OCR Text |
Show Tba t-ardua of t'a l'rtatttent. WaMIIniHOV, Sept. 22. The president presi-dent yesterday morning acted upon threo court-martial records that have beeu before him for some time. Iu tho case of Lieutenant Miner of the Ninth infantry, t.o'ntenced lo bo dismissed from the service ou tho charge of a breach of promise to abstain from the list of intoxicants, tho president confirmed con-firmed the sentence. Iu the case of 1 irit Lieutenant Sharp of the Tweu-tieth Tweu-tieth infantry, sentenced to be dismissed dis-missed on the charge of drunkenness, the president norcniuiod the sentence to suspension from rank under half pay for one year. In the case of Knsign William S. Coke, I tried States navy, sentenced to dismissal on the charge of absenting himself trom the cru.ser Baltimore, Bal-timore, while in Peru, after the expiration expira-tion of his leave, the president, niti- gated bis sentence to suspension from l ank and duty on furlough pay for two years, tho culprit to retain his pres. at cumber in his grade during that time. |