Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-12-24

ally charged General Miles with disobe-
dience of orders in accepting the surren-
der Of the ApacheS, has puzzled "A good
many people the more 50 rs on the very
same night that he allowed his report to
20 to the public he entertained General
Miles at dinner in his own house People
who thought the army regulations were
still i'm force expected General Miles tn be
Immediately put under arrest and tried bv
court-martlal. But apparently these regu-
latlons had fallen into state Of "inuocu-
Gus desuetude," and in their place the ar
ders drafted for the armies OF the Grand
Duchesse Of GerOsteln had been auonted
by secretary EndlcOtt. Mysterious a. the
whole proceeding of the war department
IN the case of Gen. Miles may appear. /
THINK that | can furnish a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION OF it all.
There has always existed "A certain zeal
ousy, and | might almost say enmity' he
tween Adjutant-General Drum and Gen
eral Mi es. This is an open secret in army
circles, where it Is said that General Drum
has done everything in his power to inlure
his. rival. On the other hand, General
Mile has not been idle either, though no
body has ever accused him of resortng to
underhanded methods in dealing with
General Drum The latter might, with
out doing him INJUSTICE he called GO
burger" an officer who has mad the good
fortune of always securing soft berths for
himself and his friends General Miles.
vice on the frontier during a large part of
his life, and is known all over the country
as splendid "lndian fighter" ] find in
the Army Register, opposite General
Drums name and under the head Ser
vice for which brevetted,n the following
notes
Mertorious and faithful services during the
Faithful and meritorious services in the
adJutaut generals department during the
war.
Opposite the name of Gen. Miles find
Gallant and m"ritorious services in the bat
ne OF Charlottesville, Virginia.
,D2lStlnEuished services in the battle of the
ildcrnCSs.
Gal'a't and meritorious services in the bat
tie OF SputtsS lvdnia. virginia
hlEhly merltorious and distinguished con-
duci throughout the campaign ngainsr Rich
m4ud' ana particularly for gallantry and vat
uahl" services in the uattie of Ream's station,
Virginia
This indicates very clearly the differ
ence OF the service rendered by the Two
men II Is OF course no reflection upon
General Drum to say that he saw less &C
i've service than did his rival 1t was
SIMPLY his misfortune That be would
have distinguished himself had he had
the opportunity admits of little doubt.
Indeed his record at the battle of Cbapul-
tepec, where he was brevetted for gal
liant ana merltorious conduct shows this
heNOni perHdventure. But the record eX-
plains, partly at least, the feeling of ieal-
ousy existing between the two soldiers
RMS feeling is intensified by the fact that
both are candidates for th. vacancy in he
Grade Of Nainr ,Ganero1 ,rhicb I'Laiit,.o
yvnl occur in ahunt two years tbat
time General Drum will have arrived at
the age at which he must retire according
TO law 10 50, his rival uho l. cojd 10 Va
great fayorite win The dant ~ nr De
NOTED, AS it is NOT unlikelv tbnt he XIII
must he eomevhnt palliny 70 Cararni
Drum. and il is human merriam. tbat ba
should give his feelinps.of envy a Uttie
uluy once in a while INC onnortrnitiaS
are not wanting for i'm Secr,tarv EnJi
colt, absence AG1utant-General Drnm il
freuucntlv made / ord Uigb Evacntin,dr
Of the War Department or in other yorrs
Actiur-Spcret,rv Of War This nv TIC
way. is said greatly to offend GenaraI
sheridan. ana I dnn't ,vonJar II -nan,s
odd-m,ud Won. always outsida tho IimitS
of the Grand Duchtsse ,f GeroistainW
THAI the adiutantoeneral. honid NO ,Hada
AT intervals. for a few DAYS The snnari0r ~
the general Of the army nov dnesn,t il >
General NiIa haf,rra torti,I' ~ - ,i';
Geronimo last summer had his headnnar.
GERS at Fort Lrgyenworth Thor. ~ a
military pllsCu ar Fnrt Ieavenwortb to
which a lIr Rudlon0 u nanbe,v of Saora
larv kndIcott SHADES of thr secrefarr's
auCt,torej was sent as a sort of tr,dar
Mir BudInu,, rns,omed his co,nr,i..io, ne
Tor
shin which i, ynrtG az Gnn - ,.,r Tba
old trader yas ,,nt rid Of nv tbIe,,ts Of i'm.
vp,rinatiou, irfo c,rtain inn,r,v transac.
ton, of his thouo6 thrv rould NOT have
been 81 yrrv wicked nftar ali for Snc,e-
tpry Eudicorf's ntnhev, SIN rat,ins tho
old trader. hear In his emnlov G;nneraI
Miles took tra n',rt If mo oId trndnr ~
The limo If his ran,ov,l md n',da tbinc,s
worse nv ronnlainin,, nf The ,y0rt turned
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