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Show Montana oldler Court martlaled. Butte. Mont.. Aug. 22. Private Ei Moran. of company C. Montana regiment, regi-ment, write- to relatives in Butte frcn Honolulu that he had been eoart:r.r-tialed eoart:r.r-tialed and sentenced to two years' imprisonment im-prisonment at Alcatraz military prison in California, for striking Lieutenant John K. Mercer of the sjine cvn-.ranv. and had Wen reeo:-.i:r.emicd for A honorable hon-orable discharge also. A court mart'.sl has been ordered for I.ieuter.mt Mercer. Mer-cer. Moran writes that the lieutenant was orary drunk at Honolulu, aui abused and insulted him. whereupon he kii.vkrd the otV.eer down. Moran is the man who acted s; spokesman for t ho Montana solo.ii'rs who struck again-t the foul ratios' furriKheii them ill camp l Sail Francisco, Fran-cisco, and rofu-cd to drill until their rations were improved. For that otTeu so Moran a- reduced from the rank of corporal and transferred to another company. Prominent st.v.i and federal officials have already boon appealed to to w their influence in young Moran' W-half. |