Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-05-31


IS night for Il minute. Even Nolan lost
his sWagger in q moment. Then Nor
gan added: Mr. Marshal. take the
prisoner to Orleans in an armed boat
ana deliver him to the naval COM
mander there"
The marshal gave his orders, and
the prisoner vas taken out Of court.
Mr.. Marshal" continued old Nor
gan. see that 40 one mentions the
United States to the prisoner. Mr..
Marshal, make NY respects to Lieu
tenant Mitchell at Orleans and request
hiGl to order that no one shall man
tioa the United States 10 the prisoner
while he is on board ship. You will
receive Eour 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
CT the court to Washington city and
explained them TO MI Jefferson, Ger
tain it is that the president approved
them-certain. that is, if | may be
IiCve the men who say they have seen
his signature. Before the Nautilus gu5
round from New Orleans to the north
err Atlantic coast with the prisoner Oh
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 180D.
Sir-You viii receive from II. Neale the
person of Phillip Nolan. late a lieutenant
in the United States army.
This person on his trial by court E4ar-
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 irtrusted by the president to this
department.
You win take the prisoner On board your
ship and keep him there with such pre-
cautions IS shall prevent his escape,
You viii provide him with such quarters,
raticns and clothing as would be proper
for an officer of his late rank if he Were
{. Passenger on your vessel on the buaj-
ness OF !.is government
The gcntlcmen on board viii make any
arrangements agreeable to themselves re
gaIdiu& his society. lie is 30 be exposed
TO no ndisnitE 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 liz
formation regarding it, and you viii es-
pecially caution all the officers under your
command 10 take care that, in the various
indul@ences which may be granted. this
rule. IN which his punishment is involved,
Shall not be broken.
It is the intention Of the government
thlt he shah never again see the country
which lie has disoWned. Before the end
Of your cruise You will, receive orders
which will give effect to this Intention
Rcspy yours w. SOJTHARD,
For the Secretary of the Navy.
/ suppose the commander Of the Le,
want has it today rs his authority for
keeping this man in his mild custody.
The rule adopted on board the ships
or which | have met The Man with
out i Country" was. | think, tl':,i!%Uit-
ted from the beginning. No mess liIlct.
TO have hjtu permanently. because til
presence cut OF ;lll talk Of hoIi.e Or Of
the prospect Of return. Of politics 81
letters. Of peace or Of W.lr--cut Of
more than half the talk men like t.
have ut sea. But if was always thou~ns
too hard Tat be should never meet thu.
rest Of Us. except to touch hats. AMI
We finally sank into one system. He
was not permitted to talk with the
men unless an officer was by. With
officers he had unreStrained inter
course. 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
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 stater00m-which
was Whcr" Il 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 iol-
lifcatiOn. they We're permitted to invite
They called him plain Buttons be
cause, while he always chose to wear
regulation army uniform, he was not
permitted to wear the army button.
for the reason that it bore either the
initials or the insignia Of the country
he had disowned.
I remember soon after I 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 if they were not
published in America and made no al