him, nor were any amounts whatever rightfully due the said Morrow for the aforesaid months of April, May, June, and July, 1883, he having assigned all his right and title to his pay-accounts for said months to the firm of J. H. Squier & Co., as aforesaid, This at Washington, D. C.”

CHARGE II.-"Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, in violation of the 61st Article of War." Specification-"In that he, Lieutenant Colonel Albert P. Morrow, 6th U. S. Cavalry, having previously sold and assigned all his right and title to his pay-accounts for the months of April, May, June, and July, 1883 (for his pay as an aide-de-camp to the General of the Army, and amounting in the aggregate to the sum of fifteen hundred dollars), first to Thomas H. Norton & Co., and secondly to J. H. Squier & Co., did, nevertheless, by his misrepresentation and concealment of facts material to the transaction, induce the firm of Bateman & Co., of Washington, D. C., to purchase from him, the said Morrow, other accounts for his pay as aforesaid for these same months of April, May, June, and July, 1883, and did make said sale and assignment of those accounts to them without notice that the vouchers thus negotiated were triplicates of others then outstanding and unpaid, and did thus impose upon the said Bateman & Co. the aforesaid triplicate fraudulent and worthless securities. This at Washington, D. C., on or about March 3, 1-83.” To which charges and specifications the accused, Lieutenant Colonel Albert P. Morrow, 6th Cavalry, pleaded "Not guilty."

FINDING.

The court, having maturely considered the evidence adduced, finds the accused, Lieutenant Colonel Albert P. Morrow, 6th Cavalry, as follows:

Charge I.

Of the 1st Specification, "Not guilty."

Of the 2d Specification, "Guilty, except the words on or about August 31, 1882,' and except the words 'to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company, of Wheeling, West Virginia, and having afterwards, viz.,' and except the words 'signed, sold, and assigned another pay-account for said month of April, 1883,' and except the words ‘second and third,' substituting therefor the word 'last;' and except the words 'false, as the said Morrow well knew,' substituting therefor the words 'not true in fact;' and except the words 'pretended to assign,' substituting therefor

the word 'assigned :' and except the words 'the said firms of J. H. Squier and Company and of;' and except the words 'he having assigned all his right and title to his pay-account for said month to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company as aforesaid;' and of the excepted words not guilty."

Of the 3d Specification, “Guilty, except the words 'on or about October 6, 1882,' and except the words 'to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company, of Wheeling, West Virginia, and having afterwards, viz.,' and except the words 'signed, sold, and assigned another pay-account for the said month of May, 1883,' and except the words 'second and third,' substituting therefor the word 'last;' and except the words 'false, as the said Morrow well knew,' substituting therefor the words 'not true in fact;' and except the words 'pretended to assign,' substituting therefor the word 'assigned;' and except the words 'the said firms of J. H. Squier and Company and of;' and except the words 'be having assigned all his right and title to his pay-account for said month to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company as aforesaid;' and of the excepted words not guilty."

Of the 4th Specification, “Guilty. except the words 'on or about December 19, 1882,' and except the words 'to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company, of Wheeling, West Virginia, and having afterwards, viz.,' and except the words 'signed, sold, and assigned another pay-account for said month of June, 1883,' and except the words 'second and third,' substituting therefor the word 'last;' and except the words 'false, as the said Morrow well knew,' substituting therefor the words 'not true in fact;' and except the words 'pretended to assigu,' substituting therefor the word 'assigned;' and except the words the said firm of J. H. Squier and Company and of;' and except the words 'he having assigned all his right and title to his pay-account for said month to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company as aforesaid; and of the excepted words not guilty."

Of the 5th Specification, "Guilty, except the words on or about December 19, 1882,' and except the words 'to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company, of Wheeling, West Virginia, and having afterwards, viz.,' and except the words 'signed, sold, and assigned another pay-account for said month of July, 1883,' and except the words 'second and third,' substituting therefor the word 'last;' and except the words 'false, as the said Morrow well knew,' substituting therefor the words 'not true in fact;' and except the words 'pretended to assign,' substitu ting therefor the word 'assigned;' and except the words 'the said firms of J. H. Squier and Company and of;' and except the words 'he baring

assigned all his right and title to his pay-account for said month to the firm of Thomas H. Norton and Company as aforesaid;' and of the excepted words not guilty."

Of the 6th Specification, "Guilty, except the words 'false, as the said Morrow well knew,' substituting therefor the words 'not true in fact;' and except the words 'pretended to assign,' substituting therefor the word 'assigned;' and of the excepted words not guilty. And the court further finds, as to the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth specifications, that Lieutenant Colonel Morrow had an oral agreement with J. H. Squier and Company which he erroneously believed justified his certificate to the accounts which he assigned to Bateman and Company. And the court also finds that Lieutenant Colonel Morrow had no intention to defraud the United States, or any of the parties to whom his pay-accounts were conveyed."

Of the CHARGE, "Not guilty, but guilty of conduct to prejudice of good order and military discipline, in violation of the sixty-second Article of War."

And the court does therefore sentence him, Lieutenant Colonel Albert P. Morrow, 6th Cavalry, “To forfeit all right to advancement in his grade for the period of two years, so that at the end of that time he shall still be the junior lieutenant colonel of cavalry."

II..The record of the proceedings of the general court-martial in the foregoing case of Lieutenant Colonel Albert P. Morrow, 6th Cavalry, having been forwarded to the Secretary of War and by him submitted to the President of the United States for his action, the following are his orders indorsed thereon, viz:

EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 24, 1885. The proceedings, findings, and sentence in the foregoing case of Lieutenant Colonel Albert P. Morrow, 6th United States Cavalry, are hereby approved, and the sentence will be duly executed.

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

III..Before the same court, which convened at Washington, District of Columbia, pursuant to the same orders, and of which Major General JOHN M. SCHOFIELD is president, was arraigned and tried—.

Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge Advocate General U. S. Army.

CHARGE I.-" Violation of the 61st Article of War." Specification 1st-"In that Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge Advocate General United States Army, did, while on duty in the Bureau of Military Justice of the War Department, Washington, D. C., knowingly and unlawfully make requisition on the Quartermaster's Department of said Army for forage and straw, in kind, for the month of January, 1883, for two private horses not actually owned and kept by the said Swaim in service while on duty as aforesaid, and did knowingly and falsely certify in said requisition that said requisition was correct and just, and that the said animals for which the said forage was required were then actually owned and kept by himself in the performance of his official military duties while on duty as aforesaid. This at Washington, D. C., on or about the 11th day of January, 1883."

Specification 2d-"In that Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge Advocate General United States Army, did, while on duty in the Bureau of Military Justice of the War Department, Washington. D. C., knowingly and unlawfully make requisition on the Quartermaster's Department of said Army for forage and straw, in kind, for the month of February, 1833, for two private horses not actually owned and kept by the said Swaim in service while on duty as aforesaid, and did knowingly and falsely certify that said requisition was correct and just, and that the said animals for which the said forage was required were then actually owned and kept by himself in the performance of his official military duties while on duty as aforesaid. This at Washington, D. C., on or about the 7th day of February, 1883"

Specification 3d-"In that Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge Advocate General United States Army, did, while on duty in the Bureau of Military Justice of the War Department, Washington, D. C., knowingly and unlawfully make requisition on the Quarter master's Department of said Army for forage and straw, in kind, for the month of March, 183, for two private horses not actually owned and kept by the said Swaim in service while on duty as aforesaid, and did knowingly and falsely certify in said requisition that said requisition was correct and just, and that the said animal for which the said forage was required were then actually owne and kept by himself in the performance of his official militar duties while on duty as aforesaid. This at Washington, D. C on or about the 14th day of March, 1883."

Specification 4th-"In that Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge Advocate General United States Army, did, while on duty in the Bureau of Military Justice of the War Department, Washington, D. C., knowingly and unlawfully make requisition on the Quartermaster's Department of said Army for forage and straw, in kind, for the month of April, 1883, for three private horses not actually owned and kept by the said Swaim in service while on duty as aforesaid, and did knowingly and falsely certify in said requisition that said requisition was correct and just, and that the said animals for which the said forage was required were then actually kept by himself in the performance of his official military duties while on duty as aforesaid. This at Washington, D. C., on or about the 14th day of April, 1883."

Specification 5th—“In that Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge Advocate General United States Army, did, while on duty in the Bureau of Military Justice of the War Department, Washington, D. C., knowingly and unlawfully make requisition on the Quartermaster's Department of said Army for forage and straw, in kind, for the month of May, 1883, for one private horse not actually owned and kept by the said Swaim in service while on duty as aforesaid, and did knowingly and falsely certify in said requisition that said requisition was correct and just, and that the said animal for which the said forage was required was then actually kept by himself in the performance of his official military duties while on duty as aforesaid. This at Washington, D. C., on or about the 11th day of May, 1883."

CHARGE II. "Violation of the 60th Article of War."

Specification 1st-"In that Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge

Advocate General United States Army, did wrongfully and knowingly sell and dispose of forage and straw, the property of the United States, furnished or intended for the military service thereof, and duly issued to him by Lieutenant Colonel R. N. Batchelder, depot quartermaster in the city of Washington, D. C., on his, the said Swaim's, requisition for the month of January, 1883. This at Washington, D. C., on or about the 11th day of January, 1883."

Specification 2d-"In that Brigadier General David G. Swaim, Judge

Advocate General United States Army, did wrongfully and knowingly sell and dispose of forage and straw, the property of the United States, furnished or intended for the military service

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