The sun., 1897-01-01
DRINK on It. and played poker until 4 O'Clock in

drunk on It, and played poker until O'Clock in
' saw shat Adjt.-Gen. McAlpin Ia hypocrite
and liar; | say he Is a ,hypocrite because ne he
| the same time. He would go to the Young
| Mems Christian Association In the evening and
ieSvo ,I these Us IL, meetings only TO sit up until
| o'clock in the morning drinking rum and play
's Surely these are gross violations OF the law
that It was my duty as inepector-General to
refer to. Paragraph 90 OF the regulations says
pattment commanding officers rely for informa-
lion as to the G efficacy dsclplins, 81 &C. have
General 70 The violation h"ys o,Sns Smsntoned but
in irV1 detail in the report occurred at Buffalo.
when the st1fr was there 70 receive
soldier. You Yourself were present in Buffalo Ito
THE SuNreporterl Yon saw two state Senators
| law equipped with State uniform and you know
| OF such goings-on there as would warrant tho
were addressed by titles that they had no claim
to, and 1t was all nn insult to the men the star
ITO return again to the camp life. there was
| one member OF the stan Gen. MoLewee mon
Eged pf.y days W " He wa. drunk on svery public oo.
| casion. and. l may add. always at somebody
or this hi. ns sss sS
| visit all OF them. say again, there are viola
tions OF the law that am Instructed by law to
"Gen. Nc Alpin's assistant cannot issue an order
straight to save his life. There has not an order
been issued from that otce for two years that
was correct. AS for the Ad djutant: g cneral him.
self. Frtta in the Grand Duchess isn't marker
mander .u. Cnief wanted me to conduct my ONCE
on the line that Cen McAlpin conducted his on.
insson. Mrs Msisprop. and q Tim fns0 GampSe IN
M Sm.s fSo voice
no other member of the stan ever was heard.
he spose Ssr are surely they ape e
,Dcsss.. as has rsss been ,se
with Old Glory. which he described n, tho flag
with eleven bars and thirty-four stars He
Chief as His Excellency the Chief Executor
he regretted that in a few short months our
term OF office will expire and we will be obliged
the Governor dies his name will 90 down TO
prosperity. This is but q sample of the many
past two years. On one occasion In camp when
the natives objected because some Of the men
went in bathing nude. he promised to estab-
| lsh parole ut once
II want TO say. finally. that I stand by my. re-
70 write mu over errrs again % would not omit word
| might add some words. appeal to the decision
of all fair;mlnded military men and to the eiii.
the law and the fact and is written under the
requirementso Of the law. It was made public
| through official channels. II was printed In an
evening paper here under an Albany date, and
J. am Informed it came to them from Albany
ing Contrary to precedent established many
years. have done exactly what did last year.
should have been taken OF il at that time
~ have been In the National Guard twenty.
outrageously treated and | cannot, see whereI
What 90 .2, sS wpS %sa
| might decide the fairness of report. |
| have been dismissed without hearing after
snd eoud not my.e and Snen but
eighteen hours OF my term remained"
AN officer OF the seventh Regiment Yesterday
| spoke of the high standard to which the Ma
tfonal Guard had attained under Adit,-tien.
Porter, who abolished the Headquarters liquor
july celebration. and curbed the tendency OF
the men to spend great part OF each NIGHT tout out
Island, and run the guard " to get back into
camp. ,,-,-,,-
and In tho business met mods OF the orraniza;;
lions" said this officer. the pressure toward
reand ana y.ar after year year. ' The M result wa,
that one after another Of the United states
the Condition of our % Guard gave Il S't high prase %
| and more than one of them declared unotflcially
the TO were II say n
you can understand what change there was
when new ADMINISTRATION came in which do.
| have good time. Work at the camp no longer
had behind It any apparent object or system
and II is not TO ne wondered at that the gen.
| eral tone and condition of the Guard has not
| improved of late. or course there
| many officers who cannot recognize this.
| There are many men who know Gen.
| McAlpin. to whom he is good fellow
| They saw reason to fnd fault with his mill
| tary administration as long rs he let them enjoy
| themselves and oven helped them TO do 50. To
| them such n report as that OF Gen. McIewee
| must seem to be an awful breach OF discipline
and an outrage. There certainly never was an
other like It made in this state by an Inspector
| and an injudicious act on Gen. McLewec's part.
| but every man who has been a comrade OF Nc
| Lewees in the Seventh Regiment will bear me
| out In saying that his honesty. fairness. and
| straightfOrwardness have never been ques-
| toned and are not likely to be by those who
| know him"
| Gen. McLeweo had been q member OF tho Ma
| tional Guard OF this State almost continuously
| since March Il, $40. when he enlisted in Com
| pany f OF the Twcnty-second Regiment. lie
eeived his discharge. after fivc years ser
| vice, on July 9. 1877. On tho following
day he joined Company C of the Seventh
| Regiment as n private. On June 10. 1873, he
| was made corporal. He got q sergeants chew
| rons on Oct l, 1880. and was made First Ser
ed Second Lieutenant Of tho company. and was
| commissioned on Feb 25. 1884. He gave mp mis-
place In tho line to take the place of Assistant
| INSPECTOR General. with the grade OF Lieut.
| Colonel. on Juno 12 1886. He held this place
until Oct. TO- 1888, when he resigned. He was
| entered IL a. private In his old company In the
| Seventh Regiment on Sept. O. 1850. He was
| appointed Inspector General when Gov. Morton
| took office on an. !. 1895.