New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-12
tRuY NOTES or INTEREST,"

The case - Private q. -. CeIlrdust. ~ the 81
Infantry which was the subject ~ resolution ~
,0nrr.s. cal INK upon ih" sccretar" OF War TO re-
port upon the case f'.o~ri 10y An "ri"r "i the
President % court martial The officer who hhd or
I.rrd C-,laraulft auI others to DO large pt''".'
.u -.nIrv ha- aroused a great j 'ai - discussion
IL IN. Army Ccdarlulst and u f"w Others "er"
l.ar.,t In they gun practice and. tnt' ,h"y Nigh;
catch up. Major " =. Worth. throu-l Lieutenant
f. Y H,1km...er ordered C'lIrtG 30 practise
on summary Junr ~. tedar1ui~l Ho''iGt'N I'l"S,'
lou. On SUNDAY. hr.c- Ia w.- court-inartiaiel ana
srut~i-~a to o. confined AZ nara 'Dor UNI, ma
suaid l"r riN months ana l" lo' ',., ~ ,b
month from MI- pay. General brooke altI'Nr' t'
n"ntn. II va f,Stiu.i 81 me ir. Tat th~ officer
gl...s The orI-r acted "tnoui ni"'' OF "'St' -
a..i tnIt 'dar,u.st wa- not subordinate b" i'''"
lng tue oTncf
Tn. order OF Major Worth is declared io 10 an
actual violation of president iincolns famous order
Of November. 1852. relative To- tine performance oil
duty hy enlisted men OK the Army on SUNDAY "i
was So interpreted hy th- Secretary ot war am
CONGRESSMAN ,rosv.nor. OF OHIO who introduced
the resolution in the House. The officers OF the
Army 30 Aot take issue. really. upon this point
I'm, they interpret the order Of President Lincoln as
not for5sd!ng necessary duty" AMI say that the
ordering to OF the officer who gave the ordef
for 'dis.egAri' ofthls order S not encouraging 10
discipline ma ~much Is 1t Mods nm To- too fsm an
arc,',,i.,bliv lor what H.. ~ IL seems 10 them
n.c-s.nr. exercise OF ms discretion. 1ney a.so
view Niin some msg vlus- IN, result o. ne "a.
I,,t,artn,rnts renting the sentence upon CEDAR
uuISi The War Department : ordeF 20 "rnTI"l
itrooke contains this significant sentence rms
acton Is MOI ia aay manner To be reSar.ed as
Justncation OF the disobe'irn'r u "l"'I . W"
part OF the solder" But the eniiF''" ''t'" ~
whole VIII regard H.
During the recent railway strike there Was com
bna,lon on the part OF the strikers ana the local
dealers al Grand junction To- "staiN' oui the
4.
hy and no provisions cane. The quarternaster
then went 10 one OF the butchers and said to him:
II want 70 explin 10 yOu that it Is the ru" 81 'hS
battalion eat. and II the FOOD u "a sign we Pr
pose TO I trust that Your fd'luir 10 M 'hr
order left with you yesterday Is NOT tne rcSun "i
any determination to starv" MS ou'' anu you may
refuse To furnish with that for which we are
Wiling to pay. the battalion WI. take What .hey
time of action" In lcss than an hour the soldiers
had all the supplies they needed and mere was no
further trouble with the Grand Junction dealers
Some of the notices published relative to the death
OF General Ploasanton few days ago have con-
founded him with General Alfred P'eaSdnt'n'
younger brother OF General Augustus James Peas
anton who died on July ~. General Alfred Pleas
anton is stl living. and his home 10 IN Nas"hS-
ton. D. G. lie l. seventy years Old II" re-
signed from the Army in 1868 and became ON
missioner Of Internal Revenue IWeht! IrdIn 49,
in ISIS he was restored TO the Army ana Transferred
IN m. retired list with the rank Of Major since
then ne has had several surgical operations ana Is
much o. an Inv ana
Experiments are made from time TO time Win
the Army raions with the object OF Improving upon
the nutrltve value. especially "neh on '"r "''V"'
only "A short time ago an ohicer oi an i"'e'.N'
turn OF mind announced that he had discovered a
system OF extracting food products ana COMPRISING
them into such shape that days ratons could De
carried in a small capsule. IL might - SusSeH'ei
10 the medical department, of the Army t'dt they
can possibly carry the experiments WIN
thoroughncss II they will follow the me.hou "op''
in gastronomc experiments by tho medical stan OF
the guards stationed at BerIln-tha' is, not 10 eN-
nermen, on the usual laboratory an'na:s Dut On .ne
medic,I students who candidates Tor Army COLI OH
missions who volunteer TO serve az lunJects, !, ~,
,:arman papers say that these youn| hltI ElS 10 ",
1870 ppisrtake 10 eat and drink nothing bcyohd
thr r.gifnental rationS curing tlr p'I''t.r ~, ~.
s"rv,t,on lasting from TWO 10 tour weeks ii,FS
in mi aauipment every day ana march ~ ~ mi
~ rnri,nent sharing rs fatigues TO me lu'., am
uhon th@y return the following data are ner
p,',ss temnerature body weight, amount VI Ipanh
nIr.,,on &c In some cases even inc sto"l r,,h
S,,n,n Is used: In fact. everything Is carTed Oh WI"
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