Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-06-12 | Page 7 | Criminals Are Not Wanted by the United States Army

Criminals Are Not Wanted by the United States Army The Twin Falls Dail News of Juno 6, 1919, carrys an article, "Military I Srrrice an Alternative of Prison j Term," under which heading it is stat HT ed that Judge Babcock prior to pro-JHM pro-JHM nouncint' judgment against Leonard Eden ol Klmerly on a charge of burg-, burg-, lary said that the court would be inclined in-clined to suspend judgment provided Eden enlisted and remained in the I service for three year. Eden applied for enlistment at the f Twin FalK station. He then took his flret enlistment papers to Judge Bab-I Bab-I cock as evidence cf his intention to enlist whereupon he was permitted to : proceed to Salt Lake City for further j examination. Kden made his appearance at Salt I Lake recrultins rotation. A clipping from the Twin Palls Daily News was J obtained and its contents verified by Eden to the effect that Judge Babcock Save him a choice boiween n jail eu-tence eu-tence and enlisting In the army, The army (emulations prohibit the enlistment of persons, "convicted of a teluin in v, I,,, h is ,. bt i'u impi I i Irf under sentence of a com t in ;i n ferm- atory, jail or penitentiary." Such mn r,u are nr-l wanted in I ho arm Edejj, as not enlisted. Ir is astonishing to think that anyone, least ol all a Judge, 12 i 'uhoill(1 h" guilty of such Ingratitude to the rm .t boys .-.ho went over the i top a- to want to ; end them as as- Boclates criminals, men who should Properly be In jail. Such an attitude is iWj L unpatriotic, un-American, and worth) I! t of highest contempt from all loyal ei- 'JL ; wns, especially men now in the army fll I and thosr- recenilv leturned from the M1 artu