New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
HIS SONS RELEASE.
ropy OF PRESIDENT ARTHUR AND
SECRETARY CHANDLER.

plank Is seventy years old, but his taI'
...,e form is straighter than many man NJ.
,,s age He was a surgeon in the Army OF
49,. Potomac for the last TWO years vi 'he VOL
INC ,hrough the Wilderness campaign. and
~s.. a factor in many things which no member
w" -. nrofession in this generation will proba-
h,y ever experience
0r Doc,or lives in one OF the western coun-
.,os Of New-York. not far from Rochester lie
W. son who is assisting his father in his
.sosen work and who will continue with hohor
ahijty the hereditary practice when the
.,asr MUSICIAN shall have ended MS humane
o'ue ,.,r,tio,s When this son was a boy he
...me possessed by an overwhelming passion
cadetship at West Point Although his
..,her had marked out for him medical career
,,a long dreamed fair and comforting
-,,Ions of an old age passed in watching win
',,y care and advising with experienced
,,,wIadge his sons processes OF practice. ne
,,.s 20 the Young fellows blind determina-
.,.n with secret parental misgivings and Sc
'on for him the coveted place in the Nations
sreat military schooi'
81 mathematics is the beginning. the mid
a., and the end of West Point instruction.
~ ~, blank looked brave and handsome in
upif
.,, lint he went to pieces in his "math." He
..usd in the January examinations and was
.a" from The rolls of the Academy. The
x.v was broken hearted and wounded deeply
nriae His youth could picture no worse
..,astrophe. Ruin stalked grimly before him
90. nos yellow. arid desert. He could never
..,o his friends at home. Like many boy be-
...o hin, he set forth for York. wandered
oIa MT
Of sailor or two and enlisted in the
Navy.
~.est world but tragic To loving smaller one.
.ook Mace in the first year Of the Administration
=, chester A. Arthur as President OF the United
s,.,o. and Of william f. Chandler as Secretary
Of the Navy.
rho first information the Doctor received Of his
.,n,s precipitancy was fearful. furious. heart
h,oken letter. boyish in its intensity telling his
min and reterating his unalterablc intention
never again to be seen Of his erstwhile friends
and companions
The Doctors army life had made him man
a, action He threw a few things into satchel
and reached New-York the next noon. He went
"a the Brooklyn Navy Yard. and stated his mis-
sior with rough. straightforward eloGuencc
made more forcible by the strong undercurr"nt
y, Maternal love. The commandant could do
nothing: he was sorry. but the doctor had better
% TO the Secretary of the Navy. Ut was an I'M
usual case and perhaps ne might succeed in Sc
curing the boys release. 1t was a mere i'm
probability which had not yet taken on the
character of an impossibilty. To Washington
the Doctor went. He never stopped even for
bis dinner.
Al the home OF Mr.. Chandler he was told that
the Secretary was with President Arthur at the
White House Both men were sportsmen. and
had planned a run down the bay for duck The
Secretary Of the Navy had gone to meet the
President for that purpose. At the White House
the Doctor was greeted by servant
is Mr. Chandler in" he asked the man.
"Yes sir
II would like to see him at once"
81 am afraid you cannot see him. sir the man
replied
Il tell you | must see him. Do You hear?
Must"
The servant looked at the tall. square shout
dered Old man. and met his flashing eyes.
Il will speak to him. sir but think il will be
useless "
The man came back with the word that Mr.
Arthur and Mr. Chandler were starting on a
shooting trip and that Mr.. Chandler would
have 10 be excused. Would he call again day
after tomorrow?
where are they" demanded the Doctor. in
tones Of grim determination; and the aStonished
servant invountarily pointed to door. The
doctor STROBE over 10 it and raped then walked
in Before him stood the President of the United