The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-16

the entire matter before the President, who ordered that the adjutant general be relieved at once.
 Your present action," says the secre- tary in conclusion which, because of the prior warning received and the length of time consumed in the prepartion of your present memorandum must be deemed deliberate, is therefore but the culmna- tion of a series of outbreaks evidencing such intolerance of subordination and such readiness to impugn either the mo- tves or the intelligence of those with whom it Is your duty to work in associa- tion, as if uncorrected to destroy your usefulness in your preesnt office. It is impossible that the business of the gov ernment shall be properly conducted if official communications are made the oc casion for contemptuous comments and aspersons upon fellow officers and for insolence to superiors. Under such cir cumstances self respect would forbid that cooperation which is necessary to effec tive service"
 McVain Succeeds Him
 Immediately on receiving the letters General Ainsworth went to his apart ments and would see only few intimate friends. He was instructed to await orders In this city. Col. H. P McVain was appointed acting adjutant general and immediately began his duties.
 Not in many years has an officer or such high rank been summoned before courtmartial. The court probably will be ordered within the next few days, and s the active list does not contain enough officers of sufficiently high rank to try General Ainsworth, the retired list will be called upon to supply the deficiency.
 General Ainsworth, although unde" orders not to leave Washington. is not under arrest. He will be technically taken into custody when the military court 's formed At that time he will be served with a copy of the charges preferred against him, which is now being drawn by the judge advocate general. He will be permitted to employ counsel.
 When news of the suspension of Gen eral Ainsworth was received at the cap itol there came lively exchange in the House over the army appropriation bill which was being debated. The news came lust when the amendment extending from three to five years the term of enlistment was being debated. This amendment had the indorsement of General Ainsworth, but was strongly opposed by the general staff.
 HobsOn Attacks AinswOrth
 T charge that the information supplied to the committee on military affairs had been misleading shouted Representative K. F. HODSon or AldDdiIid, sldhins hiS fist at his democratic colleagues, that it emanated from the offices of the ad- jutant general and that the adjutant gen. era expected in return for his services to be made lieutenant general" He charged that there had been a conspiracy, absolving Chairman Hay of any connec- tion with it or knowledge of it, however.
 "I claim that every noble impulse on the part of the chairman has been taken advantage of," said MT. Hobson. Then, referring to General Ainsworth, he con- tinued:
 Here is an officer who has re- mained at desk for 26 years in Washington continuously; has risen from one point to another has se- cured similar riders upon appropria- ton bills for the abolition of the of flee of adjutant general until he could get the office himself,1 and then had it re-established by the same process and is right here under those circum- stances in return for informa ton which he supplies. I charge that he sup plies his information in an irregular way; that he never sends any state ment through the regular channels"
 Chairman Hay denied in positive terms that the committees had been trafficking with the adjutant general He added that the charge of con spiracy was false, and said:
 Every bit of information for which the committee has asked was through the Secretary of War and was sent to me by the Secretary of War"
 Other members of the committee also repudiated Mir Hobson's charges. The amendment extending the enlist ment term to five years was passed by a vote of 101 to 73.