| Show MAJOR N FACES COURT MARTIAL Surgeon at Fort Port Douglas Pleads Not Guilty To the Charge of Abusing Sick Sol SoI Soldiers Soldiers diers Hers Who Applied for Relief r For the tha first tints time in hut MV ral yearn yeara a n In Is t In fit nt Port Dott The accused man II to Major run n ft II at lit t UtI post poat anti and UI court at It t li ii h hu ho IK is tried II U one tit nf if the this most molt i I that ever wt butt lIt In iii this thin city While Alle not so 10 o grav giave or vital in it th that y court count of ot In It b beats ni t tO m ry a n I lt Th The colin I is of ut lII n soldierly imkin ShIvers in it II full uniform m tutu i in Is with th tb strut tad and 1 l dignity ll that char elmr B i U a ft military lY lIlt There It is I not much sentiment nt in itI n 1 1 or 0 Ir hr the is II It never 1 nU V the Ulu J Igan Rn IIII Of Jog to Ix certain nf who were wre front M mi lh this who aho beau beon tailed together to Jl wi his hiM raw rassi file Ile T e C 0 lit of the tius Ir cavalry alry now liow at Tort Fort Grain Oram Athena the l ranking me I of oC th UI in cUrt OUrt mid th therefore r w of ot that u l holly dy C 1 Cooper also ullO stationed at nt Fort Tort Major eorge B R Bo li lir surgeon IT 17 a 14 Major U 0 n 11 r Infantry C A arnum cavalry Major P F II n Hurtle Kour cavalry Major MaJur 1 1 A U S infantry era er ersi I Major ll It P 1 l p FIfth ian ry II U W V Fifth C W troster lery yr corps rl Wn Alvora Alvaro I Twentieth infantry The Tue is 18 0 Doln Dola mere tt acting In lii the army Is III a II young yount man but a 0 brief with hint him reason tot for his J hut In itt the tho of Ho lIe la is jed prompt and auth to the thc point Will and Just a n as ti n military court ourt ro to Major Is n daf ended by Captain of It th the Twenty second Light flattery stationed at al Port Fort Douglas and antl Dr Ir cx n Surgeon of at tho the States SlaiN They TIley are 1110 both hoth quick and intelligent men utica who wha seem ScoOt fully rully capable of oC looking after tho In of af their Client T r C LEn LUBO list Hut of ot all alt this the faces ath cred erol around th the lon t table that hiatt ot L 1 o is 19 the tho most interestIng aj a until line tho n mst striking T Uuro of his hs f De l Is he nis no nose p lj Ij l Is ft n o lI lIa A tell erent nose a 4 of nt n war Vor lu In of lit if ItH li It IA jut I tift the kind hind Of lit a ano a note no that hAs lt the Uio United States army on every nery battle Ibid on It tins has fought Ono One ne of those noses that Is high in the tho center with a turn turu oa ns graceful an as n an nn eagles copies beak Yet et bt hind the tile colonels nose ata two wild mild blur yes IY 1 and aint u it face file that can either cither w be as benign ns no a n volt cou or ar na nit severe on Os ona a aa Osa a Cossack Colonel Lebo received his hid military training In the tha civil war where he distinguIshed for his bin great t Outage Ho lie served In Cuba euba and nn 1 the tine lie Ho his hilt hair halt almost its as long lone as ns CUll Cue Custer tel err di and looks much like liko that lint In Intrepid Intrepid intrepid trepid soldier All Mi the other officers are arc flue fine appear appearIng n Ing lag men leeR and nd outside of oC the tho courtroom are aro u ILI affable an as editors COURT COUnT AILED TO fO ORDER Colonel Lebo Leba called the tho court to or der at lit 1010 und and the ot cerl u wrapped rapped their martini martial cloaks around them and sat ant howl down That draping up process was way no perfunctory of ot business Thoro There vas V H only one little stove In the tar far end of or the tile room anti and Klondike e breezes that como coma sweeping diUn the canyon canon and whistled through the tine key ke el hole holo caused Major to declare In III his richest brogue they thuy cant make It very hot for tor inn rno In this morning for Its lis too d tId d cold null and tho the theother other agreed with him The Tue progress of oC the this trial rial was ivas Impeded ty hy y the thc frequent clearing ot of the to let the members of af the court indulge in private confabulations lions tlona This was Ins oC or such Bitch frequent oo oc that Dr sat wt with ono cue hand h nd on his hili hat hilt to be ready tedy to Join John the lie to the thc front stoop when some flomo member of oC the court should say HIl ea I would like Ilk to have the taunt room cleared while we consider tItle tills mat cr When the court Wits wan called to order the tIme Judge Advocate toad road r d tile the names of ot I the Iho members of tho tue court to Major ElIan who wio wan Wall to ono one tide with hits el anti U there thore v s all tiny J nie b r of ot the th court whom lYMm lu III luto not desire to tIt sit I on his hili c ease I o f thoro thero was wan not lIot m In in to inn thin th then n to hIs hla to feet t w wp ht A advocate sWorn swore this the III I court K Kr Ii 11 p the f torm fornier worn sworn In ln by t l president r i of ot thu tint court count All As 5 scout aB nil Ul the these s nn over Ol I tim the Judge advocate rend read to It Major MaJD who vim hail had standing IlL alt U the lie time the tha general of winit h hn Ito won Willi charged chard Then II lie n I t specific which Were wore to 10 tin thi r 4 feat that tha Major an of i f to o post pORt of tIle tho hospital h be Jeen n guilty of ot falling to glee sice 11 meat 1 ht Vl I aid or attention to certain of tile the post 1151 The Tho charged wow truce brought I II y Major Young of oC thic in 11 put it thud those thoo who to t have been boon used UMed by I Major J and ana a In the tho Indictment are Fred Frell Sergi Swinford wic mit James hover Private Holland FrI vale uto William T and 1111 Corporal 1 Fred l red NOT NOV what whet ho Ito had hod to III I y in re to regard gard ard to the tho charges ho replied l through one ona of at his hili counsel Not i fIne Tho Judge advocate then introduce a In itt evidence books containing time the th nick entries and hla hIs to proceed with the t 10 trial FIRST 1 Tho first wItness culled called was wan Fred Jem Questioned QUe by tha the judge advocate ho hI stated that he ho vv w 9 o taken sick on out 29 20 with a um shun called Itch Heh It ni nI tented Itself In sores or Iud and on lull hUt limbs limbo making It spry tot for him to limp mud nith ho lie lIe He said in Id ho till re to reported ported at the hospital hl tile tho oC of Ihu thu hut hilt did tM not hot Maj MJ lI na as nahe he was vu tot too late lata for lor the ho sick cull call an On IJ Onlie he lie lund hull to go balk balc bat to tho the r ar lIr without tasted coated stated that MaJ Egami him that but bitt said to him Ho JIll the this hospital again nn on November M S The Thu defense objected ct 1 to td tile the Q on tho the ground around that lint the tho Interval Internal of oC thit elapsed e wm to have i ter 11 r milled tho tIm to heal helli Tho Tue Judge ju advocate thou then stated that he hue proposed to show that time the from which tho the voa Ina on Oil November 8 4 the mine samo that WB win him on October 21 II due to tri o tIlt the failure of at MAJ EStIll to t on tip tim tile latter date Tho 1 o of cc thin tiro W I was wall IJ tho lIt need maa stated I d that hint ho lie taw saw rot Cite no tor on onIk Ik the 1111 UI th The Thc the Iho trouble with him wits was 8 and una h Ii ild 1111 him Tho The doctor gave him a u proscription fl r tion 1011 which he lie uSed Asked If It tho the do doctor mails made un an tiui of ot tilt tino par affected tim nn lilted that he hue did dill nut not The Tho docor also failed to mako malto a te teat t 01 or lI h whether or not miot tho Ito interfered with tho the l or to ox mc canine tunillo Into tho tim previous history of ot the Ihu case Witness wr stated mated that he wont vont to H nes o othe time the tibiae major again an out II November U lI anti told tol Mm 1101 that his Ills bad Md done Oll him hint no Hood good Tim The major looked locked nt at tIm tho soi cs und and naked asked long bug he hud had had bad them theun Witness led that he lie haul had li 1151 d them thom I or ci lou Iou months month that they vero getting worse VorRe and were causing him trouble by to Ills cloth The rho kator de etor wrote hint out another pro which gave to 10 the tile Ul Uland and the tho steward iaM gase 1 tI him the tho Puma attune medicine he hall had used before At this point tho the witness winess ivas asked bY oy tho the defense If It he lie r treatment for anything other oilIer than tho time Ih h Ho Ha replIed that ho he did lIe Ho also stated that ho hll reported rC again at nt the hospital on November IS 18 on of or Ma aIs lilli who paid soul he hI Wold put the tho wit witness ness mess In the Iho hospital tar treatment Hy Dy tho the defense State why WilY If you suffered so severely ly with the Itch you yin 1 reported only onI at nt Interval The ques question question tion was objected to by n II member ot of the tho court nod the this judge advocate in on oil the tb question being allowed as 18 It reflected on the th credibility ty of or the tn ot or tho the witness that th tho ho sut aut d from hits his The objection ob Wits Wall not sustained and ana tho ho witness stated staled that ho he to 10 report of ot what he licit hind heard or of Mo It Egans treatment of tho tue men menAt At title this point the tho witness laid hud his tI too tes testimony read rest to him for correction ond tim court took look a recess until ii The rIte proceedings of the thc court progressed slowly owing to the tr hearing clearing of the court room the court upon objections |
