The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-20

liant record I'm the corps
No, on trial before "a our nu' ''"' ~
,his CITY. The claim Is m abe tnat III "u-
,,o,,s,ne for bids he purp, sely made the
.,ord,ns 30 vague that II " as impossiDie
Cor persons without inside in torina''o" ~
-. estimates. Tho contrac Nfs are al
,..od 70 have made profits OF ABOUT nine
hundred per cent. Colonel T tomas
parr the Judge Advocate. has "''''i'U
a.. nol,of tha; there was "A vast 'onsplI-
acv Ia fraudulentiy obtain none! '''
the United states.
c,,,,in obcrlin NJ. Garter. who 10 y,
,nc prim" OF life handsome taIeh -,
md ambitious stands charged Win u" =,
- co,snirad to swindle the goVerhme .
e,.h has toNished honOrs upon nm BIZ
,,a,,ct ia now the subject OF inNtsusa
,ton hv "A court martial III ne Suou'"
- ,hrouch tho ordeal unscathed ne
IN .o,in become what he has cohceu
Ill. bo,n I'm the past. one OF the most
oeac,ent officers Of the Corps 81 rnSI
,,crs. If the grave gentlemen win clailA-
ing swords and wide epamet'eS VIZ
,at,rg the testimony find him guliF ne
LII he expelled from the army, degraded
g. no and perhaps he may ne SEN
.sao.d N a term Of imprisonment III
Fort I,eavenworth. -
Few men have more sianch llcHuS aN
admirers than he The fact that chdIsvS
had been preferred against nm createu
rrofound sensation in military cHtlSH
"a li,tie less than a social earthquake
a. a'o s.annsb ca where he had been sta
Stoned for several years The sentiment
vas almost unanimous in his favor IN 'h'
savsnnah clubs. and those who knew MN
49, declared al the outset that JEALOUSY
md calumnv we're the soul foundation
for the complaint II did not seem poSslO,'
~, court martial would be required.
x1env nersons marvelled when the Giles
ME Board. which went 10 GeoIkl" W ~
vsstigate. reported in WASHINGTON nc
the circumstances were sulncie"uS
r,c,ous 10 warrant the convenins OF
court. ,.
WORK IN SAVANNAH
Savannah has "a special reason 70 re-
.nect Captain Carter. II was he VINO
had charge Of the great government. en-
vineerine work there. and who compleleu
A so we'll that IL became known as ne
very best OF its kind on the entire Az
,antic coast. The plan as 10 create
navigable channel. twenty-sN ieS'
from savannah TO the Tybce Roads anu
,,nllke 90 many government enterprises
,hc cost was nearly half a million Dol
lars less than the amount APPROPRIATED
when this work was i'm progress the en-
,,ineer became familiar ngure lh SaN"h-
nah lie was a lieutenant when ne Went
,here in 1884. with the prestige oil haVlns
graduated at the very head OF MS class III
West Point six years before. ne Mas
promoted 10 the rank OF captain III -.
lie had married the daughter OF Kobert r.
xvastcott who had accumulated Tor
tune I'm the express business in TINS CITY.
Feu members Of the fashionable Osle-
tbone Club were more popular than ne
and his residence quickly became a socl'
ety rendezvous. His work in the SaNah-
nah harbor and Cumberland souhu re-
oulred the constant use or "a BOAT III"
,ha government placed an excellent one,
the Angler at his disposal. ms an
swered The purposes of private yacht.
and gay PARTIES frequently accompanied
him when he went to inspect the I'M
prOvements. tic,
~. n.,racted the most favorable notice
of his superiors in Washington ana as Il
result he was appointed military attache
10 the Court of ST. James-a position LOT
which he was deemed particularly well
equipped-and then "a member oil the NC
araguan Canal Commission.
His successor in Savannah was captain
Cassius +. Gillette. a tall man OF strik-
ing appearance. Before going TO his new
most CAPTAIN Gillette went 10 the nat
ional capital. where ne saw Captain Car
Ter and had conversation about the
work. CAPTAIN Carter gave him letters OF
Introduction to several friends III the
South. and offered 70 let him nave the
use OF his house. 1870
CAPTAIN GILLETTE'S DISCOVERIES.
Captain Gillette took possession OF Cap
tain Carriers house for few days and
through the introductions, was promptly
admitted To membership In the Oglethorpe
club. After his first trip 10 Cumberland
sound he surrendered the house. His ex-
animation convinced him that the work
that had been done. although answering
all practical purposes, was not at All III
accordance with the specifications. Every
thing seemed 20 him to have been done IN
the cheapest possible manner. lie I'M
mediately set on foot inquiries. Among
the letters he wrote was one ~ A. ).
Cooper. an engineer, who had been IN
charge Of important sections under the
general supervision Of Captain Garter.
Mr.. Cooper's reply was dated from Ty-
bee Roads on August I last. lie said he
Judged from the tone OF the communica-
tion received that charges were 10 be
preferred against Captain Garter ana ne
pleaded that no such step should be taken.
He said Captain Carter was d brilliant
officer whose work had been most credi-
table and who had probably been led into
trouble by his amition, as he had per-
haps allowed contractors 10 do the work
as they liked in order 10 obtain their in
nuence and power in Washington The
government had consequently, had 10
paw more but the results were good.
Revelations were then made TO Captain
Gillette by ]. w o. Sterley. who had been
Captain Carter's CHIEF clerk, and who
had been raised from the ranks 10 a
position OF confidence that paid him 500
a month Sterley told Captain Gillette
about many peculiar features OF the con-
tracts lie said Captain Carter had In
stracted him one summer TO notify Cap
tain b. u. Greene by telegraph as soon
as A proposal had been formally accepted
by the authorities. Captain Carter then
left FOR "A trip 10 Canada, directing Mr.
Sierley 10 address his mail sc. O. Mont
gomery" Absence from the territory OF
the United States without permission con-
stitutes a serious breach OF military dis
olplne.
There were loud murmurs OF disconten
BY friends OF Captain Carter. one even
ing while Captain Gillette was In III
Oglethorpe club he overheard man IN al
adjoining room making disparaging re
marks about his course. He Immediately
wrote out his resignation. as he did no
wish 10 have any possible social en-
tangiements interfere with what ~
deemed to be his duty.
ACCUMULATION OF EVIDENCE
The start once made he found II easy
10 accumulate evidence tending 10 snow
that money had baeu wasted and ina