The Sunday globe., 1901-06-09
CAPTAIN HALLECK
A Gallant officer and an Amiable
COmrade Completely INDICATED.

EDITOR GLOBl:
Your paper, exposing corruption in
high" places, and giving the grass
widows" in various departments their
Just desserts, is read by thousands Of
good "old soldiers" and pure, deserving
women. who know the truth Of every
structure you place upon them, Many
of us, who have faults Of our own, are
weary Of saying anything that would
bring our personal record into an in
vestigation, or injure us in our Official
position.
The object Of this reply to your ar
ticle in the Globe Of June I'd, referring
TO Cant. Walter j. Halleck, the captain
Of the Interior Department watch
force" is to correct numerous errors
therein contained.
The writer was an officer in the same
company and regiment in the U. 5.
regular army with Lieut. (now) Capt
Halleck referred to, and has known
him since 1867 when we were sta
toned together at Fort Sedgwick, in
the Territory of Colorado, and know
that not a soldier of Company 3, I'd
| Battalion 18th U. S. Infantry, but that
loved him for his kindness, considera'
ton and official interests in their well
fare and happiness.
1t is astounding to learn from your
article that he is arbitrary in his con-
duct of the watch force and exercises
any but a kindly interest in his men
under him. The writer knows, from
a personal experience of four years IN
the Department of the Interior that
Capt. Halleck has run against men
who have been appointed to serve un-
der him. that by reason of politics ana
religion, have antagoni2ed him IN va
rious ways and that the captain mas
shown these GROWERS special fayors 1T
assignment and always favored and
spoken we'll of them.
In furtherance of these remarks, al
| low me to respectfully refer you 10 a
paper signed by nearly all Of the old
soldiers" employed now under Capt
| Halleck. as. watchmen endorsing his
| kindness and consideration for them,
of date. April 10, 1900, which verities
the writer's statement Of his record as
an officer in the U. S. Army.
Please publish and oblige,
A 1sT LIEUT. 18TH u. S. INF.
Department of the Interior
Washington. d. c., April 10, 1901.
| Hon. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR;
SIR: Being we'll aware Of the fact
that there is a small disturbing ele-
ment on the watch force of the Secre'
| tary's office, Department OF the IN
| terror who. on all occasions, try TO
make trouble by finding fault with the
hest efforts of the captain of the force
In his worthy desire of making body
of competent and eticient men on the
watch we the undersigned, veterans
| % tho Grand Army Of the Republic,
| MANY of us manned and all with battle
records, wish to enroll our names 10
| this testimonial of the high character,
| unselfsh efforts and earnest desires OF
| Cant. Walter f. Halleck, and we pleuse
| ourselves to do all we can to assist
him in maintaining the high ei1ciency
| of the watch force Of the Department
And we further declare that we have
no sympathy or fraternity with such
disturbing elements:
Lieut.. w. ]. Mclaughlin, Lieut.
Jeremiah Enright, Lieut. c. d. ste
nbens. ]. G. Burchfeld, Alpheus David,
NJ. d. Ellis. B. f. Johnson, Thomas
Powell. VIM. Gassaway, Henry j. Lyon
T. Gillland. John II. Francis, W. u.
Murray. II. Lyons, I, II. stevens, M.
O'Brien. J. G. Toepper, Lieut. ROBERT
Adams. c. w. Hudson, J, d. Verneyy'
p r. Miner, A. Middlesworth, j.. "
wilson. S. S. Moores, Reinhard kirch-
never. John Taylor, T. S. Blake . W.
Forrest. Geo. NJ. Hull, Townsley Rooy'
Geo w. Watson, John White, George
Mcclure. A. b. Frisbie, josiah Hali'
iThe Globe believes the foregoing
statements to be true It's structure on
the captain. although mildly drawn
was based on information laid before
a certain L. S. Senator, Captains YER
new and Dibble, in whom the Globe mas
every confidence, were satisfied that
our admonition to the captain was
more in the nature Of enlightenment
as TO the move being made against MIN
than criticism or condemnation or MS
alleged arbitrary conduct It Is a
Measure to the Globe to be put In pos
session Of information by two such
honorable soldiers, that Captain Hal
leclS is neither oppressive nor arDl-
trarv and we are satisfied that the
senator referred to will be equally
pleased d-Ep. GLoBE.l