Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-01-21

nlngton, United states volunteers;
Brigadier General George NJ. Randell.
United States volunteers: Brigadler
General Jacob Kline. tnited States VOL
Gnteers; Brigadier General Richard
Comba, United States volunteers; Col
onel Peter c. Haynes, corps of engineers;
Colonel George L. Gillespie, corps of en-
,g!neers Colonel Charles II. Suter, corps
OF engineers; Colonel Francis l.. Cuen-
ther, Fourth artillery. Lieutenant Col
onel George b. Davis, deputy judge ad-
yocats general, judge advocate Of the
court.
The court is empowered to proceed
with the business before it with any
number of members not less than the
min mum prescribed by law. Upon the
u-al adjournment of the court the men,
hrIs Will return to their proper stations.
The journeys required by the men,
he,s of the court in complying with this
order are necessary for the public SER
vice"
The order for the appointment of the
court martial will be delivered to Gen
erul Eagan. it is expected by an EN-.
| p!nye or officer of the adjutant generals
| office. Its receipt and acknowledgment |
, hy the commissury general will be tam
| tamount tn the relief Of that officer frCm
| his present duties and will turn over its
| affairs either to some one desisnat I'd to |
| act by the secretary of war or TO the of
I flcer next in charge in the department.
| Lieutenant Colonel George Il. Davis Of
the commissary department is now or
| duty with General Eagan. and it may
,be that he will be detailed to take charge |
of the office.
| If the course indicated by an officer of
! the adjutant generals office is followed /
the probability is that General Eagan
| viii, not be placed under actual arrest |
and deprived of any of his liberties pend
ing and during the trial, but will be sub
| iect only to constructive and technical |
arrest during that time. In the case of
officers of high rank this is occasionally. |
| but not often. done, and this course does
| not in any way invalidate the trial ur
findings of the court. General Eagan Will
be expected to remain away from his |
| office and make himself incOnspicuous |
until his appearance before the court TO
answer the charges, when he will be
placed under constructive arrest, to re-
main so during it's proceedings. This is
believed to be sufficiently carrying out
the intent of the law for all practical
purposes and may be allowed in the Sc
| of an officer of the general rank who has
borne a good reputation. Were the de-
fendant younger officer Ofan obstreper-
ous character and in the field with his |
regiment. the usual course of placing
him under arrest and deprving him
! his sword would no doubt be followed |
While the above is believed to be gen
eral outline Of Secretary Ayers idea Of
what should he dore. yet no positive
statement to that effect has been made.
Adiutant General COrbin refused to
make any statement regarding the form
of the charges and specifications to be
brought against General Eagan, or to
saw when they would be published. In
| view of the early meeting Of the court
this must be done very soon, and indeed
it is likely that the judge advocate gen
era of the army has already given some
attention to this feature of the proceed
ings
General Eagan, after the issue of the
formal order for the court, declined to
make any sta tement in connection with
his case. but said he had not received
formal notice of the appointment of the
court.
Boston, Jan. 19.-"Dewey and Ner-
mont" was the dual theme discussed
last evening at the annual banquet OF
the Vermont association, held al the Ho-
tel Vcndome. Vermont In the Navy
was supposed to be the text for the
meeting, but the name of the great
admiral was heard on everyone's lips,
and the ratification of all his acts from
boyhood seemed to be more in order
than anything else.
One of the fortunate circumstances or
the occasion was the presence of u.
b. Pangborn of Jersey City. graduate
of the University of Vermont, in the
class Of so and who used to teach Ad-
miral Dewey. Mr.. PangbOrn graphi-
cally told how he once whipped the hero
of Manila. His speech was the clever
est and brightest OF the evening.
Il received the news of the victory"
said he. with much less astonshment
in his boyhood. haven't forgotten it,
and | warrant he hasn't. Several ac-
counts have been given of the incident,
but none entirely correct. 1t was simply
this: In those days the school,, were not
graded. Each school was controlled by
the teacher or by the scholars. There
was an only question to be settled, name
ly. who should be master.
Il was then teacher of the State street
r district school in Montpelier. didn't
weigh more than 90 pounds. l took the
lace with this understanding that !
ould be well paid, should be let free to
conduct the school my own way, and
!! | did not succeed, if the boys threw
me out, | should return to my home in
Burlington and say nothing about salary.
was warned by my friends Of the dan
ger involved.
: The conflict came on the eighth day
} Of the term. | had so arranged things
that when they put the boldest, most
Wilful boy in front to do me was sure
: to win. My ammunition was all stored
and ready for use.
s'"tPIy 4ue.'eu 'ne anu
did what Dewey did in Manila bay.
IL took him by surprise. George went
: home feeling very sore, and a big APP
prentice lay on the floor near dead. !
didn't care If had killed him. We'll.
T. didn't care. l was bound to win. After
e that never had better boy in school
=. than Dewey. I demanded an implicit
: obedience to lawful authority. and
1 George learned that lesson well. On his
. ship is the finest disciline in the navy"
Here is q copy of Dewey's letter, the
i reading of which was received with ap-
/ pause from. the men and a waving of
: handkerchiefs by the ladies':
| Il have the honor to acknowledge the