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Show WAR DEPARTMENT DEFENDS SOLDIER 3 Washington, Aug. 30. The old story ? ffl of the civil prosecution of a soldier I JJ for an act performed in accordance I h with orders from his superiors, al- 1 ways tantalizing to the military au-g au-g f. thorltics, la before the war depart-5 depart-5 r ment again In a case from New Mexl- ) co. In this instance, nothing more ff I than a town dog was the cause of it 'f 'all. J According to an offlolal report to 2 J the secretary of war, Private Gilbert, j? of the signal corps, while inspecting 1 fences at Fort Bayard, N. M.r fired two shots at a dog which had attack- 2 ed bim and followed him Inside the S reservation. He was prosecuted at J Central, N. M., charged with dls-5 dls-5 charging firearms in the town, and Jl found guilty and sentenced to pay the w costs of the action fef ' The case has been appealed, an'I El Secretary of War Stlmson has taken II exception to the decision asking thn ij; attorney general to detail a United fl' States "or special attorney to defend fil the soldier. |