Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-06-15

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 hat 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 u 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 | 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 a 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 a lieutenant
in the United States army.
This person on his trial by court mar
tial expressed with an tie wish hat
he might never - United States
again.
The 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 II he were
a passenger on your vessel on the BUSH
ness of his government
The gentlemen on board will make any
ARRANGEMENTS agreeable to themselves re-
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 a
prisoner.
But under no circumstances is he ever
to hear of his country or to see any In
formation regarding 1t, and you Will es-
pecially caution al the officers under your
command to take care that. in the various
ndulgences which nay 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.v yours. w. SOUTHARD.
For the Secretary of the Navy.
l D the commander of the LIE
var has it today as his authority for
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, l think, transmit
ted from the beginning. No mess liked
to have him permanently, because bis
presence cut off all talk of home or OF
the prospect of return, of politics or
letters, of peace or of war-cut OH
more than half the talk men ike TO
have at sea. But it was always thought
too hard that he should never meet the
rest of us. except to touch hats, and
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 ~stateroon
he always had a stateroom-whict
was where a sentinel or somebody on
the watch could see the door. An(
whatever else he ate or drank he ats
or drank alone. Sometimes. when the
marines or sailors had any special jol
LITIGATION, they were permitted to invite
"Plain Buttons" as they called him
They called him "Plain Buttons" be
cause, while he always chose to wear 6
regulation army uniform. he was no
permitted to wear the army button
for the reason that it bore either thu
initials or the insignia of the countr,
he had disowned.
! remember oon after ! Joined tht
navy. Some one told the system which
was adopted from the first about bis
books and other reading. AS he wa:
almost never permitted to go on shore
ever though the vessel lay in port fol
months, his time at the best huns
heavy. and everybody was permitted
to lend him books If they were no
published in America and made no al