. The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political . itory—practicallycovering the entire country east of the Mississippi, ex-cepting Illinois, and including Arkansas and that part ofLouisiana west of the Mississippi—has not, since the war,afforded material for thrilling narrative. Incidents haveoccurred, however, during the period in question, apartfrom the official duties entailed by the command, whichare important in their relation to the life of General Han-cock, and to these we will now direct the attention of thereader. At the close of the year 1875, General Babcock,
. The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political . itory—practicallycovering the entire country east of the Mississippi, ex-cepting Illinois, and including Arkansas and that part ofLouisiana west of the Mississippi—has not, since the war,afforded material for thrilling narrative. Incidents haveoccurred, however, during the period in question, apartfrom the official duties entailed by the command, whichare important in their relation to the life of General Han-cock, and to these we will now direct the attention of thereader. At the close of the year 1875, General Babcock, pri-vate secretary to President Grant, fell under suspicion ofcomplicity with certain frauds on the revenue, and, pend-ing whatever civil action might be taken, and at his ownrequest, a Military Court of Inquiry was convened inChicago on December 9th to investigate and pronounceupon his guilt or innocence in the premises. Upon thisCourt of Inquiry, of which Lieutenant-General SheridanAvas president, were also appointed by President GrantGenerals Hancock and o 0 o% u Q wcr; en h2:;<Q iz;<: o o THE BABCOCK COURT OF INQUIRY. The Court assembled on December 9tli and adjourneduntil the following day. In the mean time the grandjury at St. Louis brought in a true bill of indictmentagainst General Babcock. On the reassembling of theCourt of Inquiry on the 10th, General Hancock rose, andaddressed the Court in the following language: A sense of duty to the laws, to the military service,and to the accused, impels me to ask your concurrence ina postponement of this inquiry for the present. We areall bound to believe in the entire innocence of ColonelBabcock, and the presumption can not be repelled withoutclear evidence. It is due to him to suppose that thisCourt of Inquiry was asked in good faith for the reasonsgiven. What were those reasons ? In the course of alegal trial in St. Louis, Colonel Babcock w^as alleged tobe guilty of a high criminal offense. He asked fo
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