The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-16
organization. He quotes the adjutant

organization. lie quotes tne aQJutdH
general:
IAN these recommendations are
disproved with a few relatively unim-
portant exceptions hereinafter not
ed. Almost all of them show on the
part of those making them, Il dcplor-
able ignorance of or Indifference to
the requirements of Law with regard
to the rendition of these u and
rolls, and the purposes for which they
are rendered. Such ill-considercd and
impracttcable recommendations afford
convincing proof of the futility of call
ing upon officers of the army gener-
ally for an expression of their views
with regard to the paper work that
they are required to PERFORM"
Going back to October, 1909, Sec
rotary Stimson discusses another
memorandum written by General
Ainsworth relating to a proposition
made by still another general staff Of
ficer. The memorandum reads:
Life is too short to permit of vast
ing any portion of it in discussion with
or for the benefit of. any one whose
conception of the underlying princi-
hazy that he can advocate such a pro-
position seriously. A proposition of
this kind would be regarded as re-
markable If advanced by a state mill
tiaman, n it is simply amazing when
put forward by an officer of the regu-
lar army, even though his connection
with the military side of hat estab-
lishment be SO remote as to merely
nominal"
In summing up his letter of sus-
pension Secretary Stimson Ices not
mince words. He says that feeling
that he himself had been attacked he
had not deemed himself fit to take
judicial action, but had laid the entire
matter before the president, who or
dered the adjutant general to be re-
lieved at once.
Tcrse Terms
"Your present action" says the Sec
rotary in conclusion (which. because
of the prior warning received and the
paration of your present memoran-
dunn. must be deemed deliberate. is
therefore but the elimination of a
series of outbreaks evidencing such
intolerance of subordination and such
readiness to impugn the motives or
the intelligence of those with whom
1t is your duty to work in association,
as If uncorrected, to destroy your
usefulness in your present office. 1t
is impossible that the business of the
government properly can be conducted
- I'M - Illstu
the occasion for contemptuous COM
ments and aspersions upon fellow Of
flcers n for insolence to superiors
Under Such circumstances self respect
would forbid the cooperation which is
necessary to effective SERVICE"
Immediately upon receiving the let
ter General Ainsworth went to his
apartments and would see only a few
intimate friends. He was instructed
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ii. +. Mccain was appointed acting
adjutant general and Immediately be-
gar his duties.
Not in many years has an officer OF
such high rank been summoned be.
fore the court martial. The court
probably will be ordered within the
next few days and as the active list
does not contain enough officers OF
sufficiently high rank to try General
A~insworth, the retired list will be call.
ed upon to supply the deficiency.
General AinsWorth, although under
orders not to leave Washington, is not
under arrest. He will be technically
taken into custody when the militar!
court is formed. At that time he will
be served with IL copy of the charges
preferred against him, now being
drawn by the judge advocate general
He will be permitted to employ coun.
Sci.
When news of the suspension OF
General Ainsworth was received at the
capital, and precipitated a lively OK.
change of gossip in the house. The
navy appropriation bill was being de-
bated there. The news came just
when the amendment extending from
three to five years the term of enlist
ment IA being considered. This
amendment had the endorsement OF
General Ainsworth but was strongly
opposed by the general staff.
II charge hat the information sup.
piled to the committee on military at
fairs has been misleading" shouted
Representative r. p. Hobson of Ala
bama, shaking his fist at his colleagues
that it emanated from the office OF
the adjutant general and that the ad-
jutant general expected in return fol-
his services to be made a lieutenant
general"
He charged that there had been a
conspiracy, absolving Chairman Hay
with any connection with it or any
knowledge of it however.
II claim that every noble impulse
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