Evening star., 1898-08-09
General Butler Withdraws Privileges
Pending an Investigation.
ALLEGED DISGRACEFIJL PROCEEDINGS
Request to Have the Participants
Dishonorably Discharged.
OTHER CAMP ALGER NEWS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

CAMP ALGER, Va. August y, lSHS
In consequence of disturbance just out
side their quarters last night the men OF
the Sd Virginia are to be given no passes,
furioughs or leaves of absence until every
one connected with the episode shall have
been discovered. One of the men of the
regiment indicated engaged in an alterca-
ton with negro teamst9r yesterday even
ing, and, because aid was given or for some
other reason, the colored man was victo-
rious When report to this effect reached
Colonel Males men number OF them va
riously estimated at from 50 to sto ran
across the sentry line to mete out punish
ment to the wagon driver. The belligerents
were finally rounded up and returned to
their camp, with no bones broken and no
bloodshed.
Major General Butler, commanding the
1st Division happened to view the latter
part of the incident and he took a rather
serious view of it. At first he was inclined
to let the question of punishment rest with
Colonel Naiie, bnt after thinking the matter
over he concluded to take it into his own
hands. Accordingly he dictated an order
deprving the I'd Virginia of all pass priVl-
leges and announcing his intention OF nav
ing every one concerned in the assault on
the negro dishonorably discharged.
An order is to be read to every regiment
in the division once q day until further or
ders. Until It's first reading, however, 1t
is not to be given out for publication. Its
substance is follows:
Roll call will take place in each COM
pany four times each day, and report OF
all absentees will be sent at once to Cen
eral Buffers headquarters, the absentees
to be dealt with there
No passes. furloughs leaves of alb
sence will be granted for any reason except
such as the division commander may him
self deem necessary Members of the regi-
ment will be confined to their regimental
quarters until further orders.
Active effort will be made to apprehend
every one connected with the incident re-
ferred to, and a letter will be sent to the
Secretary of War over General Buffers
signature asking that they be dishonor-
ably discharged without delay.
Finally. the order includes a statement
TO the effect that the division commander
himself witnessed part of the disturbance.
ana regards 1t as extremely unworthy from
any point of view and as rejecting much
dlscredit on the regiment and the state of
Virginia.
Colonel Nalle was asked to make a state
mert concerning the affair for The Star
1t is as follows:
was at mess last night when word
came to me that Major Butler. the son of
Our division commander, desired to see me-
major Butler informed me that a disturb
af'9e rejecting discreditably on nv men
ht%o taken pace while was at supper That
was my first inkiing of the matter. AL
ti'pusn le must nave occurred only a cou-
pie OF hundred yards away / did NOT hear
sound. The facts of the matter as far
as can learn, are that report was
brought one or my companies that one of
ther men had been injured. and so a num-
pef or MS comrades ran over to see what
the matter was Ny officer of the dav soon
rounded them up and returned them to
Inetr camp That is all there is to it
h,lt hreir curiosity was unmilitary. perhaps,
! put nevertheless perfectly natural
| Already the guards have annro1and.,
| names. ee ou' 'iieii
Men Men nave been at york all the morning
| moving the effects of the I'd Division hos
pstal, orders having been issued consolidaI-
| ing that institution with the hosnitaI of
| tne e Isl Division A brigade hospital is he
SION when it leaves for Thoroupbfare Ca
| otpphes have already been sent TO tba.
| statloh 1or the purpose of organizing there
permanent division hospital
| typhoid fever cases are ra pjdIv dino,n,sb
| ing in nnmoer. The epidemic seems nou =,
De Wen under control. as only nine s,s
| Fected cases have been discovered since
| yesterday noon. '''o
Jno Starr. private in 9th Battalion Ob,o
! Sco.ored). shot and severely wounded an nm,
| knoWh coIored woman about O'Clock las.
nisht- The offerder has not vet been can
| tufed- 1t seems that Starr and the co1orad
woman had left camp together hut go
| reIed before they were any distance away
| DfaWihs pistol Starr fired twice wound .
Ihs the woman severely both times She
/ was taken to the hospital and cared fo~
| mere Although guard consisting of two
! iulI companies was sent out at once. Starr
| is still al large.
Martin Hansen. Company F. 65th New
1Crk, shot off his left hand yesterday Will,
on guard duty. The Unfortunate man was
| cltan1ng mis- rifle, and held the gun in place
Win mis- left hand on the bayonet In some
! way ne struck the trigger with his right
hisnd and discharged the piece Hansen
was taken to Fort Myer, where after con-
| sC!tatlon. the surgeons decided to amnu
| tate the injured member
| fuEcrdl services were conducted this
| morning over the remains of Private G. R
Ross company F, list Rhode Island The
| cead man is one of the typhoid fever vic
| TINS and died yesterday. Chaplain j. NJ
hare of the list New Jersey conducted thu
| services. ~
Acting under orders from division head
| quarters. the 65th New York moved from
/ camp Yesterday afternoon at go O'Clock
| AIthoush the rain came down in torrents
| the regiment had moved and was comfort
| ably installed by o'clock.