Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-17
sIGNAL-oFF1cER HAzEN.
Tie Charges AOainst Him. Called a
COacdrd.
Washington Correspondence Philadelphia

Washington Correspondence Philadelphia
Times.]
The greatest excitement is over the ap-
pointment of Gen. Hazen to be chief sig
nal officer. 1t is the greatest piece of ia
voritism that has occurred in the army
for many year. Hazen is very unpopu-
lar among the army officers, for the stanch
fellows who go out on the plains, fight
Indians, live in tents, and are short of ra-
lions and clothes now and then have d
natural and just aversion to the favored
officer who happens 10 have influential
political connections, who are constantly
getting him relieved from dis
agreeable assignments and finding
soft places for him HaZen
is of this kind. He belongs to Ohio. and
married in an influential family there.
He has had less hard or dangerous duty
since the war than any officer of his
grade, and he has had more favors than
any three put together. His assignments
have always been the best, whether he
was quartered in the city or whether he
was on duty travelling in the various
countries abroad He has always had
more leaves of absence than any other
| officer, and if by chance he happened to
| be sent to disagreeable place he whined
| like big baby until he was relieved He
| has done great deal of loafing about
Washington, and is what is sometimes
| called a "lobby officer''-one who will
lobby to have himself sent to pleasant
| post. This, among officers, is thought to
be dishonorable. 1t is certainly unmanly
| These are not the worst points against
Hazen. 1t has been asserted and pretty
well established that he is coward which
to a soldier should be regarded as the
worst of all crimes. Gen Stanley, an
officer of equal rank, has called him to
his face coward and a perjurer, and also
in the newspapers and official documents.
1t is said that at the battle of Shiloh, in
| April, 1862, at about 10 o'clock in the
morning, Hazen separated himself, cot
away or skulked." from his brigade and
did not return until the evening. In the
meantime his command had fought nobly
and thought their commanding officer had
been killed or wounded, and they search
ed the field for his body. He said his
command had deserted him. Gen
Stanley made the charge of COW
ardice and perjury openly against Hazen,
and finally preferred charges against him,
and asked for court martial to estab-
lish them. Political influence stepped
in, and our noble President decided that
''the service would not be conserved by
convening general court martial to try
you at this time" All this time Hazen
was resting under these terrible charges
and never asking for court himself.
Reader, if he had been high minded off
Ger, with conscious honesty in his heart,
would he not have begged for a court,
and failing in that, knocked his assailant
down? But he did neither Stanley then
wrote him a personal letter of the most
insulting character, ending by
calling him an imposter. This was
done, no doubt, for the purpose of induc-
ing him (Hazen) to bring charges and
specifications against Stanley. 1t had the
effect, and the two officers went into a
military court. Gen. Hancock was presi-
dent of the court Stanley admitted
nearly all the specifications, and Hazen
was most roughly treated. In the end
Stanley was sentenced 'tto be admonishcd
in general orders by the general of the
army Gen. Sherman, in his order, adj
monished Hazen quite as much as he did
Stanley, and ordered both back to their
commands. H. II.