Show FORT DOUGLAS DESERTERS The Official Army Register Says There Were Sixteen in August ESPY SPIDEL TO BE DISCHARGED rAfrp Severe Routine of Duty Assigned as the Cause Pay Day Has r Demoralizing EMcct Uponi the Unreliable Portion of the Boys In Ulue Difficult to Tell Where the Troublo Lies in the Sixteenth Plenty of Drill in Spite ot the Heat That Thirty Mile March Special to The Herald WASHINGTON D C Sept 5By direction of the assistant secretary of war Private Espy Spidel company G Sixteenth infantry now at Fort Douglas Doug-las will be discharged from the service of the United States The official army register says there were sixteen desertions from For Douglas following the August payment pay-ment a number so unusually large as to provoke serious comment here There were seven or eight desertions in July also 3 forerunner of what was t occur tails month Many things conspire con-spire t make men desert from the army so it is a difficult matter t tell exactly whera the trouble lies in the Sixteenth but it may safely be ascribed t the severe routine O duty reid of the soldiers at present During the target practice season drill parades and fatigues were carried car-ried on as usual making the season a severe one for all concerned Since ten the duty has no been s hard but there is plenty of drill In spite o the Intense heart and every month 1 thirtymile march is required which is conscientiously lengLnenea into tony C tously legtleO 1lto mMe Perhaps the cause for desertion may b found here |