New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-30

| The line OF examination then turned 10 General
Hazens testimony before the Congressional Committee
BY the will ask you what If any, I'M
Outstanding you had with General Coburn chairman OF
the Military Committee OF the House of Representatives,
in regard to your testimony before that commit zee on
the subject Of posttradershps, In 1927 Al under
stood from him. and always believed that was to tes
! that testimony should not be published ~,
Q-1wil ask II you had any correspondence Tth MN
tbs, assurance II so, state with whom Al received
from General Garfield letter In when 30 ,,
name should not be known in connecoh with that mat
/ ter OF poSt-tradershps 49, ,...or
Oh will ask you whether OF not yo' have ietter
from General Stanley in reference 70 the cor, @ce NJ
fair. and il so, how you came 10 have ~ Al ha'o
General Mcmahon objected. IL do not he said
like to object 10 ANYTHING asked TINS wines Ou
unimporant In The decision OF tbs ease euu ui ,h
piection reluctanty bur for the purpose of keeping the
issue down az far as practicable to the question before
| the Court do tins with reluctance, because re.ze
the noson of the witness and think 1t necessary that
| he should have opportunity to make every e&P""'
The Judge-Advocate replied that he asked the aues
ton in the line OF what be believed to he me d
Of his duty. After BRIEF dlscusslon the oou'
| not 10 admit the question
A LONG CRosS-EXAMINATION.
! The crossexamination was then opened by eenerai
| Mcmahon.
o-At the battle OF Shiloh. General Hazen, wien you
were repulsed with what portion of your Brigade dd
I
though other portions Of tho brigade were mixed up
with that regiment.
Q-When you became separated from the men at the
point you Indicate you became separated by moving
toward your left, did you not A.-The left as was
retiring.
o.-And in which direction did the majority Of the
men appear to be going theni A.Most .. tlem were
passing through the field and the eo was 50 long and
conld see II distnctiy The buk II the bri gade was
there Nelson's division did not k,el along with us
The last saw OF them they were scattering alOnG over
Glad the other two brigades of the CIvsion made
the advance simultaneously A-They star ed stimuli
QgAt the time you had this conversation with Gen;
King, there then fr1g in any part OF the field
Odd you say in your direct examination that 70.
lection Of meeting him. lie did not mo dIsmounted
and there troops mapguvrng in that portion
o-How far from the river was it where yop met DR..
MGrrayi Al should cay half a mile or male.
Q-What hour was IT, nearly you cen reCollect,
when vOur brigade began 10 fall backY A-NOt FAR
from O'Clock. could not cay whether 1t WIS before
Q-Do you know about what time it was when you
reached the river road Al should think II was not
Q-Dd you meet General Gillem immediately after
arriving there Avery soon. 1t was while was
waiting for some dinner TO be prepared.
Odd you see General Wood Al 90 not romem-
time. j was not introduced to him until aflerward.
Q.-What regiment did vou remain wltF when YOU re-
joined your brigade at or . O'Clock Al do not
remember. My interest was in the entire brigade.
Q-Do you know of your own knowledge how soon
after your brigade was repused on that occasion II be-
gan to reformi Al know nothing about the brigade
from the lime lett 1t until rejoned 1t
O.-YOu saw General Nelson that evthiEi and made
an explanation of your absence Al did
mil the Stu Of Sy. When General Nelson informed me
that Colonel Whitaker had made very ofe slvo report
against and he recommended me TO prefer charges
Q-Dd you prefer charges against Colonel whitaker
Al did but he never tried, because he expressed
penitence and withdrew the charges
General Mcmahon then questioned the witness at
the Congressional Committee and the assurances IT.
ceived by him that his should not be used. He
the committee were present, bu he had not received
these assurances from any Democratic member.
produced General Mcmahon asked for the original nal
General Garfield mad himself established authen-
tcy OF the letter. saying that he had taken the copy
and carefully compared il with the original General
Mcmahon insisted that General Garfield ha1 only
Identified the copy. whereas the original should have
been identified by INN. The Judge Advocate said THAI
the original was at Fort Buford and could not be
duced. Tie copy OF the letter was finally Withdrawn;
Other letters aud documents were offered Dy Tue
the most of which refused by the
Court Among these was letter from General Hazen
10 Colone ~hpple OF The CominlssaIy DeplrtmeIl, N
regard to the execution OF the law or 1866 requiring
that deparmeD to furnish certain articles 10 men OF
the Army formerly supplied by suffers By the proper
execution of that law II claimed by General Hazen
that saving OF about $40 year would accrue to every
After much discussion upon the admission of certain
lines of evidence and frequent ais OF ne Court
for decision upon points on which discussion was hecss
sary the JudgeAdvocate announced the closing OF the
would offer 10 testimony in sur-rebuttal He then re-
queted Court decide TO the manner of conduct
lug arguments The Court decided to hear first the
argument OF the defence, whose counsel VIII he followed
by the Judge-Adyocate, who, under rules governing
cOurtsmartia closes the case The question OF allowing
General Mcmahon brief address at the conclusion Of
JudceA dyOcatcs argument was left for decision.
Tho Court, at o'clock adjourned until IL a. IN. on
Friday. TO allow COUNSEL time TO prepare Tor The sum-
ming up.
REJECTED REPORTS AND DoCUMENTG.
Among the evidence offered by the prosecution In the
shape of official reports. and ruled by the Court il
the following from General Bues official report Of the
battle OF shoh:A charge the Nineteenth Brigadefrom
Nelson's division led by its commander Colonel Hazen,
reached the enemy's second battery" Also, General
Nelson's report the battle in which that officer
says "Colonel Hazen commanded tho right brigade
of this division, carried 1t into action, and maintained
it there calamity The heavy losses in his brigade
attest the herceness of the conflict this point. He
tresSed us, but forced back. To Colonel Hazen,
commanding the Nneteentl Brigade beg also 10 invite
the Generals attention. The Gaantry with which he led
troops the attack most cons pcu0Gs, and ne
handed them ably. The losses OF the division,
regret 70 inform you, are heavy IL went into acton
with 54l officers and men, of whom 80 were killed and
593 wounded, more than ha1 OF WLich occurred III
HaZen's brigade"
In General Woods testimony in the present trial, he
said when asked what HaZens conduct was in the bat
tie Of Pickctt's Mill presume he communicated my
orders TO his colonies properly he was pretty good
lowing extract from General Woods report OF tie battle
of PicketPs Mills was offered Referring TO the traDsfer
Of commands, General Wood says:
BY this transfer lost the services and assistance OF
q most excellent brigade commander. Though General
Hasen longer belongs TO my command, deem IL my
duty and IT certainly pleasure to bear testimony TO
the intelligent efficient and jealous manner 10 which
the late campaign his brigade was always ably handled
and rendered valuable service In the battle OF the 27h
OF May during the assault 1t particularly distinguished
ITSELF"