Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-01-22
c. PATRICK.


 military officer, who has so far forgotten his position ss to attempt to control the actions of private citizens and meddle with matters in which he has no possi- ble concern.
 By virtue of his position as Chief Com missary it IS alleged he held the lash over the heads of contractors ard attempted to compel them to,do his bidding. He has attempted to control the patronage of newspapers and thus stifle the voice of the people.
 The first letters of the pompous gen. tleman's name are Charles Patrick Ea- gan. holding the rank of Captain and the position of Chief Commissary on Gen. Willco1's staff. This gentleman attempt ed to coerce the CITIZEN last summer and instigGted several meetings of busi- ness men with view to preventing this papers further denunciation of the mis- management of the late Indian cam psign.
 The CITIZEN declined to be coerced, but has continued to deuounce the imbecility which has chsrac- terized the management of mill itary affairs in this Territory under the present Department Commander and his top-heavy and ambitious staff, and will continue to do so until the cause of complaint is removed either by superior military authority or the mandates of Divine Providence. Forbearance has ceased to be a virtue at Prescott, and a rebellion has been inaugurated. We take the following from the Prescott Democrat, which has the right ring of independence which should characterize the management of every paper worthy of public confidence and support: We present our readers with the fol- 2 lowing extracts from the codifed Reg i luati6ns of the Army and General Orders" published by authority of the Secretary of War, and commend them especially to the commander of this mill tary department, as we believe they have been violated by one, at least, who is on | his staff; and, some of them are being daily violated by that-mRn, and we will furnish his name whenever called upon to do so, although we believe that will be 6 needless superfuity to any one who shall have read this paragraph. We first call attention to the following: "Re- | spect for the civil authorities IS the duty | of all citizens, and especially of those ln | the military service" "As the objects Of | the military service are of national ln- | terest, 1t is very desirable that kindly | relations exist between soldiers and oth- or citizens. - Paragraphs and [, Artl- cle II.
 In violation of these regulations, the | individual above referred to almost daily | and nightly visites our city and meddles with the affairs of ourCitizens, spending l his nights n regaling the deniZens who are nightly found in our places of com mon public resort with loud bOastlngs of ! his prowess in various ways, and his | days in threatening our merchants and | business men with dire calamities If they | do or fail to do what he asks. He daily 1 vilifes the character of private citizens, | without cause. He intermediates in law, | m lawsuits before our courts and makes threats for the purpose of intlmld8tlng | our judges, lawyers, witnesses, !urors l and others in civil authority. He valn- l rloriously boasts in public places that | he has caused the removal from this l Military Department of General August V. Kautz. He publicly, though untruth- | fully, boasts that he recently drove a | judge from the bench of our highest ] court. And he does these things for the purpose Of creating the false impression in others that he has such great influence | with General William Tecumseh Sher- man. General of the Army, that no mili- | tary officer IS sure of his station unless | the "C. $. U. s. A." for the Department of Arlzona Is friendly to him, and that no judge can remain on the bench here without his approval In other words, to decIde against hls wishes would be to | jeopardise his seat on the bench and his character as man. For, to hear hiin RIES9eslaimn his ew,;aa,ated Press ss Gf1s dis; patches, he rules the powers that be ID Washington, and therefore no man, be he judge, lawyer, juror, grand juror, wit ness or military officer, can safely get on without first taking the oath of fealty to do his bidding in all things. Now these
 assertions may be true. We shall see
 But, if we are not greatly mistaken, thls l IS dnOLlGr luSlAuCt HnGIb AA-cOp D a.
 ble of " The Ass in tl-e Lions Skin if applicable, and we will at our earliest convenience reprint that fable from the original text, that our readers may be enabled to judge whether 1t be applica
 ble or not.
 We now rather expect that some of oul
 patrons will be notified by this-man, tC
 withdraw their support from this paper in order to keep the headquarters of tho department here; or, that those who
 have contracts will be vigorously dealt
 with as a silent menace of what will fol
 low in the event that they continue tC
 patrOniZe this paper. We cordially in
 vite all such to file their complaint.
 here. We promise them full protection
 and indemnity. And, on the subject O contracts, more anon. Let us not be mis understood. This paper has no fight witl
 any one. Its province Is to correct pub
 lie abuses, especially in high places, an' we trust that no one of responsibility O self respect, wishes to take up that tigh against us. If they do, we say: La,
 on, Macduff, and d-d be he who frs cries hold! enough! v