Show COMMANDER MCALLA THOSE who have followed closely the investigation into the charges of inhuman and brutal treatment of subordinates preferred against corn com mander mccalla of the american war warship ship enterprise have doubtless been appalled and disgusted at the consequent disclosures lasures thadeu that such barbaric treatment should have been carried on aboard a vessel belonging to the great republic is an anomaly the accused officer treated his menus men as if they were dogs for he struck them with U his ard felling them bleeding to the deck or would order them placed in irons threatening some of them with d death dath ath he was according to the testimony of the witnesses explosive and unreasonable when persons who displeased him endeavored deavo red to explain n to him 1 iu u J justification asti fi he bli blinded with rage refused to listen the effect was as 68 might hove herve been anticipated chaos reigned insubordination is certain ajl in w when b tu a commander by his despotic and unfeeling conduct teacher those under his direction to detest and execrate instead of respect him I 1 the result of the investigation Is III inevitable ta ble s should h mccalla re receive c lv his deserts he ignot is not only unfit to command a body of men buibas but abas scarcely enough of the of human buman kindne s in his composition to qualify him to have a herd of hop hogs the united states cannot consistently retain such alf an embodiment of concentrated tyranny in her naval service those terrors to tyrants the news nes paper reporters have been indulging in a little side investigation on their own account not connected with that relating to Me Mo Callas conduct on the Anter enterprise prise they interviewed him upon a report of his hig alleged cruelty to seamen on another vessel asking what be had to say may in regard to an assertion to the of effect that when on one occasion ft 6 man before the must mast offended him he drew his sword and lopped off the poor fellows ear Comi commander nander mccalla refused to make any statement on the subject and his dumbness ness was assumed to be an evidence of his guilt probably on no naval vessel of any other civilized nation could such barbarities be practiced wid and insubordination exist for such a length of time as they did anthe on the enterprise recent developments have shown that here and there a similar condition of demoralization has prevailed in portions of the army some of the officers of which are amused accused of treating men in the ranks after the mccalla pattern two court martiale have been ordered for the purpose of I 1 investigating some of the charges bath the navland nava and military forces need over haulin bauling gand jand remodeling |