Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants; or, Serving Old Glory as Line Officers
published in the town; or, as some
t before, to the effect that Bunny Hepburn and a gang had set upon Lieutenants Overton and Terry, of the Regular Army, and that th
Orator Hepburn had been able to acquire much of his local notoriety. Hepburn and Sayles, the latter the proprietor of
cked the two young officers, giving wh
ablest local attorneys toiled at preparing the papers in the case. A formal complaint has been drawn up, backed by the testimony of the witnesses under oath, and all the papers in the case are now on their way to Washington.
anded Lieutenant Noll, as he and his chum we
a view to blowing our heads
are in this world!" uttered
n't for the fact that sometimes liars, under oath,
to believe this ro
nt might, not knowing the loc
takes any action on these trumped-up, lyi
tamely submit to such false cha
lk this morning?" N
and think this whole thing over," Hal
ll have it to-morrow that we are overwhelmed
ere will proclaim to-morrow that we are brazenly showing o
nd do as we please," remarked
ums went forth, again in th
rdly a block when they were stopped by friends, and congr
d the backs of the young officers. Hal and Noll
years ago," grinned Noll. "Now, at last, we seem to
" corre
ou make t
nst us, and another doesn't. The thi
fter, anyway," mu
's t
yle
o's
t you
l a party named Sayles,"
n-hoister who get
are you going to
m prove all he printe
d of witnesses that he has back
testimony of such witnesses will 'g
g to prosecut
Sayles for libel
h the trouble?" Hal
well as officers. You know the legal phrase, 'officer and gentleman.' If we lie down tamely, and submit to such libelous attacks as the Sphere made on us this morning, then we do a wrong to the whole body of officers and gentl
lined to think
Come along, do
re n
Lawyer Kimball. He's the best
t. Lawyer Kimball listened, nodded, accepted their case
the effect that a complaint had been lodged against them. They were ordered to r
its readers that the War Department had taken up the matter and had promised to gi
hey came face to face with Mrs. Redding. The latter woman started slightly and looked embarrassed. She would have gon
said Mrs. Reddin
ravely as the societ
he was the other evening,"
re to risk going any further with our acquaintance u
emarked Mrs. Overton cooly. "I don't wish to know he
ys believed to be the
g copies of the complaint, and stating that a court of inquiry would be ordered forthwith, an
higher rank than the accused. A court of inquiry, on the other hand, may hear charges in the first instance, an
going right through with their 'c
l, pursing his lips. "And
esses won't hesitate to perju
ey were not worthy of places in it. So the War Department acts with unusual speed in such matters. Within a week from the time of re
f one of the council chambers at the
what the national government's idea of justi
n fact, Major Elbert, president