Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-09-05 | Page 2 | The Exile of Fort Grant

THE EXILE OF FORT GRANT Deprived of all other privileges enjoyed en- en joyed d by br army officers Col Cot William F. F Stewart of tho the coast artillery is not to bo ho overlooked in tho the riding tests lb Ho has been beeD ordered to Fort t to undergo in in at least that OC one ond case the benefits benefit provided b by an all aJl w wise wisa S govern mont ment We e wonder why an officer who has been pronounced temp temporarily unfit for active duty and banished to the wil wil- erne s as a punishment for his refusal t lo to retire should bo ho subjected to an experiment ox ex BO so obviously fut futile There is isDO no reason on why an officer of ot coast artillery t-hould t ride a horse ninety miles or 01 be beable beable beable able to walk fifty miles lIis His ability to perform either of these theM athletic feats will throw no sort Bod of light tight upon his qualifications for any of tho the legitimate duties of his bis calling nt Besides he ho has heen withdrawn from a ac active active tive duty now noon and is is held beld somewhat os os- os- os in exile awaiting the moment moment mo mo- ment merit of his enforced retirement for far ago age Ho might be a hopeless cripple ora ora or ora a c confirmed invalid so far as concerns n his s at Fort Grant New New York Sun