Show NO FOIl I on O President Vetoes 1111 mi to 6 Charge O from fm John Glum Washington March It President Roosevelt today tOllay sent his first frt veto mes message sage to Congress U I directed ed to the tho senate and the bill bi vetoed was n one removing remon the charge of at desertion from Crom the tho naval ecord of oC John Glass The was as 18 follows There can bo be no graver crime than the crime of oC desertion from the army or navy especially during the wan war It ItIs ItIs Is then high treason to tho nation Ind IndIA Is IA Justly justy punishable by death No man Inn should be relieved from luel uch n I especially when nearly forty years havo passed since It occurred save SIVO on the clearest possible proofs of his real In Innocence In this case cne the statement made by bythe b the before beCore the committee does doea not nt In all al pointy points agree with wih his hIl state statement ment melt mads to 10 the secretary of the na navy vy In mal any event It Is Incomprehensible ble to me that he should not have made effective effort to get back Into the tle na navy navy vy He had served hut but little moro than thana thann a n month when he deserted descried and tho war lasted for over oer a year fr afterward yet he ho no effort whatever wha to Set et back Into tho war wa Under such m It seems to me that hat to remore the charge of ot do from the navy give him an In lerton honorable discharge woUd bo to falsi falsify fy h the tho records and do 10 an injustice to tn hh hil gallant and worthy comrades who fought In the war to a 1 finish The names of ot the veterans who fought In Inthe Inthe the civil war wor male the 1 l list l t of o th republic and I am not nol willing to put lorl It tho name of ot a man mun unworthy of ot the high lon After the message had delivered tram from the Senator on naval affairs read the th report of ot the committee on which the senate noted From that statement It that Glas enlisted In January when whon only 16 years old and olt that lav lavIng t nv Ing witnessed an act which Iselt the second officer of or tho ship he heas March of at that was as taken on Micro In year by that officer and told not nol to re report ro port attain for tot duty dut The committee commile says that thaI tills this order wih lays OR R youth uns Wa responsible ru for t r his bl deerton I Ir r |