Show OFFICERS ARE ABE DISMISSED Court for Misbehaving Themselves at Manila Washington May 3 The war de department department has received from General Otis at Manila the records of the pro proceedings proceedings of at courts martial hithe the cases of six sI commissioned co officers offic t The chief of these cases ases Is that of Major r George GeorgeW W Kirkman 11 volunteer Infantry captain of the infantry who was dismissed t from the service by order of General Otis tm n conviction by bJ of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman in having misbehaved in appearing a on the streets of Manila in a drunken condition I IThe The other cases received are of First Lieutenant Robert C Gregg volunteer Infantry First Lieutenant Clayton J Bailey seventh infantry First Lieutenant John J Foley Thirtieth volunteer In Infantry infantry fantry and First Lieutenant Harold Hammond Ninth infantry These of corn cern were tried on various charges chawes char s Lieutenants Gregg and Bailey were were convicted and sentenced to d diml aal aaland a and Lieutenants Foley and Hammond were acquitted The sentence in each case cose was ProVed approved R by General Otis and were disposed of without sion don to the authorities at Washington fon The records have been sent to the war department for file and record in the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of the judge advocate general At the instance of the secretary of war Judge Advocate General Lieber will make report in the case of Major Kirklan which report also will have a bearing on the oases cases of Lieutenants nm Gregg and Bailey as the tame ame legal principle is Involved in each of them Generally stated that involves in olves the right of General Otis to dismiss the officers Without reference to the president dent as comman of the t e earmy army It Is admitted that such auch power is conferred on generals commanding armies in the field in time of or war but bit it 11 is contended that no such condition e existed in the case dlEe of Major Kirkham at the time of the offenses alleged to have been een committed BISHOP BISEO POTTERS VIEWS WS Must Accept Our Responsibility in n inthe inthe the Philippine Islands New Ne York May 3 Bishop Potter speaking last night at the annual din dinner dInner dinner ner of the New York of the Military Order of the Loyal Lesion Legion of the United States at said that his mind had not undertone undergone any radical change concerning conce in the Ithe Philippines since his return to the States He thus illustrated ted his If my son s n should come eo ie to me rae and say he proposed to marry malTY a n young voun Creole woman with seven children I would call him a great big ass asa But if he came to me rue and said he had already contracted such a marriage I would atHi try to sustain intimate relations with him Mm No uNo gentlemen what we have done has established e Just such auch a relation as that and it would be a source of na national natIonal national mortification if l we gave ga e up our responsibilities because we find ibid them t em difficult |