Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-09-20 | Page 1 | Shortage in Payroll of Naval Station Bared

oo SHORTAGE IN PAYROLL OF NAVAL STATION BARED CHICAGO, Bent 20. Irregularltii aggregating 16,000 hav e been dlscov-', i red In lr,e recruit payroll at the Great Lakes naval training station by a spe-, clal board of Investigation sent from! Washington, It became known Sunday officials declared that the total may I be more than $7.".n0O, as additional irregularities rapidly were being un-cpverad. un-cpverad. Lieut, s. k. Sullivan, until three days ago in charge of the pay roll, is being held under guard 11 Is charged that hundreds of naval; recruits, at the station; only a few weeks were swindled out of pay through false receipts, the victims gi raft ra-ft rally being at se. before they ellscov-i en d that the wele not receiv ing full pay. Captain Daniel W Wurtbaugh..' commandant at loe Ration, refused to discuss the case ether than to say that1 a shortage had been discovered.