The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-07-23

and the whole room was huSneQ Qeat
as night for minute. Even Nolan los
his swagger in a moment. Then Nor
gan added: Mr. Marshal, take thu
prisoner to Orleans in an armed boa
mander there"
The marshal gave his orders. ani
the prisoner was taken out oe 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 will
receive your written orders from the
officer on duty here this evening. The
court is adjourned without day.
l have always supposed that Colonel
Morgan himself took the proceedings
of the court to Washington city and
explained them to Mr.. Jefferson. Ger
tain it is that the president approved
them-certain, that is, If I may be-
lieve the men who say they have seen
his signature. Before the Nautilus got
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 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 1t. Neale the
person Of Philip Nolan. late a lieutenant
in the United States army.
This person on his trial by court mar
tial expressed 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
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 IL he were
a passenger on your vessel on the BUSH
ness Of his government.
The gentlemen on board will make any
agreeable to themselves re-
garding his society. He Is to be exposed
to no indignity of any kind, nor il he ever
to be reminded that he is a
prisoner.
to hear Of his country or to see any in
regarding IT, and you will es-
pecially caution all the officers under your
command to take care that, in the various
which may be granted, this
rule. In which his punishment is involved.
shall not be broken.
It il the intention Of the government
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. SOUTHARD.
For the Secretary OF the Navy.
1 suppose the commander of the Lee
rant has it today as his authority for
keeping this man in his mild custody.
The rule adopted on board the ships
IN which / have met 1.-THE Man With
,ut a Country" was, think, transmit
ed from the beginning. No mess liked
% have him permanently, because his
presence cut off all talk of home or of
he prospect Of return, of politics or
etters, Of peace or of war-cut of
more than half the talk men like to
rave at sea. But it was always thought
90 hard that he should never meet the
est Of us, except to touch hats, and
We finally sank into one system. He
vas not permitted to talk with the
nen unless an officer was by. With |
ulcers he had unrestrained inter |
curse, as far as they and he chose. |
But he grew shy, though he had favor
ties. was one Then the captain al
ways asked him to dinner on Monday. |
every mess in succession took up the |
invitation in its turn. According to the |
ize of the ship. you had him at your |
ness more or less often at dinner. His
'reakfast he ate in his own stateroom
he always had stateroom-which
vas where a sentinel or somebody on !,
he watch could see the door, And
whatever else he ate or drank he ate
r drank alone. Sometimes, when the
narines or sailors had any special jol-
they were permitted to invite
Plain Buttons" as they called him.
hey called him "Plain Buttons be-
ause, while he always chose to wear
equation army uniform, he was not
ermitted to wear the army button,
or the reason that it bore either tho
initials or the insignia of the country
e had disowned.
/ remember soon after 1 Joined the
avy. Some one told the system which
Vas adopted from the first about his
o0ks and other reading. AS he was
lmost never permitted to 60 on shore.
ven though the vessel lay in port for
nonths. his time at the best hung
eavy. and everybody was permitted
lend him books If they were not
ubiished In America and made no al.