The New York herald., 1879-03-13
GENERAL FITz JOHN PORTER.
THE INQUIRY REoPENED AND FINALLY CLOSED
NEW DISPATCHES ADMITTED

THE INQUIRY REoPENED AND FINALLY CLOSED
NEW DISPATCHES ADMITTED
The Board of army officers composed Of Generals
J. NJ Schofeld and A. H. Terry, and Colonel @. w.
Getty-appointed by the Secretary of War to consti
tute court Of inquiry in the case Of General Fitx
John Porter. reasscmbled yesterday morning at half
past ten o'clock in the Army Buildings. Houston
street. The reasseinbling Of the Board was quito
unexpected by the public. because the
closing arguments in the matter had been made last
January and the proceedings then declared to bc at
an end. 1t reoponed at the request of tho petit
toner, who. not satisfied with the case it stood
wished to substitute on the records deliberately
amended argument for the printed one submitted
last June on his behalf by counsel, composed Of
Messrs. Built. of Philadelphia. and Choato and
Matby, of this city. The petitioner, accompanied
by the last two named gentlemen, before tho
Board yesterday. Major A. b. Gardner, recorder Of
the proceedings appeared for the government
General G. W. Morell. formerly division conf
mander in Porters corps, aud some other officers Of
the regular service, were present. The business of
the day did not commence for hour after tho time
set down for It. The members OF tho Board were not
The President announced the Boards readiness to
receive evidence. and in reply Mr.. Maltby
stated that since the last adjournment the petitioner
had got further evidence in the form OF leaves
from the record book OF Captain Pratt. who had
been adc-de-csmp to General Pope. Ono paper
stituted entire order written by Gencraf Mo-
Dowe1l, and the other fragment of an order from
the same officer These papers ran as follows:-
have just your last order telling take
Kingl OF this is but temporary and have
dcrod Porter 20 place King his right that have
him when you say So l. MCDOWELL.
It'll atc This morning was told by Reynolds that Kings
wch and Sges TO Evansville. Surprising these orders
from loft Reynolds the left OF Siecl and
came here 10 and my two divisions. lnd
here that King came here his order, finding him-
self ovcrmachod aud Ricketts, the Kings division
Is getting supplies OF food and ammunition, and will bo
not heard Rickctts this
morning but understand that he Is coming here II was
Very respectfully, IRWIN MCDOWELL, M. q.
DOCUMENTS RECORDED.
After some argument between counsel and Re-
corder 10 decided TO let tho foregoing matter 20
upon the records. not being in evidence. but rs
forming part of dispatches that had been written by
General Mcdowell on the 18th OF August. 1853.
Mr.. Maltby wanted to introduce on the record IN
extract from the address OF General McDowcll to his
court Of inquiry into this case In is03. The
Recorder entered his objections to the intro
duction of tho extract, on the ground
that it had not been submitted before
the hnal adjournment Of the Board In january. Tho
Board thought that IL might 30 on the records. Tho
Recorder stated that since the last sitting he had dis
covered several papers aud witnesses that could go
on the records and that he would not have brought
up had not counsel wanted to Introduce new matter
now.
General schoncid. In declaring the closed.
thanked the Recorder and counsel for the completely
satisfactory manner in which thoy had discharged
their respective duties.