The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-16
Hazen for Quartermaster-Generai.


The 37th section of the bill to reorgauize
the army, which was attached to the Mill
tary Appropriation bill which passed the
House at the last session Of Congress-,
provided:
THAT the chief, Of the general siar Of the stan de.
partmcnts and Of the Corps Of Eu.iuters shall be
cctcd from the army. tie Chot Enlinccf from tie
nei officers Of that corps the Surgeon Grn raj from the
officers the Medical Department above the rank "
Assistant Surgeon the Chief OF Ordnance from the Geld
officers Of ordnance and artillery, ni Mo cifJs " Tie
O,s brcss he t,G nom Tie fs fic,y, ssr y the Juteaa
" dejdts',ntA rh6h the tacin'y oeu,. of0s ime"
The last four words Of this section ex-
cited curiosity in Washington and slim
ulated Inquiry. This was soon pointed TO
the Quartcrmaster's Department by an
amendment TO the bill offered by SIR. BURN
SIDE in the Senate, retiring heads VI bureaus
between the ages OF sixty and sixty-two;"
and ere long it was an open secret that
scheme strongly backed with political iullu-
encc in Ohio supported 10y the SHEIMANs,
and to which HAYES was pledged had been
working for months to get rid ui Quarter
master-Gcneral MEIGs and make Brovot
Gen. WM. b. HAzES. Colonel OF the Sixth ln-
fantry, Quartormaster-Gonera OF the army.
Those four little words, "or OF the line, APP
pended to the 37th section, were the panel in
the wall through which this officer was
noiseessly TO glide in 10 tho head Of the
greatest Of the stan departments.
The discovery Of this scheme produced
great irritation among the best and older OIL
GERS OF the army. There is peculiar public
sentiment in the service, and Gen. HAZEN
lives under its condsmuatius, ar .unHer is
questioning. All through the army. at mess
tables and by camp fires, has been told the
story of his sudden departure from his COM
mand at Fort Buford. aud OF the reasons
which made 1t necessary. and which also in
duced his subsequent departure from the
country as military attach6 to our lega-
ton in Vienna. And all through the army
had been discussed the charges which Gen.
STANLEY had preferred against HAzEN, and
trial OF which HAZEN had the influence to
stave Off by procuring their reference to the
President as Commander-in-Chiei, and get
ting from HAYES decision that the inter-
ests Of the service would not be subServed
by putting him on trial These charges are
Swallowed in the following letter. which,
printed and in manuscript. has had a large
circulation through the army:
Wm HaseN, oSo"s' q he StIsA hVD,iy, Breed ha,o-
Gelerui;
"Ihave received the decision " the Pre- idcnt Of the
United states upon the chapcsI preferred against you
that the interests VI the service would NOS be sub.
served by conveuing general court marital to Try
you am Just well sAu fed. You know just A. well
~ DO that your trial could only have resulted m your
conviction. and where yuur case Is known, you
already convicted IN public opinion.
Inow give you fair warning. that am FULLY informed
upon your disgraccfu conduct at shiloh. ani your
shameful exit from command Fort Bgfori. and
when proper occasion offers will use the Information to
stop your career OF imposturs Your oocdcnl servant
ID >. sgANLEr
"NEv YoRK CRY sept 0, 1877"
II is thoroughly characteristic OF HAYIs's
low-toned Administration, that it should
enter into IA scheme TO take colonel Of an
infantry regiment VIGOROUSLY lying under
such grave imputations MS are contained in
this letter, and attempt 10 secretly steal
him through well concealed panel in an
act Of Congress into the Office Of Quarter
master-Gencral. Gen. HAZEN appears 10
snap his fingers at STANLEY's charges, as II
safe in the expiration OF the time within
which he could be court martaled on Them
and which, under the military statute
Of limitations. ran out on the 4th OF
lutely certain that he cannot successfully
pursue his quest Of the Quartermaster-Gen
eralship, unless he stands trial on these
charges, and is fairly aud fully acquitted.
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