Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01
And here is the result;
War Department,

War Department,
Office OF the Judge Advocate General. |
Washington, ID. c., June 26, 1899.
Mr.. John j. Snodgrass
SIR [ enclose herewith a COPY of .
charges which | have made against
you, and hereby notify you that under
Paragraph 8, Rule IL, of the Civil Serv. |
ice Rules, as amended TO June 1. 1899 /
you will have three days in which to .
answer them. Your answer should be .
submitted through this Office so that It |
may accompany the original charges |
Very respectfully,
c. ~ LTEBER,
Judge Advocate General.
War Department.
Office of the Judge Advocate General. |
Washington, d. c., June %, 1899.
To the Secretary Of War.
Sir: / have the honor to submit the |
following as a just cause for the re-
moval Of John j, Snodgrass as a clerk |
of Glass l Of this Office, to wit
/. That he, by writing a letter to Mr.. !
Nelson Dingley a member of Congress, !
on the 9th Of December, 1898. attempt
had been requested by the head OF the
bureau to which he belongs as a clerk,
and approved by the Secretary OF War,
for an increase Of force Of the bureau.
?. 1nat in that letter he mentioned
an appointment Of a clerk to an ex-
cepted place I'm this Office (which was
properly made several years ago by the
Secretary Of War in the regular way,
and under and according to the civil
service law and rules, to the lowest
grade IN the ofiice) and knowingly and
falsely described the manner of It as
being "clandestine," and asserted that
the appointment was always looked up.
on as "a piece of trickery and conniv-
ance between her (the clerk's) brother
and the Judge Advocate General" the
Judge Advocate General referred to be-
ing the present incumbent Of the Of
fee and Mr.. SnOdgrass, chief of bu-
reau at the time he wrote the letter
3 That in his letter to Mr. Dingley
he copied a statement made by the
Judge Advocate General to accompany
the estimate of appropriations for the
Judge Advocate Generals, to set forth
the reasons for the legislation request.
ed and falsely charged in substance
that the language used in the state
ment was false and intended to deceive
the Congress Of the United States.
4. He also, in the same letter will
fully and falsely charged that he had
been purposely Disseminated against
for years by false ratings, Intentionally
and wrongfully made, Of the clerks Of
this office on the efficiency lists or re-
ports, and that he had been deprived
Of promotion to which he was entitled
under the law and regulations; where
as 1t is not true that false ratings are
made Of the clerks OF this office for anv
purpose on the efficiency lists or other
wise, and he has not been deprived by
any means at all OF promotion to which
he was entitled.
5. mat in the letter written to Mr.
Dingley he refers to the discharge OF
Mr.. Sprague, a clerk In this Office sew
eral years ago, on account Of a reduc-
tion In force required by law, and sub
stantally and wilfully and falsely
charges that Mr.. Sprague was removed
from the office because he was a soldier
Of the Civil War, saying:
His previous bravery on the field
Of battle, In the thickest Of the fight.
did not count for anything. An ex.
rebel colonel now occupies his seat in
this Office, A sad commentary on what
this otice does for the brave boys in
blue
He knows 1t is not true that the clerk
whom he refers to as an ex-rebel col
onel occupies the place held by Mr..
Sprague, for he knows tht Mr.. Sprague
was discharged because his place was
abolished by law, and also knows that
the place the other clerk occupies is in
different grade from the one held by
Mr.. Sprague. And l alone am respOn-
sible that Mr.. Sprague was selected
for discharge on account of the law
requiring a reduction OF one in the
force He was an old soldier, 1t is true,
but was the least efficient in the Office
at the time and was drawing a pen
slO at the rate Of S72 per month for
total disability. He was selected by
me for discharge because he could be
spared better than anyone else then in
the Office and was provided for by his
pension. And the other clerk referred
to and represented as occupying Mr..
Sprague's seat in this office was trans
ferred to the Office over two and one
half years after Mr. Sprague's dis
charge, without any aid from me, and
as 1 believe without anyone in the
Office knowing anything about it until
after the transfer had been made.
! recommended that the place that was
given him be filled in a different way.
6. l further charge Mr.. Snodgrass
with having sent to the President a
] % N,f TO nfrln ma
| 'iciously intending by means Of the
| aforesaid false statements contained
| therein to iniure the Judge Advocate
! Generals office in the estimation Of
| The President.
Other charges might be added to
| 'hese, but Il does not seem to be nee
'ssary to multiply them Those that
/ have been made, as well as the charac-
'er Of Mr.. Snodgrass's letters to the
/ President and Mr.. Dingley are sufi-
| 'ient to show that his discharge is re-
1uired by the interests of TINS ONCE.
Very respectfully,
G.. N. LGEBER
Judge Advocate General.
To the above Mr. snodgrass attaches
tLls foot.note.F
fI made answer to each charge and
| placed the same on file in the Exec
| utive Mansion. j. j. S.
He then goes on and says:
The letter to Mr.. Dingley, upon
which the foregoing charges are based,
was written to a gentleman Of high in
| tegrity and honor, one to whom | look
ed in confidence that he would do what
was just and right in the way Of legis-
! InIInn 10 nnrrnnI nhmana and I'M ImgI dis