Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-21 | Page 16 | Arrest Colonel at Camp Lewis

ARREST COLONEL HT CAMP LIS; Allege Irregularity in Dealing Deal-ing With His Commutation Commuta-tion Allowance. C. MP LKVVJS, Taeoma. YVah., nee. I'n. - ( 'oloncl l-'rank 1 1. 'o en. ranking colonel at Camp Ix;wis, was placed under arres t here la to tod a y by command of Ma jor General Joseph IX I.eitch, on charges w hjrh alh-pe irregularity in money lie has received from tlie government govern-ment as commutation for quarters and liyht and hf-at. At the tame time an order or-der waa issued naming tho personnel for a general court martial, ordered to meet Decern her '.i0 or as soon t herea f ter as practicable, to try Colonel W'olven. Tlie charges against Colonel Wotvcn, it is said, are that lie collected commutation commuta-tion for quarters, fuel and light to which ho had no right under army regulations. Colonel W'olven, with his family, has been living at Stone Camp, near tho military reservation, but it is charged ho drew commutations for a house in Washington. Washing-ton. If. C. Colonel W'olven is a dental surgeon and in charge of all the dental work in camp. I lo has served many years in tho regular army as a dental surcoon and his advance ad-vance has been rapid during the last two years. The arrest of Colonel W'olven does not include his confinement, other than ho must not leave the military reservation or his home.