The Topeka state journal., 1906-01-15
CLEAR HIS name.
Senator Long Introduces Bill
for La4e Henry Inman.
Was Cashiered When Captain
for Careless Bookkeeping.
SCOTT WANTSBUILDING
Asks $4,000 for Government
Weather Station at lola.
Pardon for M. W. R. Grebe Who
Fought Duel.

washington, d. c., Jan. Ex-senator
Long has introduced a bill in the United
States senate to clear up the military
record of the late Henry Inman of To-
peIa.
Captain Inman, commonly called
Major Inman in Kansas. was a. dis
tinguished officer, scout and author. He
served with distinction in the war of
the rebellion, and later was in the quar-
termaster's department of the regular
army He was no business man, and
his accounts became woefulIy mixed. AS
result, he was tried by court-nartial
and cashiered from the service. He
endeavored all his life to clear his record
but unsuccessfully.
Major Inman has title to fame bv rea-
son of authorship of his interesting book
THE Santa Fe Trail This is a verv
authentic account of the great highway
through Kansas to the Pacific coast.
which is now closely followed by the
tracks of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
F'e railroad. Major Inman also wrote
several historical novels, and other
works.
No one ever questioned Major Inman's
honesty. His case involved carelessness
in his accounts, and ignorance of book
keeping; but not misrepresentation of
funds entrusted to him
The widow of Major Inman is now liv-
ing at the old home in Ellsworth.
Still another Kansan whom Senator
Long would aid, who is in the military
/ service of the United States, is William
F. de Niedman, of Pitfsturg He was
! major surgeon of the TWenty-second
Kansas, in the war with Spain Later
he was surgeon in the Philippines
nj L. SC.
/ geon IN the army, stationed at Bonicia
! Barracks, California.
/ Representative Charles F. Scott
wants a building at lola to shelter the
/ government weather station there
About a year ago Mr.. Scott had lola
/ designated as an observation point
/ The building he wishes would cost
/ $4,000; at least he has asked con-
gress for an appropriation for that
I amount; the same being in the agri-
cultural appropriation bill, which Mr.
( Scott, as a member of the house com
mittee on agriculture. assists to pre-
pare.
There are now i've weather stations
/ in Kansas: Topeka, lola, Concordia
/ Wichita, Dodge City.
Because. according to the code of
! his country NJ. w. r. Grebe. a Ger
man. and a valiant soldier ana officer
1 fought duel in defense Of the honor
/ of a woman, he was court martfaled
and dismissed from the service. but nov
thas hopes, over forty years after this
| occurrence, of having his good name
I restored to such an extent as will per
init the president of the United states
/ to promote him to the grade of colonel
him.
Grebe lives at Bonner Springs. near
I Kansas City. He is now in Washing
/ ton. He has called on the president
I
executive He has two United states
/ senators and one member of congress
/ at least. interested in his case.
Grebe was a captain in company f,
/ Missouri cavalry, in the war of the re-
/ bellion. He saw gallant service: but
/ finally came the duel. and his trial by
general court martial. and his dis
! missal- This occurred in Decem Der,