St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-18


OF an oftentimes too generous govern
ment. 1t shows, too, how slight thing
Will prick the robe of vanity which en-
Veiops these young officers and cause
them to abuse the positions they ought
to honor, in order to vindicate something
or the latter quality that they never
possessed.
HOW IT CHANGED.
"On the oath of October last" mar
rated Dell Wild yesterday, First Ser
geant William Won Hartung came to
me and said: i've got piece of con-
demned canvas here which want you
to take over to Lieut.. Steele's.' | didn't
thlnk anything of this, although had
not Deen detailed for quartermuster or
troop fatigue that day. When [ reached
the lieutanant's house / rang the bell
ana MRS. Steele came to the door, | told
her that l had been sent around with
the canvas, and she then said | should
take 1t around TO the back door. | did
so and then walked aWay."
"Were you ordered TO remain there or
put up the canvas at that time?''
queried the GLOBE reporter at this
time.
mo. sir,'' was the reply, IL had no
orders 10 do anything but carry the
canvas to Lieut.. Steele's house. then
went TO my quarters and hadn't been
tnere ten minutes when | met
the first sergeant. who told me
that Lieut.. Steele wanted me. |
went to the lieutenant's house
again and l rang the bell. This time
Lieut.. Steele came to the door himself
ana said: Come around to the back
doc and ! did so. He then said:
Didn't the first sergeant tell you to re-
main mere with this canvas until l re-
tufned? l answered in a civil manner
that had not been SO ordered. He
then said: Come on and help me put
this canvas on the shed;' this was
passage leading from the house to an
outhouse. l said: Lieutenant, l OBJ
1ect to doing this work / regard it as
A SERVANTS WORK.
didn't enlist for servant. l enlisted
for a soldier The lieutenant then
said: What! You refuse to work for
me. you miserable deserterp
10 this outburst merely answered,
Lieutenant. l'll carry in wood or coal,
or split wood for you, or do anything in
my line of duty, but object to doing
this because It's servants work. At tn S
he called me G. d. miserable de.
serter. and said: You'd rather follow
the slop cart few days than work for
me- He meant by this sort of pun
lshment often given for different causes,
ana IL means taking mule and gather
ing all the refuse and slopS and carting
them off. When he gave me a chance
| said: Lieutenant, if you know me to
be deserter, it's your duty to arrest
me and have me confined for it, AT this
he repeated his former offensive re-
marks AID exclaimed: Would you pre-
sume to show me my dutyp With
that he
ASSAULTED AND STRUCK ME
with his clenched fist, knocking my cap
off in tub of water. He then said Go
to the guard house, ! started across
the parade grounds. he following me.
When l was about halfway across he
called out Wild, come with me- He
then took me to the troop orderly and
mad corporal confine me. When | got
to the guard house ] was given permis-
sion by the sergeant to go and get nv
cap. When l reached Lieut.. Steele's
yard he was there, and asked me what
l wanted. told him l was after my
cap. He pointed to the tub aud said
There's your cap; get it and get out of
here at once,' at the same time saying
to the sentry, Sentry, don't let him get
out of your sight
Il was taken back to the guard house
and the next morning l got permission
to go and see Col. E. F. Townsend, the
post commander. When i reached him
l found that Lieut.. Steele had been
there before me. and had filed his
charge against me. l told the colonel
the whole story and asked him if |
couldn't have charges
PREFERRED AGAINST STEELE
for assaulting me. He said l could
make complaint and he would send it
to the proper authorities. | was then
thrown into the guard house, where
remained until the evening of Dec. 5
without hearing anything. On this
evening Lieut.. Steele walked into the
prison and read the charges to me and
walked out. was tried the next day
and got short shift"