Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-12-18 | Page 2 | Stinging Rebuke for Two Army Officers

STINGING REBUKE FOR TWO ARMY OFFICERS WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. A slinging reflection on two army officers Is contained con-tained In a general order signed today by General J. Franklin BelJ, chief of staff, publishing tho action of tho president In tbe rase of Colonel Daniel Cornman and Captain Charles G. French, tried by court-inn court-inn rllal at Fort Wayne. Mich.. In connection connec-tion with the use of forage. Tho court sentenced Colonel Cornman to 3ii3ponslon from command for ono month, and to bo reprimanded. General Bell's order Kays tho record shows that Colonel Cornman signally failed in the performance of his duties as commander, as a result of which public property has been appropriated to unlawful unlaw-ful use. The sentence is deemed inadequate," inade-quate," the order says. In the case of Captain French, whoso sentence of dismissal ..was commuted by the -president to a reduction of fifty flies in rank, the order says that Instead of guarding tho public Interests- Captain French not only permitted unlawful Issues of forage to bo made, but wilfully participated partici-pated in misappropriation of public property.