The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-10


nssnt engineer In caarxs OF the works at
Savannah. Ga
In thu winter OF 1sss Il was whispered
that extensive frauds had bean commit
tpd IN connection with tbs government
work in Savannah harbor. Capt Car
ter had been In charge Of this work Tor
q number Of years. and II was his Enc-
csssoY, Capt. cassiEs T. Giueue. VINO
fsrxt iutisnassd tina, the work at 6ayan-
nah was suspicious. Following al tn
vestigntssn ~ Cox Gillespie. Maj. Ray
nond and Maj Adams, Of thu engineer
corps. Of the Savannah work. tbs follow
Ing charges were formulated against
Capt. Carter, then military attaache to the
American embassy at London:
1. That Capt Carrsr consptred with
divers persons TO deEraud the tinted
States and to obtain allowance OF fraudu-
lent claims amounting TO TWO and haif
millions and osid dOtaaRs. and that he
advertised for proposals sor contracts Tor
work In Georgia 10 that the contracting
company and the parsons named were
enabled to secure the contracts.
2 That in purst anse OF the conspiracy
Capt cartsr received, accepted and paid
Tor work inferior IT, that contracted for.
.. That In snbmiltin& estimates he re-
ported that new ss,undinxs had been
I. That he frauduientiy indorsed q
false pay roll.
6 That he. with others. devised to de-
fraud, the city OF Savannah Of large sums
Of money and compelled Il 20 sell valuable
rock owned BY IL under unfayorable cir
cumstances, 20 that tho Atlantic Con-
tracing Company and others might
cnsaR.y buy Y the ,r sesk, r.,.,r,n ;.
the purchase OF lands on Hutchinson la
land. near the city. he made u false state
I. Thar he swore falsely IN giving tes-
f4kpsuuy hafnpN trPW rcvnrffi0es daftv~vv
&. That he has failad To account for
MA he exacted from one Alfred fIirt,
Who Delayed returning q government DIV
& That he caused a telegram TO be sent
% the secretary Of war In May. IGos
Which RurpoFssd to come f, w savannah
m Emhssslsmsnt. The specifications
n this charge cover certain items In the
hrSt three charges.
Cssst-GssssaI OvAsssa.
A court-martial vas ordeped, and shs
following odacsrs were made members OF
the court:
Brig. osA riwea q Otis. psaver. pres
Capt. Richard p. Strong. Fourth artil-
lery. Fort McHenry. Md.
Capt samuel n Mnls. Fifth artillery.
.s ~ . 3sss h VI ayr,s.. For. wordsworth.
H.s. Wiiiiam ]. Patton. quartermas-
tere Department.. Governors Island.
~. WImam 9; Stanton. corps OF en-
Col samuel N. Mansfield. corps Of en-
Col jacob Kline. Twen,y.flrst infantry.
Lieut.. Col. Harry {. Hasbrouck. Fourth
artillery. Fort Aonres. Va.
MAI. Charles a. Woodruff. supply de-
partment. GOvernor's Island.
MAJ John Herman, First artillery.
Capt Danisi +. Taylor. ordnance de-
partment, Augusta arsenal
Capt. Charles }. Penny, Sixth Infantry.
Col. Thomas r. Barr. judge advocate.
PaekeA Tribunal Charged.
The proceedings Of tho court martial
were no sooner begun than sntimafions
were heard that through the operations
Of hostile CLIQUE In the engineering corps
OF the army the court had been packed
against Carter ana that he was 20 be con-
demned To certainty. On the other
hand II was charged by Carriers enemies
that political mnienc. and wealth were
being used 10 secure his escape from pun
ishment. However this may be. he was
tried. found guilty In May, fSgs. and tbs,
findings OF the court sent 10 the presi-
dent. in whose hands they have been
ever since. TIE Carter advocates hope
that the outcome of the case will be n
new trial. HE opponents pray for his
sentence Ia the penitentiary and dismissal
from the army.
Capt. Carter was born AZ Patriot, o.
July II. 1856 lie II ne~ Is years old ans
one az the most brilliant men In the army
lie was - years cid when President
Hayes appointed him n cadet a. West
Point. ana he rewarded the president for
his action by being at the head 81 his
class each Of the four years he was nj tho
academy. II IL said by even these now
most bitter against hin, tina. no stuaen.
ever entered West Point whose ability
was marked. who worked al faithfully
and fulfilled every promise made Tor him
When he graduated his class rating for
the four YEARS was lssss rcrfec; he,nw
represented by 1850 THIS record ,in 20
the time of his graduation had never
been made before hv any student
Garter an Able Engineer.
In the purely military par: OF the cur.
rlcalum his record was no less euvtah,a
far when In .ha first class H.. was eaae,
lieutenant and aSfusans the rtost coveted
positions IN The battalion - cadets From,
the fan 81 iSsl 30 iSS1 Lieut.. Carter wAs
stationed az wuett's paint. <es York
harhor. ss a s;nfen. officer ~ he engineer
schoni of application Ills remarkable
and h. sas hailed a~ Il .ew star ~ ihe
corts, lie hesaE1~ a member ef the Amer
lean Society Of Engineers and fllrr shes, II
with nufafser ~ VahsaH's rarer. on the
result Il las experiments far she govern
rnen' With explosives ~ pruns wick n
Y. Hie shii,y wss 80 v~eossssss IN tSx,
that the government sent hsYss ~ Zurich
"a q delegate 81 the international congress
~ engineers The congress was hsla
principally fer the Tuvposs of consider ns
the subject % uniform tests It materials
used I'm engineering construction.
After HIS pissatca t. raatssnrv ~
was made the suc'esxos - tssn. Gilmore a.
Savannah hArbaF 81 charge - she river
and harsnF improvements 81 peoErra
there stree 1SE lie served there thirteen
years and accomplished what tsiituere ans
NIL other engineers bad FAILED 70 d.. HE
gave Savannah savigahte ana permanent
channel 50 fae scean ard 80 q az far lfsg
expense than was sxgs~ssA - higs. Cssn
CrssEhHf former ssief - engineers. ;sSts.
fed AZ cart. Carriers trial that
'"rhe work stane hx cant, Garter ln -
yaTnah hkFhar ara reNur e 0.s ~ sHn