New-York tribune., 1894-02-04
ARMY NOTES or INTEREST,"


A correspondent take. exception To- the statement
made I'm these columns last week that captain
Daniel f. sales had b'an acquitted - the charges
upon which he WIS tried hy c1lrt-m'rt'I Ih"
specifications Of The charges w'rc that the accused
man failed 20 include five buildings in l-t ~
Government houses on the oklahoma strip ana
permitted them 20 be- GAINED and taken pO '-"s ION
Of without remun'r1tinu, nud ii'i H", i'l.it
sale of wood which hal not been made. ann as
posed Of The wool Ni'flllY. lh' p'i 'h az .'
charges AMI specifications "'- u"t E.nf.. ana th'
cour'-rnariia - which .rel John e. Bates was
president after am exhaustive h'arin@' acquitted
him.
SO, only dld tn, court acoui, Captain stiles of
the charges but in. case resented some peculiar
features upon which the War Department dwels
az length declaring that a careful Investigation
OF the charges. specifications and testimony clearly
indicates that tho complaints were Inspired hN some
enlmils or feeling not disclosed on the trial. tn"
order issued by tho War Department in the ease
/ says that Captain Stil.s was parhpps careless In
his business methols bat that ass he turned in the
entlr. proceeds of tho sale OF thr Cos, rnment prop
orty. he could not have been found guilty OF any
attempt or intent to dcfrauI th" Gpvornm"nt hence
to conyc, him would have been An injustice. The
order goes on to say that "it is unfortunate that
the Government should have been involved In
direct expense of $780, besides tine time of fourteen
oniccrs-ore colonel. on Hcut'nnnt-coonci. three
majors "d M nnr csaits I1r a. 'r, c6r,. M ,n
testimony SO tstci.i insufficient :" c"uFIct.
p,,ce psc 'G pn hd- %i . chars AMI he cxHntnn mr
10y the inspector should hav" sh'" 3D. ID 4e
unnecessary Captain Stlos hid .",niy six
years in the Army, and was In corr 'i Dat,
| TALON and charged win most d'.. ate. anus al
/ OF new territory 10 settlement. Tho foregoing IL
sufficient to answer the correspondent as to the
case
The appointment or detail Of Lieutenant John II.
Alexander. Il colorcd officer. assien"d to the 9th
Cavalry to the Wilberforcc University. OHIO. has
been freely commented upon. but by no paper 50
favorably IS by The Tribune. WHberforcc University
is said be the first Tor coorei youths founded
4 in this country ana it has more than .Co students
AT present 1t was the only school college un.
der control Of colored men represented At the
Worlds Fair. ami the work OF lts stuIrnts was
awarded a medal. Lieutenant Alexander was
horn n Arkansas ana was appoHSSSd nv & c'rr, nt
West Point from OHIO on July l. 49, being Eradu-
Fort Bowie Arlz is spoken Of by a correspond
ent as "a snug little post that sits mp In the lap
Of the Chracuahas" TO the northeast Hes the
great san Simon Plain dt is called "a desert in
june. and larger view of the outside world in
that direction Is obstrucred by the mountains which
stand guard over the plan-or desert. The Apache
Pass is 10 the southwest. and Bowe's Peak the
highest thcrcabout ana looking down upon Hclcns
| Head lies t. the south THE Denver Republican"
recently had article on this post ana spoke Of
It as little patented Indes." The officers sta
toned there have taken exception 10 thlS alJsOn.
and assume that the writer got ms inspiration in
Denver barring the ISOLATION the pos. - cons!d
aii-t ycar-rouni millncss and who're lawn-tcnnis
/ minus the lawn is the diversion OF the officers
their wives and children.
The question as to whether aluminium should sup
plant other metals now used by the Army for GER
tain purposes, such canteens cartridge boxes.
bayonets. etc. is under consideration by the War
Dsn"rtm"nt. Captain Il. H. Evans. an attache OF