New-York tribune., 1885-03-17
GEN. HAZEN ON THE STAND.
THE n,rprRENCEs WITH MR.. LINCOLN.
RITTER ATTACKS OF COUNSEL ON THE LAih 'h'"
r.py-wAs LETTER sroLENf

dav in the Hazen trial calicu "ohoi" -, - a., ,ho
stand He testified that he is Brigadier.Gensral III .no
s.anu I, 60 Aruv and Chief Signal officer OF the
80, on5 tb bat ne has been officer OF tue ARMY Si'o
Is55 and was never before arraigned Deiore .o.
martial He was asked" Please state py VIVA. au"o.
ond nv whom the Lady Franklin Bay expedi'ioh was
organized and set In motion . .,. ,,co
The geAdyocate objected to the question. 1uuGo
,,ctov of counsel for the accused officer replying, su
1T s emnently material who set TINS eApeuilioh -.
It., A, tho nroper time / shall exhibit the statute
~ hieb n was set I'm motion and shall proceed TO sho"
that the decision of the Secretary OF war was lo
m.de nv statute foreign to MS Jurisuic'ion
This coes TO the very vital point In the case "hethc o
Secretary of War had rendered the decision upon
ion within his jurisdiction Our purpose Is 10 sho"
.h pros,dent set it I'm motion by executive order
ed nv his own hand and not transmitted through 'ne
sooretarv of War; that President directed the oi
ganzaion OF the expedition. ana ahother aPPoh.eu" "
commanding officer, and that upon this eiu the oo0io
tarv Of War was an intruder save ana except 10 dsp
,ba funds upon the requisition OF the Chiei eisn"
The Judge vocate said that he was glau ta'
the counsel had disclosed their intention to assam inc
sdiction Of the Secretary of War IN the premises;
and that this intention having been thus an
nounced he would now enter MS opec',on
against any further inquiry into matters re".he
20 the international Polar Expedition The court aiter
deberaton refused to allow the question 10 De askeu
The witness was then questioned as to the custom III
from his office to the Secretary OF War; lie tested n'
pror TO September 1888 had several occasions oy
communication addressed to the Secretary OF Marques
toned the wisdom OF the aters decisions In relation 10
matters pertaining to the sigma service ana prote
AGAINST such decisions, AMI that on several oecasohS
such decisions had been revoked In consequence oi m
protests He said Of these Instances had ne
first asked permission OF the Secretary to address com
nicaton to him. and he said that he knew OF no law
or custom requiring him to do So General haIeh s'a.o
further that lie had knowingly been dsrespec'iu
In or action to Secretary OF War; OF any OF
his superior officers In the argument on oOecuohS
counsel for the accused officer several times violently
assaed the late Secretary OF War, Mr Lincoln On one
occasion he asserted that the accused officer has had
thrown against him the great weight Of the War ONCE
the great weight OF name once honored by an Illus
trious Citizen
In the course OF the examination. General Hazen ad
mitted having written to the Secretary OF war rs
charged in the first specification that after the return oi
the Pro,eus party in ss3 there still time to send an
expedition TO the relief OF Lieutenant Greey and he also
admitted having stated communication to the secre'
ary OF War that the tragic termination Of the Greedy
expedition finally due to the decision OF the secre
ary not TO send an expedition North in the fall Of 1888
He gave his for making these statements that
he had been held to a serious responsibility for
not effectively rescuing the Greely party; thht IL
had been published all the world that he was
in fault and that In his defence he simply wished
TO state rs fact that Greedy could have been rescued
and that did all in his power to have him rescued
lie also admitted having written the letter OF February
49, 1885, the Secretary OF War; and he said that at the
time he wrote 1t he possessed proof OF each ana every
statement made the letter In answer to the ques-
on What was your intention IN writing that letter
be said The Secretary ia his annual report had largely
confirmed the opinion expressed In the press that was
for the death OF these men. His report
made me either wfully culpable or negiectiuI
and inefficient In my work. Neither was true
lie had also been misled with regard to facts
which he stated lie had To his conclusions on IN
accurate information hatt was not practcabo 10 sehu
expedition In that autumn after the return OF tue an
tic My knowledge OF the facts made u seem 10 me that
n was 1r,ctcnble lie added tho last clause OF his
statement paragraph from captain schlcy as 10 lho
winter that country setting out mat tho
had fallen during three month. to oo ~ g., o1,oS ,h,
zero aud that the most severe one IN th
nisled with regard 20 these facts wrote to- the
Danish Government aud ohtalnei from mem tho o..
Ss2Sas "Sd Gara Sa sls seSissD
tbroug these months also secured statements ron
tho best Arctic nayigators ! knew-Melviio ana & hr,
Grecly who were the spOtand other navgators VINO
mad been in the business all their liVrs ana ionhd IN
every case the testimony vas expert ana valuable
ana reliable that they iully 'ohhliheu my opin!on ~
took me nearly all OF that autumn and winter 10 get
these opinions together When dd St mem. & "rG's az
stating the facts ~ hla gathcred mem. m u,u
this simply relieve myself OF that blemi'h upon my
which the secretarys report had wrongly placed
Following this statement. counsel for the defence
objected the Court Sustained the objection In the
argument upon the objection Judge Mackey SAID " We
know that the prosecution does not want TO touch cape
sabine The adcUser does not want To face those horrors
propose ~ show the anrs OF the aeous,r thA ne
was imbucd with nalce 80 uoep anu anu assP ,s1 - -
the Chief signal Ohcer of tue Army that he pecame
smggesting his deep treless hate; that
indeed his very body cNhaled malice Whenever
called bc attention Of the To the fact that his
letter the Secretary. dated February IL last was m
dorsed by the Secretary having bee receN AT the
War department February 20, aud also IN the TACT
that a statement concerning The contents OF ihir
Febrnary % and asked where the; letter was kept
prior to February 90 General liaLen replied tat u was
recent period official letters have not been puroined
from desks in the signal Once and taken to the secre
tary Of War. The Judge Advocate objected to this.
Judge Mackey said that the purpose OF the defence Is TO
negative the presumption that the accused officer crcu
posed show that letters have been purloned fron
desks In the signal once ana TAKEN TAKEN o 10 s , hs %,
received special employment after the puronihg OF the
The Judge Advocate said that he did feel called
upon to reply to the insnuons Of counsel with respect
TO The secretary of War Tha Official needed no defence
at bs hand. and the attacks upon him were in very bad
taste to the least Pending further examination the
court adjourned.
CHRISTIAN WORKERS AT THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON, March 1G.-A delegation of
about 900 Christian workers, mostly ladies' composed
mainly Of members OF the W0mans Temperance Union
and the Temperance Alliance of the District Of Columbia
called at the White House shortly before o'clock today
Miss Cleveland received them in the blue parlors The
call for the purpose OF making any requests re-
gading Temperance matters. but Miss La Fetra, who
addressed Miss Cleveland In behalf OF the visitors stated
that they simply desired to pay their respects aud to
press their confidence In her Christian character and
that the mistress Of the White House she would al
ways do her duty A small plush album was presented
Cleveland in which the visitors