Huntsville gazette., 1885-03-14
WASHINGTON NEWS.

4 Graceful Act-The Charges Against Gem
eral Hazen-The Military Career of the
- New Commissioner of Pensions-The In
auguration Crowd.
81 WARRINGTON, d. c., March 8.-When
the commission was made out for the ap-
pointment of General Grant on the re-
tired list, Secretary Lincoln retained it
1t the War Department, thinking it
proper that the new Secretary should be
given an opportunity to countersign it
after its signature by the President, but
the President sent for it in order that
there might be no delay in making the
appointment. Secretary Lincoln took
the commission to the Executive Man.
sion in person and handed it to the Presi-
dent, remarking that he had not yet acted
upon it because he thought that Judge
Endicott would be pleased to attend to it
as one of his first official duties.
"That was very thoughtful of you, Mr..
Lincoln" observed the President. 81
have no doubt it would be apleasure to
Judge EndicOtt; still, will sign it my
self that there may be no delay, and then
Judge Endicott can countersign it.'
President Cleveland thereupon affixed
his signature. The commission, after
Official record was made, was returned to
the War Department. Yesterday morning it
was on the desk of the new Secretary of
War, and the first official act Of Secretary
EndicOtt was to cOunterSign it.
The xact.charge against General Hazen
which has resulted in the ordering of a
court-martial, is ''conduct to the preju-
dice of good order and military discipline
IN the violation of the Sixty-Second ar
ticle OF war; The first specification re-
cites an extract from Hazen's last annual
report, in which the official action of the
Secretary of War is impugned, Hazen de-
claring that con the return of the escort
ship bringing the Greely relief party to
St. Johns, September 18th, 1883,
there was still time to send ef-
fective relief" The second specifca.
tion declares that the Secretary
of War, having decided in September that
such relief expedition to the Arctic re.
gions was not practicable, General Hazen
sent to the Secretary of War COM
Munication declaring that "the tragic
termination of the international Polar ex.
pedition was due to the decision not to
dispatch steam sealer to effect its
rescue on the 18th of September, 1882
which he (Hazen) says he did all in his
power to have done. The other specifica
tions are in substance celebrations of the
two indicated.
The following is the war record of the
Commissioner of Pensions, General Johr
C. Black, of Danville, ILL.,: He entered
the United States service as a Colonel o.
the Thirty-seventh Volunteer Infantry
This regiment was organized at Chicago
ILL.,, September 18th, 1861, to serve three
years. On the expiration of it's term o.
service the original members Except vet
erans) were mustered out, and the organi.
zation, composed of veterans and recruits
retained in service until May 10Th
1865, when it was mustered out
in accordance with orders from the Wal
Department. The official list of battle:
In which this regiment bore an honorable
part is as follows "Pea Ridge" "Siegt
of Vicksburg," "Prairie Grove" s'Blake
ley" and "Chalk Bluff" Mr.. Black wa.
promoted to Brevet Brigadier- General
March 18th, 1865. He resigned August
18th, 1865; was wounded in both arms
of Congress) of 500 per month.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 9.-The
records of the Baltimore & Potomac Rail
road show that during the inauguration
week the road moved into Washington
40l trains, averaging fourteen cars to the
train and forty-one persons to the car,
from points North, East and West. Dur
idg the same period there arrived 1s4
trains from the South, averaging seven
cars to the train and fifty passengers
to the car. Four hundred and twenty
two Pullman cars were handled at Wash
ington by this road during Inauguration
week. Superintendent Barker says this
was thirteen more cars than the whole
number of roads centering at Chicago
run into the city during the Democratic
and Republican Conventions.