Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-09-18
PRIVATE HENRY's ANTECEDENTs.
CORRESPONDENCE Kansas City Times.


FORT LEAvENwORTH, September ia
few days ago a letter was received here from
soldier in the Seventh cavalry, now doing
duty in Dakota, stating that the late private
Charles B. Henry, of the Greedy expedition,
shot for stealing rations from his comrades,
was member from 1876 to 1878 of troop 6,
Seventh cavalry now on duty at this post,
under the name of Charles H. Buck, which
is said to be his proper name. He was dis
charged from the service in 1878 for forging
the name of private in his company, and
that of Lieutenant Wallace and Sergeant
Garlick to suffers check, on which he at
tempted to obtain S10.,
Lieutenant Wallace was seen to-day by
your correspondent and asked what he
knew of the case, and if the facts as report
ed were true. He replied that he had for
gotten the circumstances until this came to
his notice, but is positive that Buck is the
identical man, and gave him a great deal
Of trouble prior to his dismissal from the
service.
Sergeant Garlick was next found and ask
ed if he knew this man Buck. He said
that he did we'll, but did not know that he
was the man when reports of his being shot
first reached here but on learning his prop
er name, he was certain it was the same
man, and was decided in saying he deserved
his fate.
It seems that he Joined the Seventh cav
airy in 1876 under his proper name, Charles
II. Buck.
In the fall of 1877 the regiment campeda at
Fort Buford for while, after its return from
the Nez Perce campaign, during which time
Buck employed his spare time in forging
checks for considerable amount on the post
traders. For some unaccountable reason he
was not punished for this offence. Being at
Buford, he again engaged in the same bust,
ness while the Seventh cavalry was camped
at Camp Sturgis, where Fort Meade now
stands, during the summer OF 1878; He op-
Grated this time on the field traders, Fan
shaw and Roberts, and was again detected,
tried by court martial, convicted and SEN
fenced to be dishonorably discharged from
the service, with forfeiture of all pay and
allowances, and to be confined at hard labor,
under charge of guard, for one year.
With this information at hand, file of
general court martial orders of the depart
ment of Dakota for the year 1878 was OBJ
tanned, and in looking over the index it was
found that Bucks trial and sentence was
A corrected copy was made by your cores
pondent for the information of The Times
readers, and is appended hereunto:
Private Charles II. Buck, company &c, Sew
enth cavalry. Charge-"Conduct to the preu-
dice of good order and military discipline
Specifications-"In that private Charles ID. Buck,
company g. Seventh cavalry, an enlisted man
in the military service of the United States, did
purchase and receive from one w. S. Fanshaw,
Ia citizen trading in camp two (2) pair of draw,
ers, and did with the design to defraud SAID
Fanshaw, give in payment therefor an order, in
words and figures, substantially as follows, viz:
$1,000 In THE FIELD, August IL 1873.
I, Theo. Roth hereby authorize the command
ing officer of my company, to retain from my
first pay, the sum of ten dollars, and pay the
same to w. S. Fanshaw, trader, for value re-
ceiyed. THEo. ROTH,
Co. &C. Seventh cavalry.
Approved: GEO. d. WALLACE, First Lleuten-
ant commanding company.
EDw. GARLICK first sergeant
Which order was false fraudulent and hcu.
tious in that the signatures of First Lieutenant