The National tribune., 1886-02-04
PERSONAL.
Incidents, Accidents and Happenings Where Com
rades are Concerned

rades are Concerned.
Gen. Hazen seems never to be truely happy ex-
cept when he is up to his chin in no, water The
General has been fighting battles of various kinds
first one thing and then another-ever since the
war. He generally manages TO hold his own pretty
we'll as he did when he rode at the head OF a bri-
gade or division in the Armies of the Cumberland
and Tennessee. Now the Second Controller OF the
Treasury is trying to kindie fire under Gen
Hazen. He has been going over the accounts Of
the Signal Service Bureau and has disallowed items
OF expenditure to a large amount-nlany thousands
OF dollars. Dishonesty is no. charged but il is al
legged that disbursements have been made irregu-
larry and without authority and that many vouch-
ers are defective or wanting entirely. Gen. Hazen
AYERS in the strongest possible manner that there
has not been shadow of wrong doing and that
the alleged irregularities can all be explained in
manner satisfactory to any except those who are
purposely blind and will not see He says the cir
culation of these sensational charges at this time
Is for hostile purpose, being intended to influence
the inquiry now in progress by a committee of
Congress relative TO the expendency of taking the
Signal Service out of military hands and making it
a civil bureau of the Government, Gen. Hazen
naturally does not favor the proposed change as it
would deprive him of pleasant position and return
him to regular military duty. Gen. Hazen said in
speaking OF the matter: I" 1 am not the discussing
officer. Capt. Mills, who is now absent holds this
position and believe his accounts are all straight
The only difference is in understanding the con-
structiOn of the law giving the authority for these
expenditures. have never been responsible for a
penny of public money since have been in Wash
ington, and have not an account of any kind
There are a great many matters which the Con-
troiler does not seem to have understood with
regard to the authority for the expenditures"
Gen. Robert p. Kennedy, lieutenant Governor
OF Ohio, Is having n Spirifed
presiding officer of the Senate There was a bolt
In that body, growing out of the contest over the
alleged election frauds III Cincinnati as the result
OF which the four Democratic Senators from Ham
ilton County took their seats and thus gave the
Democrats a majority of three in the Senate The
IL Republican Senators, presided over by Gen
Kennedy, held the fort in the Senate Cham
Der, and the 20 Democratic Senators, headed by
President pro tenp0re O'NeiI met in another room
Of the State House. Both sides have held heated
caucuses, characterized by sulphurous speeches
ana high state Of excitement. Thus, for more
than week, the storm-fag has been nailed to the
peak at Columbus while from all parts of the State
were sent, by Republicans and Democrats the most
urgent appeals to stick, and assurances of armed
assistance if required. Republican organizations
in various cities have braced up Gen. Kennedy by
presenting him with half a dozen gavels of gold
and silver and rosewood, appropriately inscribed.
AT latest accounts a compromise between the two
factions seems probable. Gen. Kennedy was a
member of the old sd Ohio. Whatever may be
the merits of the case, he has shown a degree of
pluck that will command the admiration of the
old soldiers.
Comrade McGilcuddy, one of the most jealous
and efficient GAR. men in Ohio, has removed
from Akron to Columbus, to accept a position in
the office of the Acknowledgement of the State.
Gen. N. P. Banks reached his 10th birthday
last Saturday. Boston club rendered him a COM
pmentary banquet on the OCCASION but he declined
it. He received many calls and letters and tele-
grams of congratulation. He is United States Mar
shall at Boston, Mass.
Col. John E. Summers of the Medical Staff of the
Army, has been placed the retired list, having
reached the limit of age for active duty He entered
the army as Assistant Surgeon in 1847. He ren-
dered efficient service during the late war; in hos
pital and in the field.
Gen. Joe Hawley, at an after-dinner speech in |
Philadelphia last week, laid down his creed as fol-
lows: Il believe in the American Government, the |
American Congress, universal suffrage, andthe pro-
Gress of the world. am optimist. If you want |
an honest decision on any question send it to the /
people. believe you can trust the people, and |
you've got to trust them. have an illimiable con-
tempt for the man who gets on the fence. do not |
believe in that class of men who when the boys |
"tIc through the snow with lClCleS on
their whiszers sat in their homes with their feet
The CRATE and wondered why the devil the Army of
The Potomac didn't move"
Gen. w. T. Sherman says that he has made up
his mind to move to New York though not imme-
liately. His daughter. Mrs. Fitch, now resides in
New York, while his son is in Eastern college,
leaving no ties to bind him to the West. The COM
ng Spring and Summer he will travel in the West,
md at the beginning of next Winter, or when he
gets tired of wandering he will sell entirely in
st. Louis and take up quarters at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York
The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sem
'te has submitted a report upon a request of Gen.
D. o. Howard, United States Army, that he be per-
nitted to accept decoration of the Legion of Honor
md the brevet appointment and honorary rank of
,hevalier rendered him by the Government of
France in appreciation of services rendered by him
o his own country. The committee declared that
he legislation asked for ought not to be enacted;
hat it has been the custom frequently for Congress
authorize officers of the United States to receive
lifts and decorations from foreign Governments for
services rendered such Governments or people
hereof But the committee think it would be con-
rary to the spirit of our institutions to permit
United States officers to receive rewards from
oreign Governments for services rendered by such
,ficers to their country; that this country is
capable of measuring and properly rewarding the
ervices of its officers.
Comrade Joseph kim was in Washington last
week on his way to Richmond to take look at
Belle Isle, where he was confined as q prisoner Of
var. Serg't Kiln was member of Co. +, Sth
ohio. served in the Army of the Potomac and was
n many bloody engagements. He intends visiting
III the battlefelds where his regiment fought
The trial of Gen. Alexander Shaler, in New York,
lpon the charge of maifeasance in Office resulted
disagreement of the jury, the vote being II for
conviction and one for acquittal. Another trial
will be had in February.
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