New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-29

o, he Isni;e1 States Thai on Frday. septe
a. 49, without airy warrant OF aw nneily At his
home IN the District of Columbia. and " was w sSi
Quoted s file OF soldiers to the ne ntody Of the
defendant commandant at said arsenal Lnat .ns
Ss. he s0f has nS committed no offence any
law. and therefore knows no JUST reason y, sa,d de-
PENDANT ana is deprived Of his liberty not being
TO ss ys the s That
only excuse for the petitioners confinement and
alleged by The s na ssa Ne o rs
der issued by the Acting Secretary OF War. a copy
OF which Is hereto attached Tina, the defendant
may be required forthwith to produce this pet d
ten,ion and that he may be discharged from his
confinement That the petitioner may nave suc =,
in the premises.
The warrant which the officers presented to
Armes when he was arrested at his home Is as
follows:
War Department.
Adjutant. Generais ones ,ss,
To the Commanding ofiicer. Washington Barracks,
Washington, D.. c.
ny d,recoSn nn 9a me eorse Armes T. s A. re-
tired and hold him In close arrest unuer ertber
THOMAS NJ. VINCENT
Assistant AdJutant- General
The petition was presented to Justice Bradley
o
the prisoner be produced before him Immediately.
Shortly after 3 o'clock Colonel Classon produced
the prisoner. and, being asked by what authority
he held him, replied that he did so by authority
Of the Acting Secretary of War under warrant
as above given.
Justice Bradley released the prisoner on his
personal recognzance to appear before him In
court at 10 a. m. next Saturday.
Under the Army Regulations the charges
against Armes. II any are made. must be heu
within eight days after his arrest and ne must
be brought to trial within ten days from the ming
of the charges. If no charges are made, and ne
is not brought 10 trial. he must be released tniIy
days after the ten-day limit for the trial; In
some cases this mode Of punishment has been
adopted, the offender simply being confined Tor
the fortyday limit During the forty DAYS the
confinement can be "close' or limited III nm.
lied the offender can have the liberty OF the post
at which he is confined. the city adjacent TO the
rost or the State in which the post Is. The MODE
of confinement can be regulated by the secretary
Of War.
General Schofeld said this morning that no
further action would be had in the matter until
the return Of Secretary Lamont, who was out OF
the city. and he did not know when he would
return.
GENERAL sCHOFIELD'S CAREER.
General schofeld was born In Chautauqua
County, ~ y, in 1881. He was appointed cadet
ated. four years later number seven In
the class with Sheridan and James b.
Mcpherson, and assigned to duty at Fort
Moultrie S. c. as 5revet second neuten-
ant of artillery. From 1855 to 1860 he was
assistant professor Of natural and experimental
philosophy at the Military Academy, having IN
the mean time been made fu-fiedged lieutenant,
and was subsequently professor or physics al the
Western University In st. Louis AL the OUT
break OF the war he was detailed as mastering Of
fcer for Missouri and commissioned major of the
lst Missouri Volunteers In May, 1861. ne became
captain in the lat Artillery. and few months
later chief of staff to General Lyon, taking part
in the engagements at Dug Spring. Curran Post
office and Wilson's Creek. General Lyon was
killed in the last-named battle In November OF
that year he was made brigadler-general OF MIS-
souri, Volunteers. In April 1853, he attained IN"
rank Of ma jor general OF volunteers. and early In
the following year was assigned to command the
Army OF the Ohio, which formed the left wing or
Sherman's army He took part In the famous
March to the Sea and it's numerous battles In
November. 1864. he was made br!gader-general IN
the Regular Army, and shortly arter DreVet
major general, commanding the Department OF
North Carolina where his services In the war
ended
| diplomatic mission to France in connection with
| the establishment of Maximilian's Government In
] Mexico The result was An understanding mat
the French should withdraw their troops from
| Mexican soil. On returning from Europe he
commanded the Department Of the Potomac until
June, 1868 when he entered the Cabinet OF Presi-
| dent Johnson as Secretary OF War, retaining that
portfolio until March A. 1863 when he was made
! Major-General and placed In command OF the
| Department OF the Missouri, ana later or the
| Division of the Pacific
While he was In command of the Pacific Divi-
sion. which he held until 1876. he was sent by
President Grant on special mission TO the
| Hawaiian Islands in search Of inform alton, the
question OF annexation being then under consid-
Grafton. While his report has never been made
public, his views were probably adopted by Sec.
rotary Fish, who In 1873 stated the position OF
the Government to be against the control OF the
islands by any foreign Poyer-a decision which
Eress
General Schohcd was superintendent OF the
Military Academy In 1876 and commanded va
rious Departments until 1885, when he succeeded
Lieutenant General Sheridan Mator-Genera
| Commanding the Army