The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-26
TINE OlIfLK SIDE.
Mr. ). G.. Peerman Gives Ills Version OF the
Coutr0NcrSy.

A few days ago Colonel Henry c. Jones
expressed his regrets 90 the mcmper9
of the First regiment after thelI return
from Alexandra week ago that GU
1ens OF Richmond had seen III To threaten
their employees with discharge for obey
ing the orders Of the colonel lh eotnS
with the regiment. The next DAY NI'
j. LeRoy sutherland sent tOloHel Jones
a letter explaining that he hal not dis
charged Mr. j. g.. feerWan Tor ohv. MS
military orders. lie asked. az the same
time, that his letter be sent To MT: ieeT-
man so that The latter might drh-ONi-
edge the correctness of its contents.
Colonel Jones complied with the re-
quest and the fOllONn is the answer
which ne received from Alr. feet1nah.
Lynch station. Va. AUG. Il, 1891.
Colonel Henry g. Jones:
Dear Sir.-Your letter of the 18th. also
the clipping from the state containing
Mr. Sutherland's letter. received. shah
endeavOr 10 give you the facts as they
occurred. / received orders from ser
geant kinderVater, of the hospital CORPS
on August TO- 1ea4. about o'clock j. VI.
Through The phone, 20 report 10 me
armory Immediately Dil not say what
for. l then 'phOned Major kuyk, anu
he could not give me any TURNER WioI-
nation. l informed Mr.. SItnerlanI,1 10
that effect, and told him ! would go
10 the armory and see where we nad 70
go. and If possible, would get excused.
armory and see. but ! don't know so
much about your going
l then went to the armorE anu saw ser
gcant CardOZa and he said ne didn't think
! l could possibly get excused. as there
/ were only eight men that could be found,
| including myself. But lie SAID J could see
| Major kuyk ana that he might mr Ike
some ARRANGEMENT to let me on -NHl1l
! Kuyk had not gotten 10 the armorN. 50 /
| went back TO the office and tOld Mr..
| Sutherland that 1t was true that We h1l
| to 20 90 Alexandria 10 dispense CoNey
| army / told him that J had not seen
| Major Kuyk but added that / would see
| him i'm q few minutes and do all i'm my
| power 10 get excused. / also told MN
that from what J could earn ar the
armory we would get back in the morning
/ august 11th). His reply was: You are
| not going TO get back I'm the morning, ana
| 81 YOU 90 to Alexandria you 80 without
| my permission, but you are your own
| man and can do as YOU please. / then
| told him that If, when arriving al Alex
! andria ! found | was very certain l
! could get off and come back on August
/ nth. After some further discussion "t
| military service, in which / SAID Aad
| found that IL cOnficted with my business
! and that / had already talked with sew
| eral members of the hospital corps ABOUT
/ that the principal motive had in joining
! the bOspItal corps was to get TIE benefit
! Of Major Kuyks lectures, as / tnou4ht
| they would be beneficial 10 me IN my
| business. I also told nm J thou1ht j..
| would be impossible 10 get discharge AT
! the present time. 10 this he replied that
| he did not see wherein IL prohted a young
| man TO belong TO the militia anyway.
| then arose TO 90, ana ne lold me 10 ~
| down. and he proceeded 70 write me
| note that YOU are now IN possession OF.
read IT, and asked him what ne meant
by It. His reply was; ~ mean eAactiE
| what I say" I asked him II he could
| not saw verbally what he had to say 70
| me | then asked him II lie meant That
| 81 / went to Alexandria ] might consider
| myself released. His answer AGAIN was
2
| him / was going TO Alexandra. and
| walked ont OF the office l went to the
| armOry, saw Sergeant CardoZa ana h"nl-
| ed him Mr.. Sutherland's note. re sald
| ne would see Major Kuyk about the mat
! ter Major Kuyk said il / could get n
| substitute i could get off / then went 10
| Lieutenant Mills OF company +, ana
/ asked him # ! could get substitute out
! of his company. lie said ne would not
| allow any OF his men to 20 as substitutes.
! ON Monday morning ] ala not 20 9Wn
! 10 the Office until about lO O'Clock, dS !
| considered I had no bu mess there !
! went i'm and got some little effects OF
! mine together and asked Mr.. sutherland
! for what money was due me. IL wante }
! 10 know where 7 was going. / told MN
! / expected to visit my sisters In camp
| bolI county I'm few days lie then want
| ed q know If ! was going 10 cave MN.
| / told him 1 thought ! had ample rea-
| son for so doing lie wanted 10 know II
| ] intended leaving nun theTe by hinii-
/
| / vas leaving him. but that was re
| 0uested 80 70 do. He then said thar we
| had an understanding whereby | was to
! give him thirty days notice before lcaV-
! ing. and IN the event that he wanted 20
| dispense with my services he would do
| likewise. / told him i had no re ollec-
| tion Of making any such contract. but
| that II he was positive that ] did so. !
was willing 10 carry ii out as 1t was
| INV duty 20 do SO. lie said That If
| ala II only as my duty ne ala not want
me to stay. 10 which ] replied if ] sta'd
| If would only be as matter OF duty
| After some further conversation I start-
| ed to leave. and he asked me t. leave
| a book Gray's Anatomy that l kept al
| The office. which ] did. telling him be
| could keep II until | left the i'y
| called for the book the next afternoon
| ebout ] o'clock. as he said he only want
| ga it a few hours ,, o,,,
| n was then that he apolosized Tor any,
| ,bine that he had said or done 10 offend
me 7 accepted his apology, bat dId not
| see whore i had done anything TO apoio'
oize for as I was not the aggressor,
e'~ Respectfully yours,
JOHN @. PEERMAN, private
| HoSpitaI l'grDS.