St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-18
THE BREACH HEALED
Between the Communicating Chief and the
Late Colonel Of the First Regi-
ment.
Gov. Hubbard Writes Col. Bend Mild
Terms of 0apitulatiOn, Which are
Accepted.
The Colonel Admits He Was Little
Ifasty on Some Points In the
Issue.
They VIII be Forgiven--If Elected He
VIII be Given His Revoked Com
mission.
The olive Rranch Taken.

The olive Branch Taken.
Gov. Hubbard held out an olive branch to
Col. Bend two or three days ago. though
he intimated pretty clearly that il the colo
mel wanted to come and get it It
must be with his hat off and
with proper salutations of Difference.
Col. Bend took off his hat, and with his
fatigue uniform on, came and took hold of
the olive branch with considerable alacrity,
whereupOn the governor smiled and told the
colonel that so far as himself was con-
cerned there was no reason why he
shouldn't wear the same uniform that he
used To. lie would order an election at
once. and leave the boys 10 say whether he
should again be colonel of the First regi-
ment or not. And so the trouble bids fair
Ia be ended. There is no need To 20 over
the history of the unpleaSantness, of the
Decoration day parade, the correspondence
! between Col. Bend and Adjt. Gen. Mac
Carthy. Col. Bends arrest, the court
martial aud its sudden dissolution, with the
! deposition OF Col Bend, followed By the
/ arguments and decisions in the supreme
court. They are familiar to all who are
interested. Practically the whole affair
has been settled. Col. Bend has defined
| his position in such n manner and i'm such
language that Gov. Hubbard says that If
the companies shall see tit to re-elect him
colonel. he will sign his commission. The
correspondence which brought about the
| reconciliation is of interest. and is sub
Stantially as follows:
| Under date OF March 10, the governor
writes to Col. Bend as follows; II am glad
/ 10 learn that you desire to terminate the
! false position in which you have become
| placed through opposition 10 a court martial
| trial OF the charges against you. Recognize
! ing your usefulness in the National Guard I'm
| many respects and your wish to become
again connected with il, / viii willingly re-
| ccivc explanations looking TO the possibility
! of your return
! 1.-TWO misrepresentation exist to a greater
| or less degree in the public mind, /. That
you were punished FOR disobedience of orders
| because the disobedience was connected with
| Grand Army concerns. 2. That the adiutant
general is in some way u factor in the prob
/ lem of your deserts.
Tho beginning of your difficulties was in
the disobedience of an order fixing the time
at which the review of the regiment in camp
was to take place in 1884. The second act
complained of was the continued disregard
OF the order when repeated on the following
day; the third, the discourteous manner in
which you received the latter order.
"Your explanation in regard TO these Of
fenses were required. They were most mad
equate Us TO the first, and wholly iil-founded
in respect to the other two. A corrective Or
der was issued, setting forth the rules of &C
ton upon both points wherein you had erred.
which prevail in the United States army and
must prevail in any efficient national guard.
which order you were directed TO publish to
the several companies of your command.
- short time after the date OF that order
militia officer OF Wisconsin contributed an
article 10 4 Wisconsin Journal, reviewing said
order. This article alsospoke of the matter as
a mere personal difference between the adju-
tant general and you, in which had chosen
to defend my stah officer and to humiliate
J you. This article, so formally distributed.
seems to have been received to some extent
as official and as operating a reversal or
SUSPENSION OF NIY ORDER. ID Il
, | Your own failure cordially to adopt and OBJ
serve its instructions appeared in the action
which formed the ground of the charge OF
disobedience before the court martial, and
confirmed the belief that the impulse TO the
! otherwise unaccountable intermeddling from
, the Wisconsin officer proceeded, directly OF
indirectly, from You, and that the republica-
ton and distribution OF his rovieW TO the OFF,
GERS OF the guard was melted from the same
. quarter.
These facts had their weight in deter
mining me 10 sever your relations with the
Minnesota Guard. Before consenting that
they be renewed, ask full statement upon
honor, showing:
II. Whether you published my order
r aforesaid TO the companies of your command
!, as directed therein. If so, when: If not, why
p not. >. Whether you sent, caused to be
: sent. or knew of the sending OF q COPY of sale
: order 10 the officer referred 10 with u request
: or suggestion that he should review il; enc
= | what knowledge you had, If any, that such
review was contemplated before it was pub
]. iished. 3. What participation in, or fore
i / knowledge OF, tho publishing or distribution
!, OF said review 10 the officers of the guarC
. had you. 4. What knowledge, If any, you
, had of the recording, passing or filing of q
= copy of that review in the official order book
Z / or among the official files of any company o
: | the First regiment, or OF the regiment i-self
4 and, If you knew of any such instance, what
a If any, instruction you gave as TO the pro-
]. | priety OF tho same. 8. What degree OF &c
4 ceptance do you now give to the rules stateC
in my order aforesaid.''
AS TO the charge of dsobedience of orders
1 think you had reason TO know that my visit
was correctly represented in the letter of tn,
! adjutant general of May 20, from my forme
order in n similar case. What became of III,
| rule that the expressed wish OF a soldier
| commanding officer 10 be Obeyed as his order
! The provision regarding the command q
: troops by staff officers does not touch til,
: case of one conveying the orders of his chief
He does not assume command while in term.
assuming to convey such orders. The chic
does not assign him 10 any command in
} giving him authority, or leaving him dlscre-
ton to convey such orders. Any other con
e struction would make il impossible at some
: times to have the services OF the guard wher
g il might be most important.
: ''The alleged breaking of arrest I account
technical fault of no great consequence IL
the case. A frank Acknowledgement that II
D was mistake upon your part to seek to de
D feat the object OF the court-martial, IL such
r is your view, could properly be included In
your response TO this"
in reply Col. Bend says:
First-As soon as j was furnished with
4 copies of the order referred 20, being not
4 later 1 am sure, than ten days after its re-
5 ceipt by me, directed the Gdjutant TO send
: one TO the captain of each company ia the
regiment. have reason TO believe that this
was done and that the order was published 10
: each company Ut its first assembly there after
: No assembly OF the regiment as whole took
I place after the order was issued until the en-
campment of 1855, ut which time was not in
= command.
Second-I did not send cause to be sent, nor
know of the sending of, a copy of said order
to the officer who reviewed the same, nor 70
any other person. with the request or sugges-
tion that he or any one should review il; nor
did know that any review thereof was con-
! templated before il was published.
Third had no participation whatever in.
nor any foreknowledge of the publication or
; distribution of the review to the officers OF
guard.
FOURTH am not aware that copy of said
review was recorded, pasted or fled in the
{ official order book or among the official files
5 of any company of the First regiment, and
know that no copy was recorded, pasted or
fled IN any Official book or among any official
files of the regiment itself.
Fifth acknowledge now, as I always
acknowledged, that It is the duty OF every
, officer TO obey the lawful orders of his supe-
: rior, and as the military code cXDress y gives