The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-20
Gen. Radeau Wants Cash.

Gen. Adam Badeau who was member
of Gen. Grants staff during the war, and
who assisted in the preparation of Grants
Memoirs has brought suit against the
estate of Gen. Grant for the recovery of
money alleged to be due him for his services
Gen. Badeau says that in August, 1854,
Gen. Grant informed him of his intention
to write the book in question, and solicited
his assistance. Badeau readily consented
to assist him, more particularly, it may be
presumed, since Gen. Grant voluntarily put
in writing an agreement to pay him S., 900
of the first 100000 profits on the book
and $1,000 of the next $4,000 profits. Grant
in this agreement says that in consideration
of the fact that the memoirs would prob
ably be in competition with Badeau's his
tory of his Grants campaigns, that the
maps prepared by Badeau would
form the basis for his own,
and that he was 10 be assisted
by Badeau, he voluntarily stipulated to pay
Badeau as above mentioned. Gen. Badeau
applied himself to the task seven months,
or until the first volume was completed,
and during that time, according to his state
ment, his was the leading mind in the work.
He made suggestions as to themes, recalled
incidents and scenes, compiled data and
gave to the memoirs literary flavor that
otherwise they would not have possessed.
He received $3.50 of the first 81 900 profits,
but has never received anything m IL.
Col Fred Grant, acting for his mother,
says Gen Badeau merely served as an
amanuensis, and the agreement made by his
father was in the nature of memorandum
that Badeau was to be paid as stipulated in
case he should be called on, ty reason of
Gen. Grants death, to write the second vol
ume When Badeau saw that large profits
were flowing in from the book he. to use a
common phrase, struck for higher wages.
He wanted 81 900 a month for work on the
second volume and 10 per cent. of the entire
profits. To this proposition Gen. Grant did
not acce lie, and in refusing to do so he used
some rather plain language applying to
Badeau causing rupture between them.
Col. Grant says Badeau did no work on the
second volume, and can expect no pay for
what he did not do. He is, however, ready
to pay him a reasonable and Just compensa-
ton for his work as far as it proceeded.
Col. Grant himself received $50 month
for assisting his father, and this is probably
what he expects to pay Gem Badeau
The correspondence between Gems. Grant
and Badeau and between Col. Grant and
Gen. Badeau brings out the fact that Gen.
Grant was the author of the memoirs. He
says in one of his letters that as soldier he
wrote his own orders, instructions, reports
and plans of battles, aud as President he
wrote every official document usual fo.
Presidents to write. The inference is that
he considered himself competent to write
his book, and the manuscript is said by those
who have seen it to be in his hand writing,
with interpretations by Col. Grant and Gen.
Badeau. Col. Grant declines to make any
compromise, for the reason, probably, that
he thinks that it would amount TO an adj
mission on his part that his father had
palnled off as his own the work of another