-September 30, 1836: "health broke," resignation from Army, page 43; "more severe" attack of Florida illness, reconstructed here as nervous breakdown, which "prostrated him for a year."
-May, 1837, at home, enjoying life but "is by no means idle..seeks employment," all page 44.
That is by no means a year. Swine HHH.
"During the years of 1837 and 1838, Humphreys was employed as a civil engineer..."
When was the motherfucker prostrated? For how long?
Additional confirmatory evidence that AAH had a nervous or mental break in 1836-1837 is obliquely provided by HHH in this paragraph, page 45. Additional confusion on dates is also supplied by HHH:
On April 11, 1838 [AAH applied for a job with the Corps of Topographical Engineers.]. July 6, of that year, Colonel Albert [of the Topos] submitted a list of nominations...to the Secretary of War and in that list appears the name of Humphreys. His confirmation was held in abeyance because the impression existed among some senators that he had resigned under orders when his company was in the field.
A forced resignation, in other words, while on active duty, because he had cracked up.
AAH's written defense as summarized by HHH includes:
"He was [in Florida] through the summer of 1836, giving up the command of the company September 1 of that year. By repeated sickness he was completely prostrated; the company scarcely existed but in name on paper."
So:
1. HHH wrote earlier that on August 29 AAH had been promoted to first lieutenant so here, two days later, he gave up command. Of a "company that scarcely existed" which means it existed! HELD: the Senate's "impression" was founded, there were good reasons to believe AAH had resigned "under orders."
"When he resigned he was not under orders but under the care of the surgeon [And his mother!], and his company, though in the field nominally, was literally in the hospital."
2. "repeated sickness," like the "attacks of Florida illness" that "preceded" the Big One.
3. "COMPLETELY prostrated" him. Whatever.
Andrew then became an "Agent"--in Chicago--in charge of "public works." Since he "delights in extremes" according to HHH, this challenging-sounding assignment in October 1836 surely...delighted him.
Non-military assignments continued until 1841 when he received the delightful order,
...to close his duties by September of that year, repairing to Florida...
FUCK!, he must have thought, for no sooner had he left--again--for pestilential Florida than his connections tried to get him out, which "irregular" rescue efforts were made without Andrew's "knowledge and participation." In a letter to his chief:
"I was surprised and mortified [I am shocked, SHOCKED!] to learn...that my friends had been alarmed for my health, and had gone so far as to make some indirect, informal application for my relief from duty in Florida."
He is such a sissy.
"My reputation as an officer must necessarily suffer under the imputation of having endeavored to avoid duty."
Indeed Andrew, your reputation "must necessarily suffer."
"Besides the duty in Florida far from being unpalatable to me, was such as I desired, and I considered myself fortunate..."
He lasted seven months and was making maps not war.
-May, 1837, at home, enjoying life but "is by no means idle..seeks employment," all page 44.
That is by no means a year. Swine HHH.
"During the years of 1837 and 1838, Humphreys was employed as a civil engineer..."
When was the motherfucker prostrated? For how long?
Additional confirmatory evidence that AAH had a nervous or mental break in 1836-1837 is obliquely provided by HHH in this paragraph, page 45. Additional confusion on dates is also supplied by HHH:
On April 11, 1838 [AAH applied for a job with the Corps of Topographical Engineers.]. July 6, of that year, Colonel Albert [of the Topos] submitted a list of nominations...to the Secretary of War and in that list appears the name of Humphreys. His confirmation was held in abeyance because the impression existed among some senators that he had resigned under orders when his company was in the field.
A forced resignation, in other words, while on active duty, because he had cracked up.
AAH's written defense as summarized by HHH includes:
"He was [in Florida] through the summer of 1836, giving up the command of the company September 1 of that year. By repeated sickness he was completely prostrated; the company scarcely existed but in name on paper."
So:
1. HHH wrote earlier that on August 29 AAH had been promoted to first lieutenant so here, two days later, he gave up command. Of a "company that scarcely existed" which means it existed! HELD: the Senate's "impression" was founded, there were good reasons to believe AAH had resigned "under orders."
"When he resigned he was not under orders but under the care of the surgeon [And his mother!], and his company, though in the field nominally, was literally in the hospital."
2. "repeated sickness," like the "attacks of Florida illness" that "preceded" the Big One.
3. "COMPLETELY prostrated" him. Whatever.
Andrew then became an "Agent"--in Chicago--in charge of "public works." Since he "delights in extremes" according to HHH, this challenging-sounding assignment in October 1836 surely...delighted him.
Non-military assignments continued until 1841 when he received the delightful order,
...to close his duties by September of that year, repairing to Florida...
FUCK!, he must have thought, for no sooner had he left--again--for pestilential Florida than his connections tried to get him out, which "irregular" rescue efforts were made without Andrew's "knowledge and participation." In a letter to his chief:
"I was surprised and mortified [I am shocked, SHOCKED!] to learn...that my friends had been alarmed for my health, and had gone so far as to make some indirect, informal application for my relief from duty in Florida."
He is such a sissy.
"My reputation as an officer must necessarily suffer under the imputation of having endeavored to avoid duty."
Indeed Andrew, your reputation "must necessarily suffer."
"Besides the duty in Florida far from being unpalatable to me, was such as I desired, and I considered myself fortunate..."
Four years later, in October 1846, AAH again successfully avoided active military service:
"...he was notified October 30, 1846, to prepare for duty with the army in Mexico, and to notify Professor Bache of his detachment from that department."
"The order was revoked,
"November 15, 1846, upon the urgent representations of Professor Bache, "of the serious inconveniences which would result from his removal from the duties on the survey of the coast upon which he was engaged."
Andrew in 1844. Looks medicated, doesn't he?
