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Show LlKCTtKANT Stlklh, who was con-icted con-icted of conduct unbecoming an officer and a goutleman iu striking Private Wild, has been sentenced to bo reprimanded and to be confined within 1 he limits of his post for three months. The sentence is hardly severe enough, "but it may servo tho purpose of teaching teach-ing a lesson to certain army officers who aro too much inclined to bull-dozing bull-dozing and tyrannizing. Supposo a private, even under great provocation, should striko an officer, what would bo his puuishmuntf It would be about threo years' imprisonment instead of 1 three months confinement. |