The Goodland republic., 1907-03-01
NAY LOSE A GEHERALsHIP
IF FREDERICK GRANT IS COR
RECTUY REPORTED.
Son Of the Great Civil War General
r. Reported to Have Criticised
Roosevelt.

Dent Grant at a speech he made IN
Philadelphia last night Is proven to
be an accurate transcript OF what the
general said, he wiz be court-mar-
tailed.
The army regulations specifically
provide for the dismissal OF a soldier
criticising the president or such other
punishment as the court-martia1 may
prescribe. General Grant was a guest
at the banquet OF the George G. Meade
Post No. 1, G. A r, at the Union
League in Philadelphia last night
The general, according to accounts.
made a short address thanking the
diners for their cordial reception Of
him, and was about to resume his seat
when there came a shout Of Wont
you talk about your fatherz" The
general smiled and said, VERY well,
will"
He continued: cit is with pride
that I talk about my father, and am
always especially proud to recall the
message sent to Canada by England
on the occasion OF the trouble between
that country and the United States
in 1867. England notified Canada that
in the event Of a war she could not
look to the mother country for as
sistance, as England was not prepar-
ed to fight General Grant and his mil
lion trained soldiers"
According to the report, as received
in Washington, General Grant further
said: And am sorry that the time
has come when the president Of the
United States has to talk and argue
with the indicted mayor OF a city as TO
whether or not the United States viii
carry out the provisions Of q treaty
with another country"
An OdiOus Comparison.
This reference to the recent confer
cnce between President Roosevelt and
Mayor Schmitz OF san Francisco was,
according to report, received with en-
thusiastic cheers. General Grant, ac-
.cording- to the story, continued in this
strain:
Il do not believe such a thing
would have happened between March
4, 1873, and March 4, 1871"
There was another Outburst Of
cheering and cries Of Hear, hearl''
General Grant was further urged to
talk about his father, and told many
interesting anecdotes about the cap
ture Of Fort DOnelsOn and the Vicks-
burg campaign
The articles OF war specifically pro-
for criticising the president
Article nineteen is as follows: ''An
officer who uses contemptuOus or
disrespectfuI words against the presi-
dent, the congress Of the United States
or the CHIEF magistrate or legislature
OF any part OF the United States where
he is quartered. shah be dismissed
from the service, or otherwise pun
ished as the court-martial may direct
Any soldier who so ofends shall be
punished as the court-marital may di-
rect"
Article 81 says: ANY officer who
is convicted OF conduct unbecOming
an officer and a gentleman shall be
dismissed from the service"
Article s4 says: The officers and
soldiers OF any troops, whether mill
tia or others, mustered AID in pay Of
the United States, shall at all times
and in all places be governed by the
articles Of war and shall be subject 70
be tried by courts-martial-"
These articles constitute the basis
OF any action that may be taken
against General Grant There is first
the general provision as to conduct
unbecOmfng an officer and a gentle
vision forbidding the criticisms Of the
president by an officer; there is the
third provision, which makes an Of
fcer at all times and in all places sub
ject to the articles Of war
The offense Of General Grant, as
suming that he was correctly quoted,
is aggravated by the fact that he was
discussing International issues. To pro-
vide against such discussions by army
and navy officers the president issued
an order some years ago, when there
was general talk about a conflict be-
tween Germany and the United States,
absolutely prohibiting officers from
discussing international questions
Omcials Of the war department and
the higher officials were so amazed at
the remarks attributed to General
Grant that they expressed the opinion
that he could not have erred so griev-
ously. They also expressed the opinion
that General Grant is a very careful
and prudent officer. The universal op-
inion, however, was that II General
Grant had been correctly quoted the
OTense was very grave
The latest case that remotely pa
rallels this was the one involving Gen
eraI Miles in his comment about en-
balmed beef, resulting from his tour
OF inspection in Cuba and Porto Rico.
General Miles. however, when asked
for an explanation, declared he had
been nisquoted by q newspaper re-
porter, but justified Official criticism
which he made later on the ground Of
his duty
A court Of inquiry was ordered for
the dual purpose OF ascertaining just
what General Niles had said and OF
determining the truthfulness OF his
charges as 70 bad food It VIII be re-
called that. while the court inquiry
whitewashed the beef trust, there had
been so much evidence justfying the
remarks OF General Niles that the
war department feared to proceed
against him because Of public senti-
ment
Undoubtedly Secretary Taft viii
communicate with the president be-
fore taking any step in the Grant mat
ter The president IS tonight at Har-
ward