The Portland daily press., 1890-09-26
a MILITARY MIDDLE.
Captain Rogers Relieved of the Com
mand of Company A..
After an investigation into tho
Finances of the Organization.

The trouble in Company A, of the First
Regiment was told by the members to Adju-
tant General Sprague and Col. Kendall, who
conducted an investigation at the armory
last evening. 1t will be remembered that
some of the members of the company have
not received money due them for service at
the last muster and the one prior to that. At
the hearing last night the following testi-
mony was heard:
Lieut.. VIM. f. Sederquest testified: 81 was
requested to ask Captain Rogers for the
treasurer's accounts. | went to his house
after them and he told me could not have
them. He said he would bring them down
the next Thursday night, but he did not
come, and we have never received them.
Lieutenant Eaton, the chairman of the COM
mittee, also tried to get them, and 1 do not
know what success he had"
Lieutenant Eaton-"I have never seen
Captain Rogers. l never made any demand
on him for the report"
The orderly sergeant testifed-"At our
meeting before muster the treasurer was re-
qLested to turn over his accounts to the COM
pany. The standing committee was REQUEST
ed by vote of the company to go and get
them. We have been unable to get them, /
do not know where Captain Rogers has been.
but If the books were all right 1t seems to
me we should have been able to get them"
General Sprague-"You made a report at
the last annual meetiug?"
Answer did not. | was requested to.
The annual meeting of the company Is the
first Wednesday in January. There was no
treasurer elected, for the reason that the
treasurer's report was not In. have been
been made up to 1889 The 1855 report has
not been accepted by the standing commit
tee for the reason that we have had bills
brought in that were different from those In
| the report"
Gen. Sprague to Lieut.. Sederquest-"Have
you made any report in relation to these?"
Lieut. Sederquest-"Nothing. / have
looked around to see if could fud anything
Electric Light Company says he has re-
ceived nothing at all for the chandeliers"
Capt. Rogers-'I did not make a report of
what we received at muster. 1t appears by
the ledger"
Col. Kendall-"Are there any charges that
the money has not been paid to the menP"
Lieutenant Sederquest-"There are some
| men here that have notreceived anything for
| 1889. and some for 1885,"
General Sprague-"Captain Rogers, have
you anything to say in regard to the electric
light bill? 1t appears by the report that the
expense was $21.50, and actually SIS; also
the bill for services as clerk, of S26, and by
| the report the amount paid was S1975; also
| in regard to pay for the encampment of 1889
There. was paid you $174 at the encamp.
ment"
The roll was then called of members pres
| emit at the 1889 encampment and the follow
| ing testified that they had not received any
pay: Fred 4; Doe, Amos knight, Fred S
Freeman. Frank z: Robinson. G. E. Sawyer
tenant Sederquest said he had received S.
but did not know whether 1t was pay for at,
| tendance or for other services
W. 81. Reed-"I thing got $780, and the
| rest in receipts.
]. 3. Whittier-"I got $3.50 and was there
F. |. Walden--,'I got my. pay. for the
muster. saw the captain just after he goi
bills and got It,"
Gen. Sprague-"Capt. Rogers have you
any statement to make to the company why
you have not handed in your vouchers and
| report?"
| Capt. Rogers have nothing to say.
will say this. that when the bill of the Elec
trio Light Company for the chandeliers was
brought in they came to $21.50 and at thai
time he said he would let the account stand
and later l went to him and told him Il
charge them to my personal account, ant
when l received the bill [ said that they
were charged to my account"
Lieut.. SederQuest-"I would like to ask Il
the chandeliers were charged to you why the
| bill was handed in to the company"
Capt. Rogers-"I do not know why it was
| would also make this statement that
keep my own accounts rather loosely, and iI
regard to the c0mpany's accounts l know
that l have paid out money and received
money and If there is anything dishonest i
was not Intentional. have paid out money
without the approval of the standing com
mittee because it has been the custom for /
number of years. | have the balance Of tn,
STA paid me at the. encampment that thu
| men have not received"
Col. Kendall-"The 7th of July, a rec
ommendation was forwarded me for the
discharge Of twenty-cne men and as nearl,
one-half of those are here tonight, l SHOULD
like to hear what they have to say why the,
should not be discharged. The reason i
given as non attendance at muster"
The most of them gave for their reason
| their inability get away from their work an(
OF the feeling In the company against Capt
Rogers and not being willing to go unde
him.
| Col. Kendall-You understand that this 1
recommendation for dishonorable discharge
for q men. understand here in the city
that one reason why the men did no
attend muster was because was colonel ant
l want this affirmed or denied"
Sergeant Walden-'I can say that / neve
heard any member of the company say tina
they would not 60 because You were colonel
think that was outside talk"
Captain Rogers stated that he thought b,
| would be able to straighten this matter out
| He thought that it would be for the interes
| of the company that these men should be dis
charged: He also admitted that he had no
| attended any meetings of the company al
though he had been in the city.
Colonel Kendall relieved Captain Rogers
of command of the company until he fxet
his accounts with the company which is t
be done before Saturday night OF this week
Lieutenant Ralph FL. Eaton was placed ii
| command.