The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-05-30
more ne was a man without coun-

I more ne was a man without a coun
try.
Old Morgan, as I said, was terribl.
shocked. If Nolan had compared
George Washington to Benedict Ar
mold, or had cried, "God save Kin,
n George" Morgan would not have fel
worse. He called the court into hi.
private room, and returned in ffteeI
minutes, with face like sheet, tt
say:
Prisoner, hear the sentence of the
court. The court decides, subject tt
the approval Of the president, that yor
never hear the name Of the United
States again."
Nolan laughed. But nobody else
laughed. Old Morgan was toe
solemn, and the whole room was
hushed dead as night for minute.
Even Nolan lost his swagger in a mo-
ment. Then Morgan added: "Mr.
Marshal, take the prisoner to Orleans
in an armed boat, and deliver him to
the naval commander 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 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 it Is that the president approved
them, certain, that is, if 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 a government vessel bound
on a long cruise, and to direct that he
should be only so far confined there
as to make it 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, I do not know GER
tainly what his first cruise was. But
the commander to whom he was in
trusted-perhaps it was Tingey or
Shaw, though 1 think it 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, I suppose, till Nolan died.
When l was second officer of the In
trepid some thirty years after, l saw
the original paper of instructions. /
have been sorry ever since that / did
not copy the whole Of it. 1t ran how
ever, much in this way:
washington, (with the date, which
must have been late in 1900.
"Sir-YOu will receive from Lieu
tenant Neale the person of Philip No
Ian, late a 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.
1.-THE court sentenced him to have
lis wish fulfilled.
"For the present, the execution of
he order is intrusted by the president
# this department.
'You will take the prisoner on board ,,
vour ship, and keep him there with
uch precautions as shall prevent his
Scape.
''You will provide him with such .
uarters, rations, and clothing as
would be proper for an officer of his
ate rank, if he were a passenger on
our vessel on the business of his gov
F
1.-THE gentlemen on board will make
ny arrangements agreeable to them
elves regarding his society," He is to
e exposed to no indignity of any kind b
or is he ever unnecessarily to be re- h
linded that he is prisoner. .
"But under no circumstances is he c
YER to hear of his country or to see
ny information regarding it; and you
ill especially caution all the officers
nder your command TO take care that, u
the various indulgences which may 1
: granted, this rule, in which his pun p
hment is involved, shall not be u
oxen.
1T is the intention of the govern A
ent that he shall never again see e
e country which he has disowned.
efore the end of your cruise you will
ceive orders which will give effect 81
this intention. w
Respectfully yours, bl
"W. .SOUTHARD, fC
"for the Secretary of the Navy" CT
If 1 had only preserved the whole u,
this paper, there would be no break III
the beginning of my sketch of this b
Dry. For Captain Shaw, if it was he, ~
nded it to his successor in the
arge, and he to his ar