, 1881-06-14
His Army Saved from Destruction and
His Name from Disgrace by
opdycke's Brigade.
Every Soldier In The Cumberland Army
Knows Scl,oiteld Never Smellcd
Powder.
Tho Fight at Franklin Loft Entirely
in tho Hands Of subordi-
Mates,
Who Had Moro Gonius than Ho,
and Therefore Saved the
Day.

Nt,p rnrk 1I,nts. june H.
The letter Of AIaj.-t;etl. j. n. Schofie!d. |
addressed to Henry n. Cist, Corresponding |
Secretary of tho Society or the Ariny Of tiso |
Cumberland Originally printed III TIE
TRIBUNE, June & III which ten. Snhotteld
attempts Il, snutch tho ianrcis from, the dead
General, George Henry Thollus who cUnt-
1nanued the Army Of the Cumberland when
ten. Scl,otiell md hls division were ordered
10 join II. In 1884, has created IL ct'til,loton
among the soldiers and ollicers Ut tliu Army
nf tho Cumberland. The letter was pub
;isheh III the Times OIL NIotlduy lust. and nll
she officers Of tho Army uf Inc Cumberland,
when they ruAli It, nraIse tn protest AE1i1nst
;ie nun who was build enough tn stnhder the
lead. Col. Marcus u. Bessow, WHO wtts Adj
,utantGe,,rrAi on tic staff Of ten. Thomas
!, Wood, who commanded hBrltrl division
81 tho Fourth Army Corps before tl,e bntt[o
If Franklin bega,i, WINS especially Indignant
1t tile publication Of Hen. Sch0tleld's
letter. lie suit! tu Times rc-
porter last evening: "'I,le letter, 10 begin
with, was an ,lncalled-for document. It was
addressed tn Gen. Cisi, tho Corresponding
Secretary Of tile Society of tho Army of the
Cumberland. Having addressed 1t tn GcII.
Cs,. Gen. ScutirId should have stopped Just
there. He lad Mu right 10 semi II TO nnybudy
else. He liHH no right to Distribute this let
ter, even privately, to his frtc,ls. after sentl-
tng It to the Army uf the Cumberland, at
least until the next mcettng Ut the Society
was held, and hts actioll, to piucc the niost
charitable construction npon II, WIS III bad
!. taste. We never meet ns society without
having tho clair of Gen. Thomas drapetl and
placed In position. Tho sunting nf such II
i lettar to any of tl!e officers Of the Society Of
/ the Army Of the Cumberland wss, IT. my
,fn.sR #
Thomas Is tic Idol Of thu Army Ut tho
; Cumberland md, although, l,c tiled more
h,an ten years aEo, his seat y always walt
: Ins for him at tie. meetings Of tlle society,
and railways ssnlhAs upol. tlls. platform ttnly
7 and ttraprll III mourning. Fur u mai, Of thu
!; military standing vi t;en Scllo1elt 10 nltAck
i the regard uf GtlI. 1liun!as
i Is SIMPLY INFAMOUS.
+ Ii looks to me Ike Ill uttelnpt to diminish
j the fame Of TtlOn'as, who 4 deall, aNl to
! bnlster up tho ,sal,lu Ut ten. SclI0ifelA nfter
!: IBIS superior ilaS atn fur 1laty yt.trs 4, ~
+ shown by lien. Schoteld III lie llootl caili-
paign has never been exceeded Il, nny nation
!, Or III Any age. lie wasens'rcly, outgeMcrnlet
, Duck River BY ths weakest ct nlS ,s! Rebel
;. SIring Hill univ bcraslse tell. Cheathnm
! failed to lead his rorps, against 9ne of our
: s1nel! divisions. In tho bnttlc Of Franklin,
:, he simply. ordered Gen. Cox to place the
{ Twen,y-tfird Gorps III position, md the,
: sectlred himself Ull the north nf tile Hnrpgth
: River, about twu miles .frp,N the vital
: point and his line vi hnttle. tle WIS
;: practically as fur nwny tron, TINT bRtte us
len. Thomas was Mt Nashville. liz WIS
:, no,ninaly in command OF the arl,iy Mt FrnMk-
=, lin, and that Is atl tho claim. lle lias llposl
VE{rtl tn ltHSR tho demand which hB nlAkbN
y, in ills letter 10 be recognized iii history As
! the hero OF Frallktin. Tho fact is that
az yr1.F:n swr1J,rp rttv ot,yt.ownEx oF
: THE ENEMY
y{u ~ f-f.} Ia, tpns In jur-
nuItA1 tmat t,Ent. a!a Ma's MSlGss tlo LIT
netn hyef una tns! ~ tv'aaa!le III "I1h r.
7 me battlc ~ nj absoll1te sately " tHouEii he
= had really been lIt:ti. OF military genius,
/. aud had planned for ils eseilpe from aeutll,
4 cnnid have tToue. Iii. nrnv w,,. s,Lyc,i frnn,
l. ritter dastrurtin1, ,lni hi4 Itt. from cIrll,i
r. sisorace hy fhn tl,rcp encn1,ttfer nj Frank lin
E y Mic nie a.n,oi.mi MEIois .iIa. VI ~, ei ~
+: afsss an, 1ft % Il Saved the' h' reputation q @ % ai
|, i.at1 cntntIt.1i