Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-05
WAS THERE AN ERRoRx

 Colonoi Doherty's Appointment of
 Hospital Steward Claimed to be
 Illegal.
 General orders No 16, which were issued by Adjutant- General Barbour under date of August ?, contains an order which the New Haven News believes is likely to make change in the recent appointments of Colonel Doherty The order reads as follows
 ''The comnandants of each regiment and the Fifth battalion will enlist five men as a hospital corps, one of whom shall be warranted acting hospital steward. The corps will be under the special instruction of the medical officers ef the organization, assisted by the hospital steward; will hold such drills as the regimontal cOmmandant may direct, and will he carried and ac- counted for on rolla, reports and returns with the field. staff, non commissioned staff and band.
 "The men enlisted for signal and hospital corps must be bona fide residents of towns as follows: First regiment, Hartford; Second regiment, New Haven; Third regiment, New London; Fourth regiment Bridgeport; Fifth battalion New Haven, | except that the members of the fifth hes. pital corps, Fifth batlaliou, shall be Ies idents of Bridgeport"
 The order is in accordance with saotiol 3, ,l5l of the CNnneetiout statutes relating | to the state militia as amended at the last session of the legislature. When ques toned by reporter Col poherty was very 1 emphatic iii expressing his opinion that the hospital steward need not be resi- dent of New Haven. He said. "! ,!n na think that the law passud by the last as sembly conflicts in any way with my ap pointment of Mir Barber as hospital steward l think that 1 have perfect right to es l tablish the chief of the corps in any par of the congressional district in which my regiment is established: I do not be11;;ey;: that the law re,lu,r, that the chief of th, corps must be resident of New Haven The corps which will be enlisted will b, residents of New Haven. l think that il about lu days the appointment uf Ar liar Der will be confirmed by the head of tn, department at Hartford. l anticipate II. trouble over my appointment of NJ Barber"
 1 The New Haven News, which has beer antagonistic to Colonel Doherty since his stall appointments were announeed. claims that his appointment of hospital steward l was contrary to order. Lieutenant Colo nel Lee was seen by a News reporter las
 night and said "I think it is safe to saN l appointment. Heretofore that office ha.
 been filled at the pleasure of the colone and the incumbent has not necessarily
 been member of any company. Undel the new law, however, he must be an en
 listed man and under another section o1 the same law must be resident of New Haven for the Second regiment. There ii one thing which is little vague. That i, where the words acting hospital steward are used. 1t might be understood iron this that a member of the corps was desig mated acting hospital steward and wal d different individual from the regula hospital steward, who has formerly beer appointed by the colonel But no men tinn is made elsewhere of a second hospi tai steward, and l don't see but what thi order of General Barbour takes the ap l pointment of the steward from th 1 colonel. In that case the appointment O 1 MT Barber is illegal "