatnea Torrans, for
United States Marshal for the Eastern District
6tatcs Marshal Of the Northern District OF
Florida; Decus 8. Wade, for Cllief Justicr ot
fltc Supreme C0urs OF Muntann; aid John B.
Allen. for United States Attorney in Washing.
ton Territory.
REGULARS VS.VOLUNTEERS.
HOW JEALOUSY CAUSED VOLUNTEER 70 n
cAsainRED rnoM THE RzouLAR AHMr--rnn
CASE or CAPT. HUNT. 0F MINNESOTA.
hpectdi Nu,aseh to The TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. G--Thc senals
Military Committee has decided 10 recommend
TINT Capt. Thomas b. Hunt, formerly Of tho
Fourth Minnesota Volunteers, and subsequently,
Of tlie regular army, ought to b. restored to hls
rank ana gradc on the rolls Of tic army; and
therefore present bill to that effect, With ths
provision. however, that bfs pay shull commence
only from the datc Of his reAppo,utment,
The Committee, tn reporting tho case. said
that during the War, important aiid oucrous
duties werc imposed upon Capt. Hunt, uni
trusts Of vast magnitude conndcd to him. Al
tl'ysc trusts wcrc faithfully discharged.
at IL claimed by Capt. Hunt that there exist
on tho part ut many officers In tho rra1.lar
army, for the reason that he was commissioned
from lhe VOLUNTEER service, with all the adyan-
tags of hls long tgrm Ut eervlcc tterc!d.
Thc records Ut tic ruurt-tnartiAI which sen-
tcnced him to be cashierel Indicate that this
claim j. not without foundation. Ho wua
charged iu substance with tho cnbczzlcalent Of
thltty-vc cords Of wood belonging to tho
proper orlcrs; with aclltnE or ctnbexzlinr T. 1e8
pounds 81 Government e utn to one L. g. Bour.
ret; 9,ol7 sound, tSone ;3,t G; 2. Wheeler; 90
Mr. uagcr; null with drawing from the public
moneys a1i,l appivlng to h's own uso s65; also
with draMtng check f9r said SUN u eto (which
failing to show to le inspecting officer uIat thu
satd Sis check had been drawn mil was ousstaat-
Ing.
| ty and imputed crime to Capt. Hunt t1ley wrro
proved u b. untrue, und to have bad their foWn-
dutfon in transactions that have grown un It Ill
the frontier posts. OF the -Quar.ermsstorh
loanng temporarily to contractors Or cttlzuus
in diatfces for the same, who nrc responsth1c,
gratn unsl foraxe. to he returned sooi, NJ such
parties arc supplied. ln this case alt tho gram
uht forage wcsu returned. And in alt cases
where the satnc WIS luancd, It WIS charged 10
the proper parties OH boo1 III tbs Quarter
1nnster's ofllco, which book ts at alt times open
to the inspection OF all officers. These loans OF
! gra!n were OPEN transactiuus: known and up
proved By lnspcctors and all otllcers ot rank,
asid the custom Of 10 aiding ctixcns In d|etresH
On the Ecmuto frontier has existed In the army
! from ttmo imn'eniortal, Is appears by tue eyt-
ucllcC III LIE cA6ts
"In REGARD to the thrty-dvc cords Of wood,
the rccur.l shows that Cant. Hunt claims he WAS
aoeent from the post OF Fort bcwara 90 tho
day of tllo ars1ya! Of thu wooa-tratn. and that his
only instruction TO tho wood-eonteac,or
contractor To-, receive thu same snd
deliver Il 70 the post, ahout oue-half mfle
.ltstuut. Whatever tho Instructions Of Capt.
| Hunt to thu wo0ltontr4cLor may have been, II
Is certain from Tho recor4 that all said wood
was delivered Gy ltn to the post, and tho G0y-
| ernulcnt sustained uo loss In connection there
With; nlrl the record In tho co.lrt-martin! caxo
suetaIna Capt. l1uut upon this puuL
"lu relation to tho charge Of ntlaappltcatIon
OF tt5, it ID enough thut tic Government rerord
| sloHs c0uclusiye1y that no Misrepresentation
was made and no loss sustained by the Uul&cd
States. The stubs ot Cant Hunts official ehcIk-
books coHrspunied with his accounts with tho
! Assistant Treasurer OF thD UAite4 &tasos ut
thIsuGo, 1n reviewing tic proceedings u tho
| ce'urt.uartial, the Secretary OF War usrs The
| following language, viz: Upon tho reco,nHlen-
datiuns vi seYg0 members jtha court xas ron-
posetl Of ught], based On tliu fact that tls Cor
| crua,ent hua not sustained any pceuuiary loss
| In consequences OF the offcnses Of the accused,
the auu imposed (which Was 81, ,0oot u remit
| ted
ut lsimpos&ih'o for the Committee 10 COM
prehend how the offcnses chasged--embckzle
ulent md saie Of property Alal misappllcatlon
| 1f Government funds-tau exist and tue Gov
crNucnt hukt&,n no loss. It IL ~ dililcut to sco
| l.ow such uffctaea, When luund, Can justify I
sentence OF 'CaaheEinE,' when, IN the oplnlou
Ut tho Court and ti,r Secretary OF War, hby
arc nut sufficient 10 Justify ttnc."