The record-union., 1899-01-19
EAGAN COURT-MARIIAL.
DETAILS FOR THE INQUIRY
MADE PUBLIC.
II Made Up of Thirteen Army Off,
GERS, With General Wesley
Merritt at It's Head.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-The detail
for the cOurt-martial which IS to try
Commissary General Eagan OF. charges
growing out Of his statements before
the War Investigation Commission last
week in which he attacked General
Miles, was made public ct the war
Department to-day. The court is made
up of thirteen army officers, of whom
Major General Wesley Merritt is at the
head, and a Judge Advocate, and 1t is
to meet in this city OIL Wednesday,
the 10th instant, or as soon Thereafter
as practicable, this qualification being
necessary because a number of the
members are at distant points, and will
require some days to adjust their affairs
and reach this city. All the officers
composing the court, saw one, are from
the regular army, a number OF whom,
however, during the war, accepted vol
unteer rank, and still hold these COM
missions. Major General Butter is the
only one who is not connected with
the regular army.
Adjutant General CorDin returned
early in the evening from his trip to
New York, where he wen. to witness
the departure Of the transport Grant
for Manila and came to the War De-
partment about half past 3. He then
signed the formal order rrolnulgating
the detail for the court, which is as fol-
lows:
War Department, Adjutant Generals
Office, Washington, D. c., January IL.
1S99.-The following order IS published
for the information and guidance Of all
concerned:
Nov p loY,o y~fy ontof No hi crfn
uary Is, 1S99.-By direction of the
President, a general court-martial is
appointed to meet in this city at 10
o'clock a. m. on Wednesday, the 25th
day Of January, 1899, or as soon there
after as practicable, for the trial of
Brigadier General Charles T. Eagan,
Commissary General of Subsistence, U.
S. A., and such other persons of sub
sistence, q. S. A., and such other per-
sons as may be brought before it.
Detail for the court: Major Cen
eral Wesley Merritt, U S. a.; Major
General James F. Wade, Z. S. ";
Major General Mathew Butler, U. S.
"; Major General Samuel 5. Young.
U. S. "; Brigadier General Alexander
New. Pennington, U. S. A; Brigadier
General George NJ. Randall, U. S. ";
Brigadier General Jacob Kline, q. S. ";
Brigadier General Richard Combs, U.
S. "; Colonel Peter Haines, Corps of
Engineers; Colonel George L. Gillespie,
Cops of Engineers; Colonel Charles R.
Suter, Corps of Engineers; Colonel
Frances L. Guenther, Fourth Artillery;
Lieutenant Colonel D. B. Davis, Deputy
JuCge Advocate General, Judge Advo-
cate of the court.
THE court is empowered tc proceed
with the business before it with any
number of members not less than the
minimum prescribed by 'aw.
Upon the final adjournment of the
court the members will return to their
Pre- per stations. r. A. ALGER,
Secretary Of War.
1.-THE journeys required of the mem
bers of the court in complying with this
order are necessary for the public serv-
ice.
by order of the Secretary Of War,
III. C. CORBIN,
"Adjutaut General"
The Adjutant General REUSED to-
night to make any statement regarding
the form of the charges anO speciflca-
tens to be brought against General
Eagan, or to say when they would be
published. In view of the early meet
ing of the court, this must be done very
soon, and indeed it is altogether likely
that the Judge Advocate General of the
army has already given attention to
this feature of the proceedings.
General Eagan, after the issuance OF
the formal order for the court tonight,
declined to make any statement in con-
nection with his case, bu. said, in re-
Spouse to a question, that he lad not
received formal notice of the appoint
ment of the court.