Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-01
AUTOCHATs OF THE ARMY.
The Arm, btores aud uavern.
ment ArHenals Prostituted 10
Oiiialal fayorites by Hayes
aud sherman The scheme VI
tho Reckless General of the
Army ~ tntimidate Congress
VIII Ito Repeat u Neat
March Z?


corps, ifum command III tho Washing.
ton arsenal ~ thu Rock Island arsenal
Illinois, IL yet the subjoel VI o2nyidsra
bic talk IN army ,iruleA, Capt brcckin,
ridge, Who Ia . oouain NJ Mira lIaypa by
marriage, used somo government prop,
rrIy. ior which uapl Mckee was 10.
hponaiblu, aud whui asked ~ aecoun,
lot u. malu no reply. lie sas then
openly charged by Ma Mckee With 10.
lying upon hia influence With Mrs.
Hayes lot nnwaiIaRiable action. Ooun.
tor eharsua w.fu The iuauli III this
aud . uonu vi
inquiry sAn asked by Mai AZ
kun, lnAlead IL this being allowed
ho aaa orioni away, being refused y
huaIlus, II IL we'll knONn aud openl,
stated ~ military uifcrs thai neither
Mt Hayes MOI ''Nn, Sherman had the
courage nor manlIneAh ~ iacu tho iacia
which such court would have brought
out THIS ,aRo ,a'la 10 mind that vi
Ool Iumpklna. tho uiho,I relieved vi
his command aud Honi by Giant ~
Aiaaka because lao would not allow
Grant aud Mira Grant ~ draw forage
and other quaIirrmaaiut'a Hiutpa in yio
lnliun ul law Rrgaf ing tho pfpAunuo
III the liIupa vi the arsenal u number
III prominent oiicorn assert that They
hnyuno night there, Further than this.
their ptphunvo 10 u constant source
III danger a. the valuable but
yuIy uumbuHlibls property kapt thorn
The ware III tho Hlufua has alxAya bo.n
Entrusted ~ officers NJ tho ordnance
huIunu, who arr generally n,en selected
lot their superior Intelligence aud
knowledge 81 RnnH and pruIuoiilva The
right ii tho ordnance department 10
control arsenal property wus never Ills
puipd Until General Sherman settled IN
ulaui'a ,hp,r ~ tho WaI Department
lnsl huIu |, may bo remarked With u
great degree ~ truth that General Shpf
,nan Ia daily growing mofu unpopular
IN The army lie has . strange itching
lot miHchiul mal ing, In M ambition, oi
power "a liusnian, aud by hia a,ls has
gwen the army al amount 81 trouble 81
uhbh PERSONS outside can hifm No eati
ualu It's aini u 10 represented.
hnH constantly boon ~ ignnio tie
civil authority ol tho War DEPART
mont and treat ih. Aecraiaty 40 his sub
ordinate. n,cause he could not 10 that
when liolknap saA Secretary ho post
iivuy packed NJ bin traps, aud taking
hiH Alall With HIN wounded hiA way 10 NJ
lonia, where he opened M army heal
quarters lie Ia spoken ~ M the
spu,lui ,hilI # the army, Who has bcsI,
allowed ~ have hla own way and ~
NY wild ~ long that oillcpfs not MI
hilh IN rank M himself have no rights
Witch tho law domanda no ahall respect
II 10 tom lhcHa p.anl,atities VI Usu,
Ahunnan'a character thai ID alleged
that Tho trouble al tho Washington ~.
auual has grown Whom Captain Mo
X 90 ,allsI ,ap,ala ruk,ntidIe's III.
l.uliou lo lhs wsnton dsairuGtkin vi
gDyofdmsiIi prnpefly and las llsr8pllns
Which prevailed, aud That uiho,f o..
ported h. urnrftl hhurman, b. Mas, II
Ia aaii, ordered ~ take 10 notice
whatever III Mckee, but Ia ignore him
Not content With this. u 10 charged that
ON another oc,aniun hn ordered lirsck
inrl,lvc, IN the event II Mckee Interior
inn with him, 10 put hlm Muk col IN
iiuna That muiu than 5000 worth 81
government property had buun stolen
aimee hln troops Nrlu stationed there.
,luuu mol nren Ia have troubled Sherman
la the least
Tho plohrurn 81 lhnnd troops al the
Capital recalls lhu circumstances under
Which they Nciu brought huir. lhuif
Iiat appearance Naa no u menace lu
luuptunH. ani iuI tho pufpuau 0i lnanpn
rating rIrniduui not elected hy ih,
people, Having arrived that puIp'~,
il waa not intended that ihri'
piracucr here should loo any
thiug bui irmpnnty finHilrh'
Grant dictated, and Don ,'anoioh, HE,
Secretary III Wat, inshod Vac oii.i "hh'
numm"nrd these itnn,pHl I" washington
They began arriving here about lhr ihh'
dlo III JanunIb 1871 Iheohirt'u ~ 'hri'
coming waakupt secret, nhl ITO "i''
rriu unpponrd they were merely ~ maxi
q lilllo dlHplay 1T tho Inauguration 90
llaSrn ''h ihc "ihri mana 10 aH"'i'
od that ''rh SHERMAN, W Nep'o"u''
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iwrn lhe ,nri'"' And tn' sai''A'"' Wv
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dirra participated ~ Tue lhansn'a, ''Ip
monies and ihrh hrshn slowly 70 u'p"I
ln' "'h,, "'"'i'"H. 'n'I onu ''"Is"'
Capt I'amill"h "ha'h'u H"a'
iimo lhi' WAS Hn'h'n'hp m''''ru sn "
io make place l'f 'api nIs'Aen ,lps'
uhp, ~ rih''d above F" n ","
oonnih Ihin h'st'ay ., m'u''',r''
caused considerable Nah ~ va
liHr Then another company" an'''''I
vas brought here ~ order \" s''
breckenridge o"mmanl o. NO 'or'psn
iua Tue 'nlha'i,e "' ih'A sac 'u"s's''
one at the iupiuT captains ~ hiH ~