The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1908-09-12
STARTLING EXPOSE is THREATENED IN
THE COL. STEWART CASE
ny mARLsN e. PEW.

NtENANf
There Is a document plgeonholod
In one u the great desks of that
department that seems To prick Hike
a cactus spine
There are threatening sounds con.
corning the case OF Wm y stew
art. army officer cxiled bY order
ot the president and Secretary TAft.
which seem to jar on the senses OF
the swivclchalg brigade Ike the
rattle ~ deadly aerpenta
Ia the wAF department the Sen
TENDER days seem % torture tho
flesh, while the nights seem long
and gloomy. disturbed by such
sounds a. the yapping Of the fam.
inhed coyote and the weird mum
bhnE ~ the owl and the gopher
Who shuli explain the mystery oi
The sudden change Ia the standing
% Col WIN = Stewart. the tenn.
peFamrntally imposaihleF"
officer a Nuisance.
In May of this year. aceoralag "a
the president. this officer. ranking
second Ia the entire artillery corps
Of the army. was a nuisance. M
only for Punishment t0 a deserted
army post, unworthy of any rousid
GRAFTON Whatsoever. a court ~ IN.
quiry thrice being denied him. and
his application Tor leave of absence
thar he might visit his family. be
ing refused
w the last week ~ August. Luke
Wright secretary 81 war. summons
the gray haired wife 81 Col Stew.
art % his office. and taxing the
prickly document from itn uiEenn.
hole conHulta II with indulEeut eve
and soiemnly ANNOUNCES that some
one has decided to rsirnf and TEN.
pcf Justice with mercy. aud per.
INST Col stewart at hie own 81.
penSe % take a four month leave
~ absence from the rastleHnnkr
Jungle post 40 Arizona. providing
that he. himself viii aek therefor
or course. the leave is honestly
due Col Stewart For fipe yrara.
until his bauishment a year aEo. hr
was 20 busy elth his command that
be did not even ask Tor the mouth =
vacation that the Law provides Tor
an officer each year
Tire Sudden Change.
Why this sudden chauEe %
heartf Why this maEnanimous
respltef
Has The fret Tuesday after the
first Monday ~ November ans
thing 20 DO wish the caacF
Nhateveg The cause n - certain
that the war department. IN aposs
IL almost a. hot place tn saptem
Der a. b Arizona
Friends % Col Stewart are al
visiug him not 10 accept the prof
Tered leave a. this time. Thay
point out that after November. the
prosecuted officer may hs made 10
return 70 his exile. there 81 com
plete his term Of three years wien
according to the Law. the president
may order his retirement through
the age limit regulation. and. these
friends point out. after November
there IL n possibility that the mo
tive 70 temper 'lusiice" with mercy
viii have been removed
The recent order from the 90.
partment which directed Col stew
art 20 submit 90 the % mile horse
back test to demonstrate hia phy
steal fitness does not Worry hia
friends here lie has spent most
Of bis life In The saddle. and uninan
reduced By bis hard ilfe 81 exile.
viii be able 70 ride the 90 miles Ia
three days without difficulty.
impending Sensation.
There are reports in army circles
OF impending sensations in the Col.
Stewart case which Cen Nelson
Miles. Mai Gen Bell. chief ~ tho
general staff and many others we'll
Informed have condemned a. an
outrage. These reports indicate
the possibility 81 an exposure ~ a
certain officer or officers high In
the service. aud also high To- the
personal favor 81 President Hooae.
welt u Is limited that II such an
exposure we're made. daylight
would be thrown upon military
cahal against fellow officer
which would have q parallel IN the
Dreyfus case These rumora may
foreieil nothing. but certainly they
have generated unusual heat IN the
department
Here are some Interesting facts
In the Stewart case that mas have
significant bearing on the reports
~ an impending army scandal
Col. Stewart was oxlled and The
president admits punished
though there is no charge against
him other than that be- was tenn
peramentallY unfit to command
The records ~ the department
show that he has remarkably
clean record ~ 40 years honorable
service
Trouble Starts.
A. Fortress Monroe. some years
ago. no had allght alteration
with VIM T. Duvall. now assistant
20 the CHIEF ~ staff and who. M
the time 81 the difficulty. ranked
junior 10 Col stewart The irou.
BILE was over gun practice. Duyal
stewards method
Gems DuYal and Murray we're
both junior officers under Col
stewart and have been promoted
over him. and they were two Of
the officers who recommended that
Stewart be- exilod
Gen. Wade the commanding gen
eral, declared. when Stewart was
sent 10 IT, Grant that be did not
consider the imputalions against
Stewart sufficiently serious 10 de-
mnnd such drastic measures.
Gen Duval told President Hooso
welt personally that Col Stewards
had been under
stated I'm the Punishment order
rather than exaggerated
Roosevelt depended TO some ex