Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-09-12
LARGE INQUIRY BOARD
President Asks Il Number to Lrlp ILL.,
vcstigate War Matters.
GENERAL GORDON DECLINES.
Deems Unstable Health n"r y"
Serving on the COmsnittee-"e
erals schofield and Dodge "h"
p-esiLent Gilman On the List.

washington, Sept. 12.-The presto 2ht
has urged the following haneu se"''
men among others to accept places Oh :"
committee requested by Secretary Aiaei
to investigate the conduct or the war
Lieutenant General John M. SchoheId'
General John +. Gordon. General 1rah-
VILE M, Dodge, President d. c. Gilman
General Charles F. Henderson, Hon.
Robert T. Lincoln, Hon. Daniel >. La
mont, Dr. w. w. Keen. Coionel james
A. Sexton. The message which fitsi-
dent Mckinley addressed to each VI
these follows:
Twill YOU render the country great
service by accepting my appointment os
a member of the committee to examine
into the conduct of the commissary,
uuartermaster and medical bureaus or
the war department during the war ana
into the extent causes and treatment or
sickness in the field and in the camps?
1t is my desire that the full ana exact
truth shall be ascertained and made
known. I cannot too strongly impress
upon you my earnest wish that TINS
committee shall be of such high charac-
ter as will command the complete ccnfi-
dence of the country. and l trust you
will consent to serve"
Well Known Men
It would have been difficult for the
president to have selected nine men
more favorably known to the Amer'can
people and yet equipped perfectly Tor
the work they will be called mon to
perform. Lieutenant General Sch"feld
was General Miles predece 500 as COM
handing general of the United States
| army and has held the unlimited conf
dence of all of the presidents of the
| United States since Grant, without re-
gard to political adherence. Hi exnaT-
ence in the civil war as corrs COM
mander eminently fits him to ra"s j'd~-
| ment upon the operations in the fed
just concluded.
General Gordon, who, it is announced,
has declined to act owing to his unstable
| health, had about the same experience
| in the Confederate army as General
| Schofield on the northern side and in
addition he has represented his state
! (Georgia) for two terms in the United
| States senate ard retired in the ia of
a popular deroend for his reelection.
General Granville NJ. lodge Is veil
known as man Of largo breiness inter-
ests in New York. b',t even bet a" A mr. r z
soldiers whom he led to success IN 'he
civil war. He also comma nded on army
corps and has never lost his interest
in military affairs since entering civil
life.
A University President.
D. c. Gilman is one Of the best known
NI, i,,f Lo r~t% oJ
ent holding-the honcred post of presi-
| dent of Johns Hopkins university in
Baltimore. Fe was selected by Presi-
dent Cleveland as member Of the COM
| mission appointed to settle the Ven
| ezuelan boundary controversy. Charles
F. Henderson Of Nebra ska was SEN
ator from that state for two terms and
| also served with distinction in the war
as division commander. His aff1lia-
ton with the veteran element will give
| weight to any conclusions he may reach.
He is at present in Washington.
Hon. Robert T. Lincoln is of course so
well known as to need no introduction
to the public, and the same is almost
equally true of Daniel s. Lamont, Sec
| rotary of war under the second Cleve-
land administration. DIR. w. W. Keene
| is citizen of Philadelphia and enjoys
| the reputation of being one Of the most
scientific and ablest of the physicians Of
| that city. In his selection the president
supplies the technical talent necessary
to insure sound inquiry into the con-
| duct of the medical department of the
army Colonel James A. Sexton has
been made known to the American peo-
pie mainly by his election to the post of
comma nder in chief of the Grand Army
of the Republic