The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-10-21
Gsnsrsl Will Sslt 4 d JUDI
This Dsy
@& " GvMC a lfIIR
General kins a Response ano } uasa
wilooNs Retort Case "
General Greene.

More correspondence has passed ~
tween Gen. king and Judge Mlicoz
The district commander reoeived ne
IRE; note u the maglstrss Neanes-
day afternoon Yesterday he sd-
dressed 70 him ,bis note ID reply
HcadQnar,ors D...ric, VI Hawai-.
Honolulu, N. j Ocy ~ 1885
Honorable w Luther Wilcox. District
Magistrate.
Sir: j have lie honor ~ ackn0Rl-
edge the receipt VI your letter lated
the 18Th, but not delivered q ny Of
tce until the afternoon u he lgth
You admit thai TIE repOrt VI yOur
language Wa ln the main cOrract Dut
assert that the statements Nors based
upon information you considered re-
liable, and regret having made The
same u The Information Nas HOt cor
rect.
Accepting tl.s assurance In al
courtesy and good faith ] daslpe y
point out % sou that Nblch Was IN
furious and untrus
Frst-YOu say, Mex day. When
complaints we're ~ BE- made, y0ur cJu
manding officer was sick abed and
could not be seau.' So Ear fnOm this
being true the commanding officer re
ferred 10 6ft bLs SICK bed tie neat day
went 70 bis Office for the expires puf-
pose VI bearing Complaints and spent
much VI the morning Investigating tha
matter, with the result that the pro
vost marshal, WihO Mas malnly a.
" Iurr III
Office and sent back 70 bis regimen
secong-fCJ cay ID The aatne con
DectiOn o. che Commanding Dhlcer
was s.ch a1e0 ald could NOT BE- seen
but gave a big dinner % lgends tbaf.
evening al The same" The cJmmaBd
ing officer attended no dlBner What
ever that evening DB Has on in led
three days after lcucigdng the lDYas-
tigation.
Thbd-Yog Soy. The officers we're
whipBasbed' JIat, 100, d untrue
You we've probably gBaBafe Olat a
mere district loWmaDdsT has no
power 70 order 2 court unartlal fer tlLs
uial Of commissioned oitcsrs n resi-
With his SUPERIOR W whom full Te-
port Of the ahsir WA made aDa whose
action IN the Case 1elthsr yOu nor !
can jet know
Merely TemjDa.ug YOU thai tbese AL
persons BeTo delivered ~ yOuT IN
ear capacity, iron the protection sgg
sapcllty " tie Depcb, W sO!dleFs ~
my command ana ~ tbe DrezsDae sld
hearing " the gOlJieTs 5pd CIVILIAN, |
J await WIN Continuance that public ~.
Traction ana apepd which is W b. sx-
pected ~ q gentleman aud . lgBZ I
Very respectfully
CHARLES KING.
BriRaj.eg GeEeral y, 5, v, Command F.
Ing,
IN an aiETBDgq paper, gp0ggg tIls
above letter Gen, Eipg u made " gay, /.
'.Ihe commanding Oficeg rendered ~ ]
dinner Whatever int evening" while, |
40 the copy Of ubs letLeT shows, he
really SAID the commanding Onlofr
attended 20 dinner, siG," ~ d matter
Of fact Gen, KiDg gaze q dinner ~ the
evening IN question, Ne Bss IN ~ |
however, 70 W. present ann lDl, Bar 1
Der otcistsd IN his stead ~ most Ut |
the oceasOp, The error ~ rsDTDJuPr |
Ing tbs letter makes gulte . dlHsFsBGs,
Judge WilcOEt pDiy was ~ tDllDgsi |
HpgClJg, October ~, Is5s,
fGpfleS King, BEHagifT gFBTFRI u, \ |
", Commanding
Dear siTj ! have tbf honor ~ NJ /
kD9Bledge ne receipt ~ your cum |
pURicatiOp Of MS date, aHd beg tgI
notice ne contents, ~ reply permit |
me ~ bay tbst ! haze nothing W 6d1 |
or relTaGt from the communication I
forwarded W yOJ, dathd OgtOlsF ~, |
1885, ] hRYe tbs honor " b., yOGfs |
ysry respectfully
W. HJHEH WIiGOX,
District NleisiTste ~ Honolulu
An authority close 10 Gen, Elgg has
made q statement ~ faGis which GTs
not generally understood here, n apr |
pears ~ Dc ~ established form iJiai /
bTlgaliaT Generals have MOI Tho power |
70 convene courts martial ~ The tfAl |
~ commissioned officers, THIS author |
~ rests entirely with department .
commanders, ranking major general |
and the authorities above them, Tho
instance ~ Den Greene IL cited %
case IN point lie, having y tull bfr |
gade ana q Hfel under bis commend, .
convened y court marital ~ sos, 1HG
Adr,laBt General ruled ~ tho DrO
GeediDgs Hull ana void for Tho reason |
lhat the Erleaaiar had exceeded hls
authority
u ~ understood from tho same
source that Gen, King, when appoint
% district commander, IN View ~ lbs
ISOLATED position " Honolulu, request
% ne authority w handle ~ 0bsaa
arising here, THIS request was denied
~ the ease NJ commissioned GnIG6rs |
Iha soi'fsa lefi then, WIS ~ submit /
charges aDd recommendation IN such |
matters, which was done, ~ IhD, King
now hlalas, w he cases ~ Merriam |
ana Whaeloek " tho martial law NJ
fair
Gen King Will send another bHa ~
Judge Wlle0M II VIII be short, point
81 ana VIII mol call Tor q reply n viii
doubtless terminate Tho e0rraapond'
eApe,
several pyOWiHeNt Maui NaIIyeA have |