Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-06
THE G. A. R. COURT-MARTIAL
What Mr.. Boston Says of the Department
Commanders Action.
He objects to the President of the
Court-May Not BE Here When
1t Convenes.

The court-martial of Post Commander
George H. Boston of o. P. Morton Post,
G. A. r.. because of troubles with officers
of the Department of the Potomac, is Gre
ating much discussion in Grand Army cir
Giles. 1t is stated that this is the first case
of the court-martial of a post commander
in this city.
When the attention of Department Com
mander Anderson was called to the state
ment Of Post Commander Boston, as pub
lished yesterday in The Star, he declined
to enter into any detailed discussion of the
case. but said that Comrade Boston's state
ments were "a tissue of false statements. !"
At the proper time he said he would prove
this assertion.
MIR. Boston Not Cast Down.
Post Commander Boston Is not in the
least cast down by the overhanging cloud
of a court-martial. To Star reporter to-
day he said that the court as constituted
by Mr.. Anderson could not try him. He
specially objected to having Post Com
mander VIM. Gibson named as president of
the court, and said he would give the rea-
sons for objecting to him at the proper
time.
Mr.. Boston does not believe that Depart
ment Commander Anderson has any right
to name court for his trial. On this SUBJ
tect he said: MY difficulty has been with
Mr.. Anderson, and If any one is to prefer
charges against me it should be him. The
idea of having charges preferred by Mr..
Saville is absurd, for l have had no diff
Guilty with him at all. But l can. readily
see why this was done. If Mr.. Anderson
had preferred the charges he could not
have appointed the court to try Inc, and
he wanted to appoint it. But don't think
his action will stand"
The Date of the Trial Irritating.
Another irritating fact in connection
with the court-martial is that it is ordered
on the very day of this month when Post
Commander Boston has arranged to be in
Norfolk on a grand military excursion
and family picnic at the beautiful Soldiers
Home Hampton" as the dodger announc-
ing it reads. This excursion will leave
Washington on the 18th instant to return
on the 9th, and is given by the o. p.
the Ladies' w. r. c., No. l, Department
of the Potomac, q. A. r. The court-mar-
tial has been ordered to convene on the
18th instant, and If Mr.. Boston attends 1t
he and fifteen or twenty of his friends
will have to give up the picnic.
1.-The date of the court-martial," said MIR.
Boston today, 'is another instance of the
way Department Commander Anderson
acts toward me- He knew very well tnat
our post was to be in Norfolk on the 26th
instant and he fixed the time for the court
martial on that day to worry me. But L
am going on the excursion, and II l am
tried by court-martial 1t will be in my alb
sence. If should stay in Washington on
that day fifteen or twenty of my friends
would have to give up the picnic also, and
we are not going to do it."
Sumner Posts Position.
John P Quander, commander Of Chas.
Sumner Post, No. Q, writes to The Star.
saying that his post did not pass any reso-
lutions regarding the order of the depart
ment commanders action concerning the
court-martiai of George H. Boston, COM
mander of o. p. Morton Post, No. T. He
adds: II will say that the members of
Sumner Post are loyal and will take no
rebellous action"