The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-14
THE CONDUCT
OF THE WAR.
THE PRESIDENT WANTS
THE FULL AND Ex.
ACT TRUTH.

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President has urged the following
named gentlemen, among others. to
accept places on the committee re-
quessed by Secretary Alger to inves
tigate the conduct of the war: Gen
John W Scho6eld, Gen. John B.
Gordon, Gen. Granville M. Dodge,
President D G. Gilman. Gen Charles
F. Manderson, the Hon. Robert T.
Lincoln, the Hon. Daniel S. Lamont,
DR.. W. W. Keen, Col. James a.
Sexton.
The message which President Nc
Kinley addressed to each OF these
follows:
"Will you render the country a
great service by accepting appoint
ment as member of the committee
to examine into the conduct of the
commissary, quartermaster and med
1cal bureaus of the war department
during the war, and into the extent,
causes and treatment of sickness IN
the field and in the camps?
s.Is is my desire that the full and
exact truth shall be ascertaiued and
made known / cannot too strongly
impress upon you my earnest wish
that this committee shall be of such
high character as will command the
complete confidence of the country,
and / trust you will consent to
serve
Washington, September l0.-It
would. have been difficult for the
President to have selected nine men
more favorably known to the Ameri-
can people. and yet equipped per.
fectly for the work they will be call
ed upon to perform
Gen. Schofeld was Gen Miles's
predecessor as commanding general
Of the United States army, and has
held the unlimited confidence of all
the Presidents of the United States
since Grant, without regard to polit-
ical adherence. His experience in
the civil war as a corps commander
eminentl5 fits him to pass judgment
upon the operations in the field just
concluded.
Gen. Gordon has had about the
same experience in the Confederate
army as Gen. Scho6eld on the North
ern side, and in addition he has rep
resented his State, Georgia, for two
terms in the United States Senate,
and retired in the face of a popular
demand for his re election.
Gen. Granville Dodge is well
known as man of large business ip-
terests in New York, but even better
among soldiers whom he led to sue
cess in the civil war He also COM
manded an army corps, and has new
er lost his interest in military Affairs
since entering civil life.
D. G. Gilman is one of the best
known educators in the United
States, at present holding the honor.
ed post of president of Johns Hop
kins University, in Baltimore. BE
was selected by President Cleveland
as member of the commission to
settle the Venezuelan boundary con
troversy.
Charles F. Manderson, of Nebrss-
ka, was Senator from that State for
two terms, and also served with dis
,inction in the war as division COM
mander. His afiliation with the vet.
eran element will give weight to any
conclusions he may reach BE is at
present in Washington.
The Hon. Robert T Lincoln is so
we'll known as to need no introduction
to the public. and the same is almost
equally true of DAME! S. Lamont,
Secretary of War under the second
Cleveland Administration.
DR.. w. w. Keen is a citizen of
Philadelphia, and enjoys the reputa-
ticn of being one of the most scien-
ti6c and ablest physicians of that
city In his selection the President
supplies the technical talent neces
sary to insure sound inquiry in the
conduct of the medica! department of
the army
Col James A. Sexton has best
been made known to the American
people by his recent election to the
post of commander in-chief of the G