Show OFF orf OFFHAND HAND punishment Gopp ingers idea of 0 dealing with breaches of discipline washington nov 22 3 1 in his annual report brig gan john G ger commending commanding the department of the platte says bays that the only disturbance during tho last year necessitating the use me of 0 troops occurred last july in the jacksons holes hola country As A he made this the subject of a special report to th the secretary of 0 war he gives but a n briet arlet ot of the facts in this report and sides with the indians indiana as he did in his september report I 1 gen coppinger says that on a a thorough inspection he found that all of 0 the troops were well instructed and to la rood good condition for or bon service ice I 1 ho he believes that in sobriety Intel intelligence ll said md deportment it at least the en I 1 personnel pers onnal has greatly improved ed in the tha past ten years A further lurther elava laon Is thought feasible e however by forming the artisans into a separate corps dividing the privates and rearranging the pay there was an inre re in the number of 0 trials al during the year and the general believes that it would be well to empower company commanders to punish offhand off olt hand slight of discipline and to authorize son courts to dishonorably alls ill go men |