The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-01-16

I senate, reported fayOrably bills for the
relief OF Richard King and Louis Miller.
! The bill for the relief OF Richard Kine
provides for the payment to him Of the
sum OF $1,000. as compensation in fun Tor
/ expenses incurred and permanent injuries
sustained by reason Of being shot by the
I carelessness and neglect OF soldier of the
| United States Army
King was shot by soldier Of Troop F,
Ninth Cavalry, while that troop was en-
route from Rawlins Wyo.. TO Fort Du
Chesne. Utah. on June :. 1894. On that
( day King was herding his sheep about
twenty-five miles southwest Of Baggs,
Wyc.. and about three-quarters OF a mile
of from the Thornburg Road. Between
and 10 O'Clock a. m ne was shot through
the body and fell on his face. Upon rails
ing himself he was able to see Two men
with horses who seemed 10 him to be going
away from him. He motioned to the men
and one Of them proved TO be a colored
soldier. and when asked why he shot King
said he thought he was an antelope"
Both men LETT. ono Cstensibly 10 find the
surgeon and the other TO find Kings wife.
who was in camp about three-q quarters Of
a mile away After waiting some time hs
crawled toward his camp. and upon arri-
val found the soldier had not made his ap-
pearance- IpOn examination afterWard. as
is shown by official reports the man failed
10 ind the camp OF King. anu fearing that
King would die had not reported the acci-
dent 90 his command
During the afternoon the hospital stew
ard Of the command came TO Kings camp.
having been ordered to DO so when notice
al he
by the second soldier. His report tc tn,
military authorities sets forth the serious
nature Of the wounds and corresponds in its
material features with the affidavit of DR.
". : Bennett who afterward attended
King. King suffered for a long time. in
CURED over $500 eNperd sure for medical
services. his only property d herd Of sheep
OF some > OOo head. We're badly scattered
and never recovered. and he sustains from
all the evidence. a lifelong injury. which
viii forever prohibit him from active Ia
Dor The affidavit of Dr. Bennett says.
He will live. but can never be a strong
able bodied man He further states that
in TWO cases out Of three such a guushot
wound would result fatally.
in the case of Louis Miller the commit
tee finds that the records show that he
was enrolled June "a. 1851, and mustered
into service July 3. 1861 as private in
Company Z. Anderson Zouaves subse-
quguJly known as Company l. SiXty-secoad
New York Iufautry Volunteers, 20 serve
three years He was present with his
company until April 30 1862
The medical records show that nc was
admitted 90 q general hospital. corner OF
Broadway and Chestnut Street Philadel-
phia. Pa. Nav 21 1852 with confusion:
that he was furloughed August .. 1862. and
deserted August E. 1862. He did not Ie-
turn 10 hospital or TO his company which
remained in the service until August 80,
1850. and ir does not appear that his dis
charge from the service prior to the x
piration or his term Of enlistment was IN
tended by the military authorities
Applying for removal of the charge %
desertiou and for an honorable discharge
Louis Miller testified. April IA. 1897, as
fellows.
II was taken sick while in the field be-
fore Yorktown on or about May l. 1862
and was sent to the United States hospital
corner Broad and Cherry Street. Philadel-
phia. Pa. where 1 remained under the doc
tors care until about June l. 1862, when
l was informed by the nurse. 10 the best
Of my understanding and belief that l
could 40 home. at the same time handing
me paper which firmly believed was my
discharge from the army. I also received
an my pay from the United States. All
this time ! was unable to read the English
DeTs were destroyed by fire in Eldridge
Street during September. 1862, while l was
still in the hospital i'm View York sick
with lung trouble ans rheumatism, re-
sulting from my service in the army
From the winter of 1852 -63 and until the
spring Of 1865. / was employed in the city
Of New York at my trade of matchmaker.
I lived at the corner OF Eldridge and Grand
Streets, and afterWard al 3 AmiJy Street
until 1865. when / came West.
During all this time | was living
among my friends. who knew that | had +.
been IN the army. and / saw and cOnversed I
with some Of my comrades of the Tegi- /
ment when they came back to New York 1
in 1864. l never knew that I was reported /
as a deserter; no one ever notified me. I !
lived all this time in New York. where 4
had li~ed before l enlisted in the army. 4
l had no reason or cause TO desert from /
the army. but l fully believed that I had /
been discharged. Had I known that l was
reported as a descrter / should have re-
turned to serve nv time out "