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Show Cc3. Ccrt-a Cr.tii!cJ to Fdr Fhy. Adjutant General Corbin may not be the most popular officer in the army, but that fact should not deprive him of the protection, from libelous charges to which every American is entitled. "In connection with the rejection of General Corbin by .the Metro politan club of Washington, the yellow journals are charging that certain allegations against the, officer's offi-cer's private character pertaining to card-playing in ia Chicago clubhouse, figured in the matter. Such stories are not only unfair, but fafse. The charges referred to were exploded long ago. , 'A conviction for libel took place as a consequence of the repetition repeti-tion of these allegations, and a former Minister of the United' States wrote a. letter, which club members mem-bers have seen, and the letter declares that . the allegations alle-gations were without the slightest : foundation. General Corbin's name was put in some weeks'ago, and was backed by four powerful Generals Young, Wood, Eliss and Bates and by Mr. Boot, Secretary of War. The conservative members of the club construed the campaign for General Corbin as a direct effort to have the club dictated to by outside innnence, and on this the iasoe -waa gqnarely made and. General C!orbln was defeated. There were no charges filed against General Corbin which affected his personal or official integrity. The election or rejection re-jection of General Corbin lay with the board of governors, gov-ernors, numbering fifteen, and this was the first time that General Corbin's name came up officially before the club. It is clearly the purpose of certain yellow journals to resort to the most contemptible methods to bring the War department into disrepute. disre-pute. General Corbin may not possess the extraordinary extraor-dinary refinement of manner and demeanor which a Metropolitan club member should possess, but he is entitled to fair; play, even at the hands of the orange-hued dailies. v. |