Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1879-03-08

other up with snoring.
The case of Private Hines, briefly
stated, is this: He was stationed with
his company at Aiken, S. c., in 1876,
and while asleep his tent caught fire,
from no carelessness of his, and his
trousers and blanket were damaged
to their full value" as certified TO by a
Court o; Survey appointed by the COM
manding officer. The "full value" of
the articles was 1868 Agratuitous is
sue of pair of trousers and blanket
was made to Hines by order of the
Department Commander; and mere
began the trouble. In the first
place, Zines was not in condition to
aprrear on parade-even for the perpose
of intimidating the Ku-Klux of South
Carolina, and something had to be done.
The accident was reported to the Ser
geant, who reported it to his Captain,
who reported it to the Commander of
the Department He ordered Board
of Survey to estimate the damage. A
First Lieutenant was detailed as Piesi-
dent, and Second Lieutenant IS Re-
corder. This Board sat, so TO speak, on
Private Illness trousers and blanket,
and they made a report in due form
As before stated, a gratuitous issue of
the articles followed, and it is supposed
Hines was satisfied The returns of the
issue were forwarded from one officer to
another until they reached the Quarter
master-General This officer (Gen.
Meigs) disallowed the issue for want of
the approval of the Secretary of War
So the articles were charged against the
pay of Private Hines.
Here the correspondence began in
earnest. Illness Captain wrote to the
Acknowledgement of the Army asking
the permission of the Secretary OF War
to credit Hines with the money value
of the articles. Gen. Townsend, the
essence of military propriety, returned
the letter to Hines's Captain through
Department Headquarters, calling his
attention to Paragraph 451, Army Reg
ulations, and saying that no gratuitous
issue of clothing could be made
except as provided in General
Orders SO of 1867 and No. % of 1868.
On its way through the military lines,
Gen. Ruger ordered lis Adjutant- Gen.
eral to say that there was something
defective in the Board of Survey. When |
it reached the hands Of the Post Adiu- |
tant he slaps on an Endorsement, and |
directs the Captain of Company + to |
report the facts. The Captain of Com
pany T was Thomas j. Lloyd. The
Post-AGjutant made his endorsement, |
u BY order of Capt. Thomas J. Lioyd:''
And Capt. Lloyd returned to the Post
adult ant long Endorsement explaining
the circumstances and recommending
that all the papers be sent to the Secre-
AIRY of War. "w with aview of having the
,ase brought to the attention of the
proper Committee Of Congress-" This
Endorsement is made as the Commander
Of Company F, and is sent to himself as
the post He makes an
,ther Endorsement in the latter capacity.
md invites attention to his last indorse-
nent. The sixth Endorsement is by Gen.
tuger, commanding the Department of
he South. He recommends to the Ad-
that Congress be solicited
o pass an act covering the case, and in
.ited attention to Capt. Lloyd's explana-
ion. The seventh Endorsement is by
Winfield S. Hancock, Major General ,
the Division of the Allan
lc. He merely invites the attention of
leu. Townsend to the previous indorse.
nents; and then Gen Townsend in !
orses the papers To the Secretary of
Var. ael-ta +,
Among the papers is mass of orders 1
nd reports-some by Paymaster I
'oches ter, some by Deputy Quarter c
laster-General Ekin, and some from /
ther officers, showing how and by v
HON the issue was made. A year age S
Ne Secretary of War sent copy of all !
lese documents and Endorsements to i
le House OF Representatives, and re-
'eetfully requested "the sanction of n
ongress for tneissue of said clothing.r t
he documents were referred to the {