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Reno Court of Inquiry. Exhibits � EXHIBIT NO . 1 Harrisburg, Pa ., June 22 8 . His Excellency , The President . A letter addressed to Lion . W . tint . Corlett, Delegate to Congress from `• yoming Terr ' y, and by him referred to th e House Committee on Mil . Affairs, and thus made sethi ..offi- ial , appeared in the press of the 13th inst . As the ()eject of this letter was to request an investigation of my conduct at th e battle of the Little Big Horn river, and was also. t .e firs t time various reports and rumors had been put into definite shape , I addressed a communication to the same Committee, through its chairman, ur4ing that the investigation be resolved upon . The Congress adjourned without taking any action, and I no w respectfully appeal to the Executive foe . a . " Court ef Inquiry" to investigate the affair, that the many rumors started by camp gossip may be set at rest and the truth masse fully known . The letter to Mr . Corlett which is referred to, i s hereto attached . I am, Sir , Very respectfully , Your Obed t . 6erv" t . (ad) M . A . Reno , Ma j . 7th Cavalry . Copy of newspaper slip ---------------- - H: CUSTER . MASSACRE . -------------- - .Major Ilene accused of cowardice-en Inveeti ;.ion Probable . as` :ington, June 12 .-The House Co ;ittee On Military t ffa irs decided to-n .y to report favorably to the ;?ouse a resolution directing an inLes ti=,etian into the Ouster . aesscre . .'r . Bragg will meant a resolution for a sub-committee to sit in recess and send fo~ person : and pa ers . The baisie of this action is embraced in a letter addressed by k`rederie ,, hittaker, of 'hun t . to jar . Corlett, representing Wyoming Territory , Vernon, N . Y girs , and by hire 613 gdt$VMv6o: ? go tioage6i i gs4gfi 0ni' bl4o't e letter is as follows : - e wount ,v ernon, . Y . , May 18, 1878 . Hon . Cox Lett, : .C . , prepare the bio- Dear : Having been called on to 4a jor Gem erel George A . Custer , graphy of the late brevet oral and written, cam e U .S,, : ., t Vest a. :.ou : .t of evidence, tending to prove Veit the sacrifice of is life let* y hands ;mand =t the battle of the and ,use lives of his izu edi :c co Little Big Horn was useless, and owing to the cowardice of his subordinates . I desi^e, therefore, to call your atten- tion, and that of Congress, through you, to the of ordering an necessity official investi c tion by a committee of your honorable body into the conduct of the United gaged in States troops en- the battle of the .it ,tle =ig Horn, fought June 25 , 1876, otherwise own is the Custer : aesacre, in which Lieut . Col . Custer, Seventh United States Cavalry, perished, with five companies of the Seventh Cavalry, at the hands of the Indians . The reasons on which I found my request are as follows : First-Information coming to me from participants in th e battle, written and oral, is to the effect thet gross cowardic e was displayed therein by :Major Xarclus A . ' ono, Seventh United States Cavalry, second in command that day; and that owing to such cowardice, the orders of Lieut . Col . "•.zster, commandin g officer, to said Reno, to execute a certain attack, mere no t made . That the failure of this nuove: .ent, owing to hi s cowardice and disobedience, caused the defeat of the Unite d States forces on the 'day in q estion ; Lei that, had Ouster ' s orders been obeyed, the troops would. {probably have defeated the Indians . That after .a Jor Reno's cowardly flight, he was joined by Capt . F . e . Canteen, Seventh United States Cavalry , with reenforoehents, which were placed under his orders, and that h remained idle with this force while his superior officer - was fighting against the whole force of the Indians, the battle being within his 'rnowledr: ;e, the sound of firing; audible ftom is position, and his forces out of immediate danger from th e enemy . That the consequence of this second exhibition of cowardice and incompetent ;' was the massacre of Lieut . Col . Custer and five companies of the Seventh United States Cavalry . Second-The .roof of these facts lies in the evidence of persons in the service of the United States Government, chiefly in the Army, and no power short of Congress can compel thei r *attendance and protect them from annoyance and persecution if they openly testify to the cowardice exhibited on the above occasion . Third-The only official record of the battle now extan t n is the report written by- Major Reno, above-named, and is, i the main false and libellous to the memory of the late Lieut . of the United Col . Custer, in that it represents the defeat on tr -t occasion as owing to the division by States forces to overmanning Cus to , -. of his forces into three detachments, his forces, and to ignorance of the enemy's force--all serious the capacity of said Custer as an officer ; charges against cowardice and dis- whereas the defeat was really owing to the obedience of said Reno and to the wilful neglect of said ;eno the Indians in suppor t and Capt . Bentsen to join battle with it, end of their commanding,offieer on they might have done it was their plain duty so to do . 4ourth . The welfare of t h e United Staten fir . .y de : ::ands that in case of a massacre of a lane kart,, of troops, under eireumatenoe s covered with suspicion, it should be officia l ly established w' ere the blame belongs, to the and that the service may not deteriorate by the retention of cowards . Fifth-Justice to an officer of the previously unstained record o f Lieut . Col . Custer, demands that the accusation under which hi s neaory now rests, in the only official account of the battle of th e Little Big 'torn now extant, should be proved or disproved . I have thus given you, as briefly as I can, y reasons for as ci<:c this inves tir- f a tion, and the fact I am confident of being abl e to prove . Ay witnesses will be all the living officers of th e Seventh U--ited States Cavalry- who were present at toe battle of Jline 25, including; Major keno and Capt . ''enteen-- : yself to prove ti tatenents of an officer since deceased, made to me a few days before his death ; F . T, Girard, I :,dian Interpreter to the United States forces ; Dr . P orter, of =ismarck, D . T ., contract surgeon at the battle in question ; Lieut . Carland, Sixth Infantry, Sergeant Godman, now o f the Signal Service, and others whose names I can find in time for the committee's session, s ::ould the ea:ie be ordered . Trusting, dear Sir, t' , t this letter ; gat=res;alt in an investi aticn which shall decide the w ^1.e truth about the battle of the 2bth June, 1;37 ., . tend the purgation of the service . I am your obedient servant : Frederichitta . :aer. Official Cope L . Drum assistant edjutant tie erai . .G .Office , Janus=r :, 9, i79) - .0AU ����� CUSTER'S BATTLE-FIEL D .June Z41"A-4 /4''A6 ) ehre.PrIl it/fete', . /./~.e LI EUT . EDWARD MAGUIR E (drop* &/jid'e./ee,-4. Serejetmt rhw./e.r Berke,. lh IJ Y .8is//eefiem NMI& M, ,ws/,,. .. .Jr /hoe. o/'I4.. ,&.Aart 5/1w.uPf 4 /4.,e 1 .f,ie/p/. .W.W. ..'p9r.4 74. Cur 7 Ir-Yaler.t X44 /ar. 8 /,e:r•.e,tl ll1 tam 1 tam )t'1tt,id'y r.a,r 3 4ta#ul o w ' 7 '€ /'as- 9 _,/;eeul. ./tA . .frcei/h e' eke 4 ZA .Fe ./ .1/ /;•-e"//",.sie.e. 1a~~Jyf X/ Li/e.el ./r/reovite 7 I7 5 It eol e', - ff. es.e .s/or Si rAl. rwer.esder 7tk /Sts . Ze . rf/Land /‘, Jh-/"Y, ' 4 2 /,r - ' - Avow. //I . I , , . .- 'n- EX:I .BIT NO . 3 uestiors to be asked the .tnose errendeen respectfully. subriited to the Court by FrederickIhlttarer, accuser of:a, or gAps . Submitted Januery 28, 1879 . 1 . Did you or did you not observe any evidences of fear on the pert of Major Reno on the 25th or 26th dune 1876 . State the grounds of your opinion . 2. When Bloody Knife was killed by major Heno's side in th e glade or park of which you have spoken, what effect di d it have on Major Reno and how do you know, if you -snow ? 3. Did you ever converse with major Reno on the cut ject of the death of Bloody Knife, and whet ma the conversation , if any ? 4. What words were uttered by the cavalry soldier who was shot at, the sage time as Bloody Knif e,3fyou heard them? 5 . Did eajor keno give any other, orders than "Dismount" and "Mount " before he started to leave the timber ? 6. Did he start before or with the men, and did be exhibit cool * ness and courage in so doing, ar did you then think that he started under the influence of fear for his on personal safety? 7 . Have you had cause to change your opinion since thr .t time a s to Major Reno's conduct whether cowardly or . the reverse ? � 7i� ~ - I further desire leave respectfully to suamit to the cour t that in case these questions should lead to fresh ones by Majo r y Reno's counsel I sa1ould be per slit t;ed to ask questions if necessar in .my own person of this or any other witness, subject to the die ., creti on ofthe court in the wee manner as Ma oe Reno and hi s counsel .
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