| Show COJIJHMttU JlcCiLLA THose who have followed closely the Investigation into the charges of inhuman and brutal treatment of fuboruiuaUS referred agalnttCcni ruindtr ilcCalli of the American war ship JMcrjirlse hate uoubtcss been appalled and disgusted at the consequentdistlosures That such barbaric treatment tl oulu have been carried ou aboard a vessel belonging belong-ing to the great Rpublic fa nn aa ouialy The accused oSlctrtreated Ills men at if till Were dogs For trivial ofleueb he truck them wIth his sword feIiIn them bidding to the deck or would order them placed in irons threatening come of them with drain Ho was according to the teftlmon of tho v Hnusw es plosivo and unreasonable When persons who displeased him end en-d = tonplain to him InJusti i fixation he blinded with rage rc fu ed to listen The fleet was as might have been anticipated chaos reigned uborJinatiuu is ccraiu when r a commander by his da > otie and tinfdluJ conduct teacher those under un-der nil direction to detect end eie crate Instead of resj > ect him The result of the Investigation I inevitable I saoulj McCalla receive hiiJurn II is i not only unfit tn comtnaaJa U > ly of men but has scarcely cnou h of the mi k of hu nail kin < lue s in his conii o mon to qiulifv him to have the oversight cia ci-a her of hoge The United state cannot consistently retain sue1 an embodiment of concentrated tyranny I in her naval service Tho e terrors to tyrants the newspaper news-paper reporters have been indul th ing iu a little bide investigation on i their colt account not connected with that relating to McCaIIa8 conduct con-duct on the Lnterprue They interviewed inter-viewed him upon a report of his alleged cruelty to seamen on another vessel l asking what he had to say in regard to an assertion to the effect ef-fect that when on cue occasion a mm before the mast offended him lie drew his sword and lopped off tic poor ftllona ear Coimmndtr llcCallaruuaed to make any tate mnt ou the tubjeet and his dumbness dumb-ness was assumed to be an evidence of his guilt Prubatly on no naval vessel of any other civilized nation could such harbaiities be praeticed nnu lusubirdlnatlau exist for such 1 length of time as tiny did on the Jlierpri Recent devrldjmeutr have down that here and there u similar cuii Jiliua of demoralization Ins ptev iled In portions of the army some ef the officers of which are aaouKtI of treating men in the ranks nfler the Metalla pattern Two courtmartials have Inen oMereJ for thej < < eonnvestigat ln corns > of the charges Beth the naval awl railiUrj forces need overhauling over-hauling an 1 remodeling |
