Show Carter Was Rampant I 1 General Carter was very much in evidence yesterday and to say that he was hot in the collar on account of the j I I insinuation of the Tribune expressed itj i I but mildly That paper intimated that I the general had sought other and probably prob-ably greener pastures taking with him lin the neighborhood of 600 of the armys money I Within a few minutes after the opening open-ing of the Heralds editorial rooms yesterday I terdav morning the general was on hand with a financial statement ready 1to I refute the assertions of Jiis calumniators calumnia-tors The statement was carefully reviewed re-viewed by the newspaper men present and makes the following showing Cash received 476 31 Paid for legitimate expenses 123 31 Leaving balance cash H 353 00 A SHOW DOWN This money the general produced and spread before the concentrated gaze of the reporters There might be a few dollars unaccounted for Carter explained dolars unacountC I plained by ason of little subscriptions received and payments made in the rush but the report was as nearly cor Ioct as could well be under similar conditions con-ditions Regarding his whereabouts on Sunday Sun-day Carter said he made two visits to the State street headquarters during the morning and was in consultation some little time with members of the citizens committee In the afternoon he visited the home of Mr McGraw and remained there until yesterday morning morn-ing being completely exhausted with the hard work v the past three weeks HOW THE STORY ORIGINATED The story in the Tribune the general attributes to the recently deposed members mem-bers o his staff and others Callahan he says was driven out of the ranks for collecting subscriptions and applying apply-ing the money t his own use disobedience disobe-dience of orders and conduct unbecoming an officer Swineburne lost his head for about the same offenses Both of these men the ann are working hard t disintegrate I |