, 1880-12-23
10 Can 30 Proceeded Against for
Conduct unbecoming an
Officer.
He Also IL Within Beach Of the
Presidential Power, Like ANY
Other Officer,
fts [oy8 THAT liked 10 Exist Between lin aud
Grant Has Cooled inlo Autuui
Dislike,
Bpeetdl D4pdfeh to Iht Chicago Tttt4iae.

That tho President cannot retire hin, and op-
poscs making ex-rresldent Grant Captain
General, excites lively comment nmong army
officers. It Is believed by many TINT lEo must
bare been misunderstood, and tint he could
not have said TINT Ito was entirely indcpend-
ent and could not bo retired Without now
legislation, since the law makes no provision
for retiring himself or Con. Sheridan Tho
faet is, tho Inv applies distinctly to "army
oflcers," aud covers his own oti!co equally
With that Of n Second Lieutenant The
President
CANNOT KET1IsE HIM
till ho Is G. years old, or till ho has served
forty-dvo years rs u commissioned officer,
unless beforehand lle should becomo fncNpa-
bic OF performing tho duties Of his Office.
But when Gen. Sherman reaches Ga his re-
trelncnt will bc matter Of discretion with
tho President. This will not bo until ono
year from tho sth of February next,-that Is,
Feb. s, 1889. Tho views expressed In re-
gazd to tho promotion Of Gen. Grant
azo such rs he expressed freely herein
fact 20 freely that
THE COllDIAL RELATIONS
eas have In tho main existed between Gen.
Grant and himself hnve been seriously COM
promised. Gen. Grant Is not anxious liz
regard to being made Captain-Gencral, but
the manner Of Gen. shermals attack on
Tia proposition and Ills slurring at it nre
exceeding dIstastefnl. Tho inslnuat1on TINT
The President retired Con. Ord and retn1ncd
Gen. Mcdowell because tho latter voted
for Garfield and tho former did not, Is much
enjoyed, because, rs tho President llns soy.
eral times allowed Gen. Sherman to snub
him, tho fact he now ventures to do 1t In g
public Interview Is
MUCH nEL1sHED,
There Is ono paragraph III Shormnn's Inter-
view which will attract moro attention
among army men thnn any other, and tho
effect Of 1t will bo awaited with much inter-
est He openly charges that tho Prcaidcnt
Was Influenced In the matter Of retiring GEN.
Ord by tho fact that ho did not vote for Gen.
Garfield, and TINT Mcdowell was retained
because he did. This, OF course, Is
a yE1sY HEil1ors cI1ANoE,
and. coming from tho General Of tho Army,
and being knowingly furnished BY him for
publication In the press, ID a matter that 1t Is
not believed tic President can overlook. At
a,,y ratc. tbere viii hc ereat curiosity tn seq
whether he will keep silont, md virtually atl-
nil that co, s.,or.,,,,,,a ,,,,x.-. 4, .p,,. ~,
Gen. Sherman is correctly reported.- 1t
"o ''' 'i''eo A's '''4' '''''. wv '"'.'o
nAisa 'o1o'H"o '''ts .'c"''S slo'a'ea t4'o
t.'e'o"in 1A't'c'o VI Nas' "nle!' pfoS'aes
o'stn'ssal' or such othcr punishment rs n
court-lmaftial may direct, Tor army oncors
who use dlsreSpcctful words against the
P1esidcnt
GEN. s11EnMAN's WORDS ARE;
"1was Wiling to mako the sacrifice for Gen.
schotlcld, who Was anxious to lcaye West Point
and tako command Of ono Of tho divisions. l
to,d him to whit yoar or two and thon would
sso II ], perhaps, could not arrange matters 80
asto bsluR Gen. Sheridan to Washington and
tko my p!ace, whtlo ], pcrhaps, could travol on
general inspection duty. AZ At]m1rpt Portcr iops
This would have loft sheridan's plnoo open for
him. OF course, we could not havc two Con-
erals OF tho Army In Washington. uysstf and
thoro would oven bo thrco. And 10, whIio il was
wiling to sacflnco mysclf for tho bonoat of tho
sefvlce, 1 simply remain at my post now"
GEN, onD's RETIREMENT,
"Xou wrote to tho rroslaout ubout fan.
Ords fctircment3'
"Yea, did. did not protest auaiost II. Al II
has been stated but I slnp,y vantcd tho army
oknow that had not tiouo 1t, Con. Ord in onn
Of tho boat soldiers I'm our army. 1Io hs. MI.
ways been In tho thiok Of tho 0aht, and has been
sereral tIuoes wounded. and is tho support CT A
,o,x ,...o ss,,,,,. mh'. 80 ,e.a. ~, 49,, -.
lfets that wa, co,pnromtsed hv hla rettromcnt
becnuse f,cn. h,ca. WIN Ynarr,ci nv niecn. Wa
.nno,...a, =, =. .,"N 49, ~. ,,,,.. ~.
A yrnY wo1rr,rY oyp,cEn.
3S4 usN INV "aAt cFeEf au4u!oF " tA''AP 0A'
rom to, H. N. man Who married @ i. a'sss.'