Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 89, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1912 — HIGH OFFICER LET OUT [ARTICLE]

HIGH OFFICER LET OUT

Adjutant General Ainsworth May Be Courtmartialed. Officer's Report Hit Stimson and General Staff—Crisis of Long War Department Row. Washington, Feb. 16. —The long expected culmination of the Wood-Ains-worth feud in the war department came in the form of an order from Secretary Stimson relieving Major General Frederick C. Ainsworth of his duties as adjutant general of the army and directing him to remain in the city awaiting disciplinary measures. Orders for the courtmartial of General Ainsworth, who as adjutant general is the second ranking officer in the army, are expected to be Issued within a few days The charge will be insubordination, based on derogatory references to the secretary of war, the chief of staff and officers of the general staff which Gene-al Ainsworth incorporated into many of his official reports. The announcement created a sensation in all official Washington. It is considered that the Ainsworth case will develop into the biggest military controversy since the Sampson-Schley affair in the navy.