Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-04
TO YOU. SHERMAN BELL
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ioerS' quarters. and perhaps a.
much more for the big head
quarters. the commi-sarN and
guarternaster and ordnance
iuildlngs. Roofing paper to
cover all oi these buildings was
also furuished
Bids were never asked from the
merchants furnishing supplies.
though this il an ironclad re-
quirement in the regular army.
1t was not thought advisable
to stop the grating OF men in
Colorado.
Two thousand new uniforms
were bought, when there were
scarcely a thousand men in the
militia and not over six hundred
in the field. As there had been
trouble getting the money out OF
the Telluride and Cripple Greek
mine owners, the two thousand
uniforms were charged to the
Trinidad campaign, for it was
easier to get the money from the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany. When the fuel company
learned of this it refused To pay
the bill and the eastern contract
er, who WAS promised his money
in thirty days. does not care to
have further business dealings
with Colorado.
In last Sundays papers Gen
eral He'll defied any one to show
any instance of grating in the
three campaigns. Explain, Mr..
Bell, the purchase OF large
number of shoes from a Denver
merchant, who refused to bill
them to the State at dollar
more per pair than the regular
selling price, and why they We're
finally billed to a Victor mer-
chant, who rebilled them to the
state at the advanced price
Explain, also, Mr.. Bell, about
the revolver that was purchased
for an officer and charged up as
stove pipe. Explain, also the ne
cessity of having at least six
extra colonies, all on the gov
ernors staff but one. Each drew
colonies pay, and what did they
do? Explain why you hired two
brigddler g ner is t. look after
the cooks aud act as clerks OF
your office. where you yourself
should have remained.
Explain why you remained at
Camp Goldfield and established
headquarters. which as an adiu-
tant YOU had no right to do.
and why you insisted on giving
orders when General Chase was
in command, and why you final
ly made an executive order
which General Chase was com
PEELED to disobey.
Was it not to stir up trouble
and put General Chase out OF
your way?
Did not this plan bring about
the odious Chase court martial,
during which twelve or fourteen
officers lived. at the Brown
Palace for two weeks in luxury.
running bar bills by the hundreds
and having single lunches cost
ing as much as $500 for a few
oficers9
Did not you. Mr.. Bell. while
aided and abetted by one Bert b
Bloom, stir up more trouble and
strife in the militia than was
ever known before?