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any men most useful as purveyors of information had been shrewd enough to gain the confidence, accept the pay, and become the informants of both sides. Even Secretary Stanton was sometimes hoodwinked, as in the case of the confidential adviser he recommended to Sheridan in the fall of 1864. The photographers who followed the ardsome, soft-voiced, and fascinating in manner—a man who had had a tiff with Mosby, they said, and now wished to be of service to the Union and act in concert with Stanton's earlier emissary, Mr. Lomas of Maryland, Sheridan's suspicions were redoubled. The newcomer gave the name of Renfrew—that under which the Prince of Wales (Barooe than they were bringing to him. They were arrested and ordered to Fort Warren, but in most mysterious fashion they escaped at Baltimore. A few weeks later and Stanton found reason to believe that his friend Lomas was closely allied with the conspirators later hanged for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and then it dawned u
ernments. Wisconsin sent its first regiments to the front clad in cadet gray, but the uniforms, apart from the confusion in color, were said to have been of excellent quality, and the men discarded them with regret, after a few weeks' wear, for the flimsy blue that the enterprising contractors foisted on the Washington Government in its mad haste to secure equipment. Those were the days when fortunes were made from shoddy— an era of wholesale cheating that ended only with the accession of Stanton, Lincoln's great war secretary, who numbered Provisioning Burnside's army—Belle plain landing on the Potomac Provisioning Burnside's army—Belle plain landing on the Potomac Closer view of Belle plain landing, late in November, 1862 Closer view of Belle plain landing, late in November, 1862 Nearer still—arrival of the wagon-trains at Belle plain landing Nearer still—arrival of the wagon-trains at Belle plain landing among the special objects of his hatred the dishonest
pair out of four would have borne the test of a ten-mile tramp, not one out of ten would have stood the strain of a ten-days' march, and those that first took their places, the make of contractors, were even worse. Not until the Iron Secretary, Stanton, got fairly into swing did contractors begin to learn that there was a man to dread in the Department of War, but Stanton had not even been suggested in the fall of 1861. Simon Cameron, the venerable Pennsylvania politician, was still in officeStanton had not even been suggested in the fall of 1861. Simon Cameron, the venerable Pennsylvania politician, was still in office. McClellan, the young, commanding general was riding diligently from one review to another, a martial sight, accompanied by his staff, orderlies, and escort. The weather was perfect along the Potomac that gorgeous early autumn of 1861. The beautiful wooded heights were crowned with camps; the plains and fields were white with snowy tentage; the dust hung lazily over countless drillgrounds and winding roadways; the bands were out in force on every afternoon, filling the soft, sunshiny air
ad been known by General McClellan before the war. He was chosen as the head of Little Mac's Secret Service, and remained until McClellan himself retired in November, 1862, only a month after this picture was made. Directly behind Major Allen stands young Babcock (in the same costume that he wears with his beautiful horse in the frontispiece), between George H. Bangs and Augustus K. Littlefield, two operatives. The man seated at Pinkerton's right is William Moore, private secretary to Edwin M. Stanton, the Secretary of War, down from the Capital to consult Pinkerton. A new Secret Service—the military information bureau resting after the hard work of the Gettysburg campaign After Pinkerton's departure from the Army of the Potomac, the secret-service department was allowed to fall into hopeless neglect. All organization vanished. When General Hooker assumed command there was hardly a record or document of any kind at headquarters to give information of what the Confederates wer
f the conflict of telegraphic and military authority was shown when Sanford mutilated McClellan's passionate despatch to Stanton, dated Savage's Station, June 29, 1862, in the midst of the Seven Days Battles. By cutting out of the message the lasville, and that only under the maxim that the end justifies the means. Eckert's narrow escape from summary dismissal by Stanton shows that, equally with the President and the commanding general, the war secretary was sometimes treated disrespectfuld head of telegraph lines in my department, not two, and that head must be under me. Though Stager protested to Secretary of War Stanton, the latter thought it best to yield in that case. When General Grant found it expedient to appoint an aide aonfine closely every man resigning or guilty of contumacious conduct. Stager's efforts to dominate Grant failed through Stanton's fear that pressure would cause Grant to ask for relief from his command. Stager's administration culminated in an o