Show EXILED E TO A AL LONELY mgt NE L 1 ay r ff I 1 col stewart is made to T tell e I 1 I 1 his I 1 I 1 1 degradation r I 1 I 1 washington april 16 the friends of col wm F Sl stewert ewart of the coast artillery who on october 3 last wag ordered to the solitudes ot of abandoned fort grant AT arizona Izona have so farr eweg ceded in their campaign for his relief that prediction is made from authoritative quarters quarter that col stewart stew a rt will wili be permitted to choose a place of I 1 res residence idenie at ono one of the atlantic chaat aT artillery tIllery forts it iz is predicted the colonel aiji not be res restored to command the case of this officer is regarded as one of the most peculiar in the annals of the war department the e correspondence alth which is adaa available a sh shows aws that an official communication from the war department wag wa addressed to him at his post fort bara Bar balancas acas ancas fla last september which reads pursuant to instructions from the president the department Is prepared to issue an order assigning you to station probably port fort grant ariz without command the president has decided however that before this order Is issued an opportunity be given you to apply for immediate retirement col stewarts reply was if appointed brigadier general will retire if not will remain on dut duty y he at tho the time requested ed two ovo months leave of absence to arrange his personal affairs and settle his family i in case hla bin banishment to fort far t grant should be ordered lie HO was te tei re r i e fused this request he then demand ed to know what charges had be en made against him and requested that ho he be given an opportunity to answer them in answer col stewart was informed that the action of the that determined your present status was based upon a report submitted and apted acted upon by the president which contal contained ned the distinct cewe ahat you he be retained at fort grant nt uell you reach the minimum a age permitting I 1 or of your compulsory retirement by the president unless in the meantime I 1 your application to pe be retired otter after forty years service should be received then of course you would be ordered to your homo home on retirement when information is sought as to what may be tho the basis of such action the only comment that Is forthe forthcoming oming as to col stewart as an artillery commander is that ho he is temperamentally impossible fort grant where the colonel Is now on duty is an abandoned fort in the wilds of f arizona the colonels colonel IS command consists of a solitary caretaker and a cook that his hia present status is now considered to smack atoo much of exile is believed to be the reason for relenting should the wes ent plans be carried out this officer r will be permitted full fiall time on tho the act i lye ivo list as a resident without duty at csome y some coast artillery post |