The sun., 1890-08-01
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Things OF Interest Happening In and Out
OF the Halls of Congress.

Things OF Interest Happening In and Out
OF the Halls of Congress.
Army circles In Washington are greatly in
terested in the controversy in tho Department
OF the Platte between Brig Gen. Brooke and
Col. August V. KGutz, OF the Eighth Infantry.
Gen. Brooke has preferred charges against
Col. Kautz of conduct unbecominE an officer
and q gentleman and placed him under ar
rest. and Col Kautz has in turn preferred
like charges against Gen. Brooke,
The trouble, as shown by the papers in the
War Department, seems to have arisen from the
action OF the Quartermaster, Lieut. Ames OF
Fort Niobrara, in being instrumen ntal in the
arrest OF u sentinel and the bringing against
him OF charges for neglect Of duty while
guarding prisoners engaged in fatigue duty.
The court which sat at Fort Niohrara during
Col. kautz's absence acquitted the prisoner
apparently on the ground that the Quarter
master. being unIawfully in charge OF tho
his powers. and because he had given no posi-
tive orders to the sentinel to keep the prison.
Trooke made a savage endorsement' which
virtually reprimanded Col hautz for placing
the Quartermaster in charge Of the general
police in violation of paragraph 496 OF The
army regulations and OF paragraph 5l OF En-
nous Guard Manual.
To this Col. ,Kautz replied. denying that
Liout Ames had been placed In charge OIL tho
general police of the garrison, or that there
Tons 0eH He sapd that the prsonors WE'RE on ia
tigne duty only. and that the regular police
duty was performed or. saturdays under the
that the turning over OF the rrisopbrs TO the
post Quartermaster for work on fatigue duty
could be construed as the general police duty
referred to by the regulation.
Gen. Brooke respontod in letter charging
G9L kaut2 tSIs Wa maSi3s dSa statements % With she
commander. and under date Cd July II Col.
kautz answered the same In letter to Gen.
Brookes AdIutant- General, Which Is denounc
ed by Gen. Brooke as disrESpectful, and as
wrongfully imputing to Cen Brooke neglect OF
OF his acting Judge AdvocatA. Col. KautZ's let
ler eoncludes as follows:
partment commander 81 pDortS the views OF
his acting Judge Advocate In this case is
manifest but If be is vii hng to expose the fact
court martial cases.whCn the law makes it his
own personal duty and he deems it proper to
ceedings Of court marfals to arraign post com
manders. it would 10, well to make sure that
the !oipts are well taken. for, as in this case;
the Court the result OF a successful bubble.
;Inhe'e There y nothing In ny endorsement OF
Iustifies the accusation by tho, department
cc9mmandet contained in your letter of the
perenco m ' Of oca co.respondence e m ana 0f Il
should have been evident to him when he
made it. that no 3,fflcer with the slightest self
respect can possibly rest content under it.
1t partakes % the nature OF a personal assault.
and is the moe mortifying 70 me and un-
delivered from the, intrenched position which
rank ran @ and s9mmand give to him he should
RGf "E m It Pejs wb he Is sroGe ana
stated If. my letter OF the 18th OF June. His
answer to that letter indicates that he does
to ash that he be called to recall the obioo. @
ly. that he does not believe deem your state
ment As at all warranted by the facts IN the
UI,on. receiving. this letter Gen. Brooke
pro hptly preferred charges against Col. Kautz
for conduct unbecoming an officer and O. gem
tiehe OF war. Gen. kautH at once retaliated by
pTeferring charges against Gen. Brooke al
geItIoman IN accusing him Col Kautzi Of
iR!sehood In official correspondence without
cause or provocation.
There Is a desirable Government office going
begging. This is the superintendent OF tho
foreign mails branch Of the Post Office Depart
ment. Since Nicholas NJ. Bell, who was ap-
pointed by Mr.. Cleveland. placed his resi- igna-
I ton in Postmaster General WRnamaker'S 3
! hands. which is now over year Rgo. The Office
has been vacant; There are at least twelve
have strong backing, but none Of them quite
nils the Pill at Least IN a Mr to WanaamSskers ana 9S %
modern languages as the office has charge Of
the branch Of the postal service which has to
and the qualifications. II the latter are Insisted
upon. DC not seem to harmonic Can't Brooke.
the duties OF the office for the past year, hut
| he hnS not been drawing the salary. 1t has
been suggested that civil service oxaml ma
tion be held Tor the place. as It is thought that
the right man could be found in that way
The bill to, prohibit pool selling and book
making in the District OF Columbia was re-
ported TO the House to-day fayorably, with
oS .RS S IL: PISEB
within cue mile Of the city limits. and to be en-
| owning at least sevsnty-lve acres OF ground.
| The effect OF the amendment Will be to conf n A
! bookmaking and pool selling 10 the race tracks.
| cadets to West Point: Clyde L. Hawkins,
Twenty-iourth district, PepnsyiyanlP; Joseph
BrE., III Ninth EF d.ta RsH aGrSeao eof
Humphreys, Seventh district, North Carolina
SanEsS SS h sPisy S ssSs1Ha dstT Sis
james !. Vincent, Seventh district. Michigan.
The conferrees on the Land Grant Forfeiture
| plll nave about come 20 an aEresmont upon
conclude their report at tho next mee'inG. 1t
| ls undo stood thAt the measure agreed upon
PROVIDES for an absolute forfeiture Of he lands
bin looking 20 further forfeitures OF lands Ii
said to have been stricken out
q ThS NInnS new IevsnHs steamer 70 bs isunshsd a.
Company At WllmipGton, Del has been named
CITY 81 that name IN AhnSsota. trom Ehiet
stationed on the coast OF North Carolina. Will
headquarters at NeWberne.
Tho Speaker and his friends are having
dinculttims OF 1t trying TO settle the porplsX
ing question OF public buildings. They arr