The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-16
sADJT.-GEN. MUEHLBERG.s ORDER
CONCERNING EXTRAORDINARILY
DISCHARGES.
THREATENED WITH A SUIT.
DECIDED no ELIMINATE THE
aWORD.
CHARLES LaMBtE WAS FIRM
And Refused TO Bear the Ignomfny
OF Dishonorable Discharge with
out IA Trial.

Charles Lambie. connected with the
Grand Opera house, is being congrat-
uiated by his friends anent his victory
ever the heads of the state militia. who
were forced by Lambie to retract his
clshonorable discharge from the guard.
Lambie enlisted in Company e." n.
". ;. NJ, at Minneapolis on Nov. 4,
1888 Afterwards he moved to st. Paul
ana round it impossible to attend drills.
without being notified of any intention
| OF being discharged, Lambie was dis
honorabiy discharged by General Or
ders No. %, dated. July 81, 1896.
RMS practice Of dishonorably dis
charging men without giving them a
trial has been carried on In the state
! guard for years and great number
OF men bear the stigma of such a re-
moVal But Lambie did not intend 20
receive such sentence without max
| ing a fight and retained w. E. Dam
pier, local attorney, to protest his
tights
Attorney Dampier wrote to Adit.
! Gen. Muehlberg threatening to
bflng suit against the general for dam
ages IL Lambie's discharge was not
corrected to read honorable instead
! oil "diShoncrable
Immediately after receiving Mr..
hampers note djt. Gen. Nuremberg
| issued the following circular:
General Orders No., IA question having
arisen as to the propriety of prefixing the
word "dishonorably to discharged for the
good of the service the word "dishonor-
orders heretofore made
by order OF the commander in chief
Herman Nuremberg,
Adjutant General.
4 Inc ABOVE circular WAS dated Nov
| 4, 1895. Attorney Dampier was not
| satisfied with this general order and
wrote to the doughty adjutant general
tedllng him that If he would mail him
an honorable discharge for Mr.. Lambie
| the matter would be allowed to drop
Yesterday Mr.. Dampier received the
following letter which Is In the line
| OF q complete Fetraction on the part
| Of the adjutant general
10 all whom it may eoncern-Know We,
that CHARLES Lambie, private Of Company
IF, First Regiment Of the National Guard,
state Of Minnesota, is hereby honorably dis
of Minnesota this 31st day Of July 1895. by
reason of good of the service
Given at st. Paul. this 18th day Of Deem
BY order of the commander in chief.
Herman Nuremberg,
Adjutant General.
1t IS due to the efforts of Mr.. Lambie
that hereafter any private discharged
from the state guard will be given
fair chance to defend himself A
dishonorable discharge from the regu-
lar army is considered about the worst
punishment that could be inflicted upon
soldier. To besdishonorably discharg-
| ed from the national guard. is no less
a disgrace to- the civilian for it ex-
seludes him from the arrnory, and from
all the hOSpitalitieS of the companies
He is an outcast from the drill halls.
and the discharge is considered last
ing disgrace.
Adjt Gen. Muehlbergs action
will gladden. the heart Of scores of
militia boys who have been dishonor-
| ably discharged ''for the good Of the
service" without having received trials.
But Adjt. Gen. Nuremberg is
not to be thanked for the revocation
of the unjust order. Mr. Lambie's in
dependent spirit and American sense
OF justice brought about the change
The supreme court has decided that
the state military authorities have no
right to punish member of the guard
without court martial. A dishonorabIe
| discharge is the most severe punish
| ment that can be inflicted on a guards
man by the state guard authorities. vet
scores of men have been so let out of
the service without being accorded a
court martial.
BY reason of the firm stand taken
by Mr.. Lambie,f each and every man
heretofore dlShonOrably discharged is
| entitled to the same order received
Mr.. Lambie, expunging the word dis
honorable. Every man dishonorably
discharged in the past without being
given trial has been wronged and
has just as good a foundation for a
damage suit as had Mr. Lambie
The system of lischarging guardsmen
which was employed in the case Of
Mr.. Lambie, Is as follows: The COM
handing officer of the cOfnDany fills
out communication to the adjutant
general which reads something like
this:
General: have the honor to apply
for the dishonorabIe discharge Of the
| following members of my command
for the reasons given in each case"
The names of the blacklisted men are
! given and the reasons for their dis
charge. This communication is sent
| to the general who signs the paper
and the men are excluded from drill.
and are tabled as "dishonorables'
This system is not in favor among
the guardsmen, who claim that it al
lows the commanding officers too much
power, especially if they have any per-
sCnal desire to get square" with one
of their men.
Charles Lambie has established a
precedent, and has started the ball Of
public sentiment rolling. In the future
1t will require more than a dash of
Adjt. Gen. Muehlberg's pen to
| place the stain of dishonorable dis
charge upon a member of the national