Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-25
POOR HISTORIANS.


WASHINGTON, March "A sub-commit-
tee of the house military committee today
began the investigation of alleged insertion
in the rebellion records of unofficial matter
rs set out in the Grosvener resolution
cLieutenant Colonel III. NJ LaZelle, in
charge of the publication was the first wit
ness. Mr.. Cutcheon called his attention
to the appendix of vol NN, part III, series
| of the rebellion records, giving what
purports TO be list of the members of
the Anderson cavalry of Pennsylvania
who went TO the front TO engaged in the
battle of Murph- feesborough. The wit
ness said in October last the senior clerk
of his Office came To him and said that
Chief Clerk Tweedale of the war depart
ment desired to have the names of
the members of that organization of which
he was a member incorporated in the
records, and that he would request the
governor of Pennsylvania to furnish the
list. If the governor did not furnish II,
he would get the information himself.
October 20 list of the names was received
from the adjutant general which the GER
terficate stated had been made from the
official report TO General Rosecrans. and
had been carefully compared with the
official records of the Office and found to
be correct Such certificates had always
been regarded as sufficient basis for publ
cation, and other rolls of honor and tables
had been included inthe publication on like
certificates A part of the endorse
ment stated that the list had been copied
from the Philadelphia Enquirer of Feb
ruary Is, 1868, but that excited no com
ment, because it was known that many
newspapers had published strictly correct
reports during the war. Witness did not
examine the text of the volume care
fully. That was the duty OF the senior
clerk but he did ascertain that the body
of the volume would not furnish sufficient
data for the presentation of the list. Re
speeding the apparent discrepancy between
the list contained in the body of the
report and that contained in the ap-
pendix, the witness read from "A
number of official reports to
show the lack of agreement between
them as to the actual numbers OF the
Anderson cavalry who went to the front.
With this information In hand he said
not only did the appendix list appear TO
| be correct, but its correctness WAS ais,
verified by caaeful comparison with the
body of the volume. After the newspaper
statements had appeared, witness repre-
scented 10 Mr.. Tweedale the Importance OF
having the papers examined and he agreed
TO have il done. but he had not heard from
him since then. To General GrosYenor
witness said that he had been told that the
newspaper slip had been filed in
the department with the papers of
Captain Burt. He didn't know himself
whether the list was correct or not, nor
did he know whether there were any OH
cial reports from General RoSecrans in the
department containing the list Of names.
In vol 90 part !, was a letter from Score
tary stanton to Rev. Mr.. Dyer which wit
ness had found in the stereotype forms
and called to the attention of the present
secretary as improper matter The secre-
tary said that its removal would be even
more improper as the latter had been in
serted by Colonel Scott. Witness under
stood that the letter had been furnished by
Representative Kelly. Of Pennsylvania.
Assistant Adjutant kelton. the next
witness said that all the adjutant general
Office knew about the newspaper slip
was that it had been handed in by Chief
Clerk Tweedale with the request that 1t be
compared. verified and certified. The wit
ness produced the muster rolls 70 show
how the complication had been made
There was not "A report from General Rose
Grams on file at the war depar; ment.
Henry Douglas, a chief clerk in the al
jutant generals office, said he had com
pared the newspaper slip with the muster
rolls and made up the list OF names in the
appendix but he had not placed the
captation on it nor had be stated
that it was made up from official
reports from General Rosecrans. On being
shown the manuscript the witness said II
was not the list he made up. His recpllec-
tion was that all the names found in the
newspaper article had been found in the
muster roll.
Mr. Cutcheon with the witness began a
comparison a. between the list as publish
ed by the newspaper and the muster rolls,
with the result that two names Of persons
set down as in the battle could not he
found on the muster rolls
Adjourned till Wednesday next.
DISSEMINATION INVESTIGATION.
WASHINGTON. March 2f.-Franklin y.
Gowen, ex-presdent Of the Reading rail
road, and counsel for George Rice, in his
contests with the Standard Oil company,
was given a hearing today by Senator Gull
lorn's committee on interstate commerce
which j. investigating the Determinations
practiced by the Reading railroad in favor
Of the Standard Oil company. Mr. Cow
ems purpose was 70 advocate certain
amendments 10 the interstate commerce
law which had suggested that
service during the progress Of the
Rice cases Mr.. Goweu thought con
aress ought TO give United States
district and circuits courts orlg1nal iuri--
dIct!on in all cases arising under the inter
state commerce lag 70 compel the common
carrier 70 perform its duty In advocating
exemplary damages, he urged that there
was no injury 50 great a. that whereby the
officers Of public highway selected a fe~
favored people and made a special rate 70
them. and drove others entirely out of the
business. He expressed the belief that out
Of the sSco. oro 90 annually pad for trans
portatiGu ia this COUNTRY from $50 90 90
- sip3.bD,po were taken from the
pockets Of the people and paid into
the hands q favored corporations, which
fact accounted for the large fortunes that
we're sometimes made very suddenly He
had recently examined the Affairs Of a Ger
| tain railroad corporation. and result
lief that 500 oD1,O o would oover the
I amount given during the last twenty
years alone by that one corporation 20 a
fev faTored shippers Of oil, coal. etc.
/ " here discrimination il pract.eest against
one particular shipper the rHu1ss1Ys 01ght
20 BE- IN the form % damages large enough
70 make the shareholders change the Of
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