Show filiAL Of PRVATE JACOB BRANDT CHARGED WITH TEl DEFENSE OF SLEEPING AT HIS POST Defense Claims That He Had Been Leaded Once and Was Subject to Drowsy Spells Camp News Special Correspondence Camp Merritt June 30The trial of Private Jacob Brandt of Captain Caines troop occurred today The offense charged is sleeping on his post as sentry a clime punishable by death or such other punishment pun-ishment as the court martial may proscribe pro-scribe What expiation Brandt may have to make will not be known for two or three days during which time the case Is I under advisement The Brandt affair Is the first trouble of any sort in the Utah cavalry camp The blowing is the only document of its kind I on the troops files June 3 1S9S Seventh California < United States Volunteers Captain Joseph j E Caine Sir I have the honor to inform I you that the trial of Private Jacob i Brandt will take place at 130 p m at I I headquarters Third brigade independent I division forces You Philippine will therefore islands expeditionary have Private I Jacob Brandt First troop Utah United I States volunteer cavalry present at that time and place in charge of such guard as you deem necessary By order of Lieutenant Colonel R B Wallace president presi-dent of general court martial by orders number 2 curent series Signed John D Fredricks First Lieutenant Seventh California assistant judge advocate I The city of Ogden was well represented In the Brandt court martial The prosecutor i prose-cutor Assistant Judge Advocate Fred ricks once practiced in Ogden and the prisoners attorney is Lieutenant G N Kimball of the Utah troop Witnesses were Sergeant Price for the prosecution and Lieutenant Kimball Private Racker and the prisoner for the defense Brandts nap was taken on the night of June 23 Sergeant Price found him asleep and the result of his report Is that Brandt has been a prisoner guarded day and night ever since the morning of June 24 All the witnesses including Sergeant Price on cross examination testified to the prisoners good moral character Brandt admitcd that he fell asleep and set up In palliation the claim that he had been leaded in Utah and was subject to drowsy spells lasting from five days to two weeks In rebuttal Assistant Judge Advocate Fredricks called Major Choate of the Seventh California hospital who replied to a number of hypothetical questions ques-tions bearing on lead poisoning Colonel Willlard Young called at the Utah quarters this evening after a bsuy day spent in examining and accepting officers for his engineers corps He ex presed himself as well pleased with Camp Merritt Utahs place in it and his own lot The Seventh California regiment has removed I re-moved from Its block just south of the troops camp and Captain Caine is pre parIng the abandoned square for Ire I bareback riding There were mounted drills there without saddle this nirffning and afternoon and many of the troopers displayed considerable skill The ground Is soft with sand and no injury results from an occasional tumble off a contrary charger In the moving mounts and jump lag hurdles and trenches From a hint dropped by General Otis today it seems practically certain that the Utah troop will be assigned a part In the magnificent demonstration being arranged ar-ranged for Independence Day by San Francisco Today Lester Wright son of Senator Wright of Richfield reached Frisco en route to the Society islands whither he goes as a Mormon missionary He expects ex-pects to sail in about ten days and In the meantime will visit his brother Far rier Emron Wright and other Richfield friends in camp JOHN METBER |