Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1895-10-02
ARMIES AT TIE ARSENAL.
Man Who Insulted Gen. SchofieId Still in
Custody.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 2S.-Maj.
Armes. who was arrested last evening
upon the order of Gen. Schofeld, acting
secretary Of war, is still confined at the
arsenal His attorneys, Ralston & Sid
dons, are contemplating asking for a
writ of habeas corpus to secure his re-
lease. The application will be made to
one Of the judges of the Supreme court
of the District of Columbia. The only
reason for the delay is the question of
conflict of military and civil law. The
attorneys are now looking into that mat
ter with view Of being we'll fortified
before asking for the writ
Maj. Aimes' army history is a peculiar
one. He was always in hot water and
was court martialed for pulling the nose
of Gov. Beaver of Pennsylvania at the
Inauguration of President Garfield. He
has been very conspicuous figure in
Washington.
1t appears that Maj. Armes has for
some time been petitioning for a brevet
rank on the ground of gallant fight he
claimed to have carried on with the In
dams years ago. The law permits such
brevets to he granted on the recon-
mendation of the department commander
Endorsed by the general commanding the
army.
Lieut.. Gen. Schofield declined to recom>
mend the brevet rank and SO Maj. Armes
began to abuse his commanding officer
and yesterday afternoon attempted to
force his way into Gen. Schofeld's head
quarters Being denied admission he
sent into the general by the attendant on
duty at he door very important letter.
1t SO happens that Secretary of War La
mont and Assistant Doe are both out of
the city and Gen. Schofeld is actingsec-
rotary of war. 1t was in this capacity
that he acted in ordering the arrest
Gen. Schteld said today that he re-
GREETED exceedingly having been forced to
take the action he did. but felt obliged to
order the arrest solely in the interest of
military discipline and without regard to
personal consideration. If he had not
been acting as secretary of war he said
he would have ignored the incident alto
gether. Gen. Schofiel added that it was
far more his purpose to do an unkind
act to anyone on the eve of his retirement
but he was forced to do so in the pres
ent case. He did not purpose. however,
to do anything further in the premises
leaving the case entirely in the hands
of Secretary Lamont who will returl to
the city this evening or tomorrow. The
facts in the case will be laid before the
secretary for his action, but Gen. Scho-
field says he will make no formal charges
against Maj Armes. He said he had
always been friendly toward the latter
1t 81 said at the war department that
and did not understand his enmity.
Maj. Armes will remain in confinement
until his case is disposed of by Sec
rotary Lamont unless his release is or
dered by the civil courts on a writ of
habeas corpus. Any process of the civil
courts in this case will be Immediately
respected. No attempt will be made to
resist an order for the release of the
prisoner in case it should issue
Under the regulations of the army
the charges against Maj. Armes, if any'
are made, must be filed within eight
days from the time of his arrest and he
must be brought to trial Within ten days
from the date of filing of the charges.
In case no charges are made against
him and he is not brought to trial he
must be released at the expiration of
thirty days after the ten days limit for
the trial or at the expiration of forty
days from the date Oh which he should
have been brought to trial. III some
cases this mode of punishment has been
Dracticed, the offender simply being con-
fined for the forty-day limit without
trial
During this period the confinement
may be ''close" or limited" If Tim
tied, the prisoner may be given the
freedom of the post at which he is con-
fined, the city adjacent to the post or
even the state or territory in which the
post is located. The conditions of the
Imprisonment are regulated by the secre-
tarV of the war