Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-06-07

nan. '.see that no one mentions the
United States to the. prisoner. Mr..
Marshal, make my respects to Lieu
tenant Mitchell at Orleans, and re-
quest him to order that no one shall
mention the United States to the pris-
oner 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."
have always supposed that Colonel
Morgan himself took the proceedings
of the court to Washington City, and
explained them to Mr.. Jefferson. Ger
tain 1t is that the president approved
them, certain, that Is. II may believe
the men who say they have seen his
signature.
The plan then adopted was sub
stantially the same which was neces-
sarily followed ever after. Perhaps
it was suggested by the necessity OF
sending him by water from Fort
Adams and Orleans. The secretary Of
the navy was requested to put Nolan
on board government vessel bound
on long cruise, and to direct that he
should be only so far confined there
as to make 1t certain that he never
saw or heard of the country. We had
few long cruises then, and the navy
was very much out of favor; and as
almost all of this story is traditional,
as have explained, do not know GER
tainly what his first cruise was. But
the commander to whom he was In.
trusted--perhaps 1t was Tingey or
Shaw, though ! think 1t was one of
the younger men-we are all old
enough now-regulated the etiquette
and the precautions OF the affair, and
according to his scheme they were
carried out, suppose, till Nolan died.
When was second officer Of the In
trepid some thirty years after, l saw
the original paper of instructions.
have been sorry ever since that l did
not copy the whole Of 1t. 1t ran, how
ever, much in this way:
"Washington," with the date, which
must have been late In 1900.
"Sir-Y0u will receive from Lieu
tenant Neale the person Of Philip No
Ian, late lieutenant In the United
States army.
"This person on his trial by court.
martial 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 order Is intrusted by the president
Of this department.
"You will take the prisoner on board
your ship, and keep him there with
such precautions 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 passenger on
your vessel on the business of his gov
eminent
"The gentlemen on board will make
any arrangements agreeable to them
selves regarding his society. He Is to
be exposed to no indignity of any kind
nor is he ever unnecessarily to be re-
minded that he Is prisoner.
"But under no circumstances Is he
ever to hear Of his country or to see
any information regarding 1t; and you
will especially caution all the officers
under your command to take care that,
in the various indulgences which may
be granted, this rule, In which his pun
ishment Is involved, shall not be
broken.
ut is the intention Of the govern
ment 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.
Respectfully yours,
"W. SOUTHARD.
"for the Secretary Of the Navy"
II I had only preserved the whole
Of this paper, there would be no break
in the beginning OF my sketch Of this
story. For Captain Shaw, II 1t was he,
handed it to his successor in the
charge, and he to his.
The rule adopted on board the ships
on which have met "The Man without
q Country" was, I think, transmitted
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, Of politics or
letters, Of peace or of war-cut off
more than half the talk men like to
have at sea. But 1t was always
thought too hard that he should never
meet the rest Of us, except to touch
hats and we finally sank into one sys-
TEN. He was not permitted to talk
with the men unless an officer was by.
With officers he had nrestrained in
tercourse, as far as they and he chose.
But he grew shy, though he had favor
ties: I was one. Then the captain
always asked him to dinner on Mon
day. Every mess in succession took
up the invitation in its turn. Accord
ing 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 state
room, which was where q sentinel, or
somebody on the watch, could see the
door. And whatever else he ate or
drank he ate or drank alone. Some
times, when the marines or sailors had
any special jollification, they were per-
mitted to invite "Plain-ButtOns," as
they called him. Then Nolan was sent
with some officer, and the men were
forbidden to speak Of home while he
was there. They called him "Plain-
Buttons" because, while he always
chose to wear regulation army uni.