Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-07-01 | Page 2 | Troops Deny a Mutiny

I TROOPS I DENT A I MUTINY I Story That Americans I Mutinied at Archangel I Is Refuted by Major. NEW YORK. June "0. Reports of n mutiny on the Archangel front last March aniong members of the 139th in-fantry in-fantry were vehemently denied by Ma-"v Ma-"v Brooks Nicholas of Detroit, and Captain H. II Winslow of Madison, Wis., commanding Company 1. the unit said to have been involved. Both officers returned on the transport von Steuben which brought back from the first complete units to return from the Archangel sector. "I have heard more 'bunk' about Jthis mutiny than could bo written in a dozen hooks." declared Major Nichols. f'The incident which gave rise to the J rumors was a misunderstanding be-1 tween a sergeant and one private. The men of the 330th arc the best disci-1 plined and most courageous of any outfit i know, and all any ofticer could desire. They are second to none asj loldiers." i Reports of thp alleged mutiny and; the refusal of troops 1o go to the front were confirmed last April by Ceneral March, who stated that the incident was due to Bolshevik propaganda. Americans in Fight. WASHINGTON. June 30- Appar ently Company A of the 31st infantry was the- only unit engaged in the fight1 in Siberia. Second Lieutenant Law-rence Law-rence Lona!d Butler was reported se- r rely wounded. The official cablegram consisted of only the single line. "Anti-Kolchak 1 forces attacked railroad guards at Ro- inanovka, Suchan branch. 5 a. ni. June H 2r." and then cae ihe following cas-I cas-I J ualty tenon Killed: Company A, 31st infantry. Sergeant Henry P. Casey. Corporals Thomas B. Mason and Herbert Toll; Privates Brook Lee. George Lore, James R. Love, Cecil T. Parson. William Wil-liam Roberta. Albert Simpson. Iart II. I Balch. Dalter H Cole, Wesley DaTla, I Dave William vie, John Montoya Lo-I Lo-I lez. Walter Bdward Roberts and Frank jj Schwab. Died of wounds: Corporal Lewis Carter. Private Louis A. Sehliehter. Severely wounded: Corporal Valerian Valer-ian J Krodnicki. Cook Louis K Bo-neau. Bo-neau. Privates Edgar Cureton. Aloy-siuk, Aloy-siuk, Roy Ray Reeder. Walter J Res-neo Res-neo and Steward Reeves