The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-19
TRIAL IS ORDERED.
Secretary Aletr Directs that GeneraI
faean Be Court martialcd.
THIRTEEN OFFICERS NAMED.
General Merritt will Be at the Head u
the Trial Court.
THE FULL CHARGES NOT MADE PUBLIC
One Specification Is Conduct lnbccemiaf
an Officer and CcntIemaa.
NEWSPAPER FILES USED As EVIDENCE
ORIGINAL Copy of IcaRau's Attack ~
Miles Before Being I1xpurgatcd
IL Not Obtainablc.
THE FULL CHARGES NOT MADE PUBLIC
One Specification Is Conduct llabecvmIaf
an Officer and Gentleman.
NEWSPAPER FILES USED As EVIDENCE
ORIGINAL Copy Of TaRau's Attack ~
Miles Before Being llxpurxatcd
IL Not Obtainablc.
Especial Dispatch to The Post ,

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Washington, January 1S.--Secrctary Al
ger mndc public tonight the official order
for tho trial by court martial OF Brieasior
i General Charles T.. Eagan. coinmissary
i general of subsistence.
4 General Eagan Will probably be arrested
tonight or in TIE morning and relieved OF
his duties as commssary general of sub
sistence, but he will not be Incorporated or
confined pending his court martial, us
| other men have been for the same oifensc.
IL Ia understood that his defense will be
that no had been given great provocation
i because tho commanding general assaulted
him In the public press officially and IN
other ways, and he will 10 80 far as TO
claim that General Miles placed him in tho
category with niurdcrers by stating that
he furnished the troops at the front With
| embalnied and poisoned meat.
| General Eagan. under military Jaw, viii
be allowed to nccept Or rctcat an officer
on the court martial detail. and II Is be
/ iicved ho will object to General Merritt.
| The court Is made up OF thirteen army
| officers. of whom Major General Wesley
| Merritt Is at the head, and a Judge adyo-
cate, and It Will meet in this city ON
| Wednesday, the 25tli inst, or MS soon
/ thereafter Tn tU1S
being necessary because a number Of the
members are at distGnr points and Will
require some days to adjust Ls.eir anairs
and reach this city.
Adjutant General Corb!n tonight signed
the formal order promiHntiNg the detail
for the court which Is Ms follows.
War Department Adjutnnt Generals
Office. Washington, January ~, 1S99.The
following order Is published for the In
formation and guidance OF all corccrnod:
MAR Department. Washington, January
is. 1S99.--By direction OF the president
general court martial IL appointed TO meet
IN this city at 10 O'Clock Il. IN. on Weakness
day, the 25th day Of january, 1871 or ma
soon thereafter as practical for the, trial
of Brigadier General Charles y. Eagan.
commissary general OF subsistence, United
States army, aud such other persons ~
may be brought before IL.
'Detsil for the COURT
Major General Wesley Merritt, U S. A.;
Major General James r. Wade, Z. S. ";
Major General Matthew G. Butler T.. s,
"; MINOR General samrol II. Myoing, U.
S. VI, Brigadlcr General Royal H. Frank,
Y. S. "; Brigadier General Alexander G.
bennington U. S. A.: Bripader General
John NJ. Randall 4. s. "; Brigndier Gem
pral Richard comba. Y, =. ". Colonel Pc
Ier G. Gaines, corps OF engineers; Colonel
George =. Gillespie, corps Of, cnguetrs:
Colonel Charles r. Suffer-, CORPS OF cng
GERS; Colonel Francis i. Gunther Fourth
luilcry. Lieutenant Colonel George b.
Davis, deputy Judge advocate general,
indigo advocate of the court,
The court ia empowered to proceed with
he business before II with any number OF
persons not less than the minimum pres
cribed by law M
Upon the final adjournment OF The
curt the members VIII return 70 their
roper stations. II. a. AIger,
Secretary Of War.
The assignment OF General N G. Butler.
volunteer officer. TO tho court has
reused some comment but Is is st.r.c1
hat this proceeding IL entirely legal the
rar'ics la the civil war having asfHn-
ishcd the validity Of such proceedings
General EaPan has not yet been officially
Gifted Of the issuance Of the order for llIs
'lal nor viii he be until tomorrow morn
rs. when General Corbin. after being ma
fed OF his presence at his desk. Will
ther 20 himself or send Brgadier General
rhwan, his assistant. 70 notify the com
issary general that his trial has been
rdercd Upon the receipt Of this notifies
on General Eagan will turn his office
yer to Colonel William u. Alexander the
mixing compiissary officer on duty With
I'm. Iic win not be placed In arrest until
Q appears before the court and reports bin
rcsancc. when be VIII surrender his
Yord
In accordance with instructions sent by
'e secretary OF war through tho adiutant
neral. Judge Advocate General I.iebeP
i'd his assistant. Maori. II, Morrison.
gan today and practically completed the
which will support tho y
large Of conduct uubecoming IN Ofhcar
4 s sos ssr sG an military ssaus nSsSs'
,on which General Eagan Will be tried.
On account OF the impoasibiiity Of so.
ring the original statement hied By Gem
ii Eagan with the war commission and