The National tribune., 1891-12-31
WANTS A HEARING.
A Comrade who was Suspended from the GAR.
Presents His Case.
EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune:

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune:
c~lyy9N The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Dec. 3.
ltH5 in General Orders from Department
tSRst Of New York, GAR, Is an account Of
IEo my being tried aud sentenced by court
ea1ao martial on a charge of conduct pre-
judicial 10 good order and discipline" aud
suspended from Post 42l. Of the New York De-
partment. May not state my case2
In the last part Of See. g. Art. 4, Chap. g.
Of the Rules aud Regulations Of our Post, are
the following words:
Prorfded, hoiUerer, That when a comrade Is un-
able, by reason Of sickness misfortune to pay
his dues. they may he remitted by two-thirds
vote Of the members present, and voting az a regu-
lar meeting Of the Post: but by this remission Of
dues tile Post shall not become liable for the pay
nlent Of his per capita tax nor shall he be counted
| la the representation To The Department or Ma
uonRl Encampment.
Also. in Journal OF Gath National Encamp-
ment Of Aug. Is, II, 1890. at the top of page H.
Comrade Beath closes his remarks as follows:
Especially so when there are no dues 10 pay
on these comrades TO either Department or
| National Headquarters" At our annual in
spectiOn. held ON June 0. we were instructed by
the Inspecting Officer not to pay dues on com-
| rades whose dues were RENTED. We had three
/ such comrades in our Post, and in our report
/ for July / we reported them as being RENTED
aud did not send the per capita tax on them.
We received letter from the Assistant Adj
| nt-General Of the Department, saying we
/ were short the amount Of their tax We wrote
| 20 him calling his attention TO above, section 3
| Of Rules and Regulation, and saying il he In
sisted on the payment of the tax we would
send IL under protest. He sent our returns
back with very cranky letter. saying that If
they were not corrected aud la his hands by
/ the 10th OF the month the Commander could
/ look for order suspcnding him from his
| Office; also saying IL he 1.-THE Commander did
not have sense enough 20 understand the Rules
| aud Regulations he had better consult an
! attorney.
We sent the tax claimed under protest and
appealed through the different channels to the
! National Encampmeut of 1891. but have never
received any answer 10 the appeal.
On Aug. p, in answering a letter for the
Commander TO the Assistant AdjutAnt- General,
] signed my own name. aud stated that was
surprised that one holding the position that he
/ did should deny that the words we used as
! closing said section were there. aud sending
a copy Of our Rules and Regulations with the
section containing them marked. and asking
that we be Informed of the action taken by the
National Encampment ia regard to our appeal.
The only answer was an order suspending
| our Post Commander from his Office, aud sus-
| pending me from the Office OF Post Adjutant
aud ordering me To Albany for trial on "A charge
of " disobedicnce of Rules and Regulations, aud
conduct prejudical TO good order and disei-
pine"
My mother was then living with me and was
very low. The Doctors said she was liable 10
die at any time (which she did Oct. 49,. aud /
could not 10 TO Albany without being away
from home three days. i wrote the facts TO the
Assistant Adjutant- General, asking that the
court be changed nearer my home SO that /
could attend. | also wrote the Judge Advocate
asking that might have q copy of all the tes-
timOny against me. and DO allowed TO send my
answer in writing.
There was no attention paid TO my requests
except 10 send me a copy Of the charges and a
copy Of my letter rs specifications. / asked
that all OF the correspondence, and our Rules
and Regulations, also our appeal, be given 70
the court. i also sent sworn copies of all that
the Commander Of our Post bad. The Assist
ant Adjutant- General returned the copy of the
Rules and Regulations had sent him. aud did
not say that they were wrong in any partieu-
lar.
Our Post, after examining all the letters and
orders between the Commander aud the Assist
ant Adjutant- General, also my own, passed Teso-
buttons sustaining myself aud the Commander,
for which they now suspended indefinitely.
Commander Howard sent letter TO the De.
pariment Commander on Sept. 2, asking what
part of the Rules aud Regulations he had dis
obeyed. as he was not aware that he had DISC
beyed them at all, hut has had no answer yet,
aud IL still suspended, aud can get no reason
7 Why.-lRA n REYNOLDS, Windham, "