The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1914-08-19

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his swagger in a moment. Then Nor
gan added: "Mr. Marshal. take the
! prisoner to Orleans in an armed boat
and deliver him to the naval COM
mander there"
The marshal gave his orders, and
the prisoner was taken out Of court.
"Mr Marshal" continued old Nor.
gan, 'see that no one mentions the
| United States to the prisoner. Mr..
| Marshal, make my respects to Lieu
| tenant Mitchell at Orleans and request
him to order that no one shall men
ton the United States to the prisoner
while he is on board ship You vii
receive your written orders from the
officer on duty here this evening. The
court is adjourned without day"
have always supposed that Colonel
! Morgan himself took the proceedings
of the court to Washington city and
| explained them to Mr.. jefferson. Ger
tain ii is that the president approved
them-certain. that is. if | may be-
lieve the men who say they have seen
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round from New orleans to the north
ern Atlantic coast with the prisoner on
board the sentence had been approved,
and he was man without a country.
When was second officer of the
Intrepid some thirty years after ! saw
the original paper of instructions:
Washington with the date. which must
have been late in 1S0O.
Sir-You will receive from Lit. Neale the
person of Philip Nolan. late lieutenant
in the United States army.
This person on his trial by court mar
tial eXpresse with an oath the wish that
he might never hear of the United States
again
The court sentenced him to have his
wish fulfilled
For the present the execution of the or
der is intrusted by the president to this
department
You will take the prisoner on board your
ship and keep him there with such pre-
cautions as shall prevent his escape.
You will provide him with such quarters.
, rations and clothing as would be proper
for an officer Of his late rank if he were
a passenger on your vessel on the bust
ness of his government.
The gentlemen on board will make any
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garding his society. He is to be exposed
TO no indignity OF any kind, nor is he ever
unnecessarily TO be reminded that he is
prisoner
But under no circumstances is he ever
to hear of his country or to see any in
formation regarding it, and you will es-
pecially caution all the officers under your
command to take care that In the various
indulgences which may be granted. this
rule, in which his punishment is involved.
shall not be broken.
1t is the intention of the government
that he shall never again see the country
which he has disowned. Before the end
of your cruise you will receive orders
which will give effect to this intention
Resp'y yours. W. SOCTHARD.
For the Secretary of the Navy.
suppose the commander of the lie.
want has it today as his authority fol
keeping this man in his mild custody.
The rule adopted on board the shipS
ON which | have met The Man With
| out a Country" was. | think, transmit
ted from the beginning. No mess liked
TO have him permanently. because his
| presence cut Off all talk of home or of
the prospect of return. nf politics or
! letters. of peace or of war--cut oil
more than half the talk men like to
have M sea Rut IL was always Thought
! too hard t.:'t he Sh3Uld never meet thr
we finally ,;,,,L ntn one system. He
was noi go httlrd 60 talk with the
men G,.3 y gu otiicrr was by With
officers h,' had unrcstraiued inter
! course. ~ Iar ~ they and lEe chose.
| But ne :r:N'y ny. though he had favor.
ties. WAS one Then the captain al
ways asked him to dinner ON Monday.
Every ulea% In succession took up the
, Invitation IN its turn According To the
size Of the ship, you had him at your
mess more or less often at dinner. His
breakfast he ate In his own staterOom
he always had a stateroom-w which
was where a sentinel or somebody on
the watch could see the door. And
whatever else he ate or drank he ate
or drank alone Sometimes. when the
marines or sailors had any special jol-
lifcation. they We're permitted to invite
"Plain Buttons" ms they called him.
They called him plain Buttons" be-
Nuuoe, WIN ut dIWhA NhO0t w Ntdi
regulation army uniform. he WAS not
permitted TO wear the army button.
for the reason that II bore either the
initials or the insignia Of the country
he had disOwned.
remember soon after ! Joined the
navy. Some one told the system which
was adopted from the first about his
books and other reading. As he was
almost never permitted to go on shore.
even though the vessel lay in port for
months, his time at the best hung
heavy. and everybody was permitted
to lend him books II they were not
published In America and made no al.
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