Daily Kennebec journal., 1879-05-09


There are seven hundred men at work now
on the granite operation, here. This II prob
ably one of the best summer resorts in Maine.
The island i twelve miles long. has gool
carriage road: the ftrmin.. i, good. and there
is plenty of game. Boarding and hotel ac-
Communications may he secured at a moderate
price one house alone will accommodate 200
guests. The population OF the island i, 2s,u.
4 monument To Gen. Wool i now being
made here. which will he tho largest in the
United States.
Mr.. Enron l did not intend to spend
any more time upon the new functionary ut
the State House and would not now. only h.
asks for my military record, which however
] decline to give But when | ann candi-
date for petty position held by a MANNED
soldier. and my friend, enforce my claims by
bringing forward terrtbiY i0ceJated iin,5
which never had, and magnify my soldier
record in order to justify the removal, then il
will be proper to investigate my wound, AMI
overhaul my military record if | have one.
and not till then.
certainly was not aware that service in
the Invalid Corps was so arduouS a. DIR. l..
would have Us believe. knew private
soldier who wounded himself IN the leg for
the sake of being transferred to it, but hore
Dr. l.. will not hasten to deny that he was the
one who did it. for no insnuation to that ct-
feet is intended any more than there was that
he enlisted for the sake of a large bounty
Personally | never knew much about the III
valid Corps, a. never belonged to it. bat
always regarded il as q sort of asylum or hos
pital where wounded soldiers, as well rs bum
ners were well paid for being taken care of.
Perhaps the course of young Pike.
son Of d. +. Pike, Esq. of this city
may have made some impression on my mind.
After having lost a leg in the service, he was
transferred to the Invalid Corps, and sent II
Pennsylvania But one day he appeared he
fore Secretary Stantonat Washington and was
reprimanded for being absent from his cont
mand without leave. Ilptold Mr.. Stanton he Ill
not enlist to he sent to the coveted retreat of
cowards out for active service. and asked to
be sent to the front, and his request was i'm
mcdiatelv granted. Now DIR. l.. pray don't
spend time to deny that cowardicc carried
you into the invalid Corps for no such thing
is hereby minated any more than there was
that YOU received biz bounty or mutilatcd
yourself
DIR. l.. SAYS he received only fifteen dollars
bounty, while others in towns around him
received hundred dollars. N0.v for person
who assumes to have mastered the whole sub
ltct O1 HnaUtt, tHl> WbiiH Ut tdlttu very
poor fnancering but the Doctor perhaps
was over-consciontious, and knew better than
ANYBODY else what his services would proba-
bly, be worth to the government.
shall not pursue the subject farther. The
Doctor in effect, has owned that his appoint
meni had nothing to do either with his mill
tary record or disability from service, and
that is all that claimed, and only wished
that the matter should stand upon its merits
Gen. Harris, republican, was removed be-
cause his place was wanted by Dr. Lauca>-
ter. who was not Gen Harris was Grip
pied soldier, and the people of Maine are yet
disposed to be very tender towards such, and
fearing the effect upon party, the opposition pa
pers tried to make it appear that his successor
was equally or more disabled than he. Nobody
blamed DR.. Lancaster for this, but in order
to set the matter right before the public, it
was necessary to compare the military record
and disability Of the two persons, which |
tried to do with such data as was accessible.
The Doctor chose TO pick it up. and to what
extent have been "driven to the wall"
leave the intelligent reader to judge.
ONIcRoS.