Show U S keeps tab upon army and navy deserters ASHINGTON As uncle sam finds trouble in locating mem washington W bers ol of the army and na who lie take french leave leane there is a bureau in both b oth the war and navy departments to keep tab on these individuals in the vir department the bureell is pro pre DERN TH sided by b i i graybeard grav beard who hi tc DESERTERS been in the sen ice since eight ears after the clil chil war lie he is so millar fi i with the files of the hie office dundei the adjutant general thit that each yellow vellow hick bick envelope eni elope is almost like an all old 0 rilend like father like son is an ol 01 old d adige abige arid and it wis nis neer more true than ot of conditions in this office 0 like L file the old man mho presides oer the t be destinies ot of the allow back envelopes ene i ores and the antiquated furniture bra are the he methods which he employs in conducting the of the burcia 1 I iw mould oil d like sou 3 ou to look up for me ino nime n ime ot of ra ray schultz or rov rot schult or vas a as a request made of this official ciLl recently it has been estimated that in the ton ten ae airs ars noirl 1000 record enlistments ha have e been hied filed in III th the e office As the flies files are arranged ho however howe vei a search is not the arduous task th thit t upon first glance it seems to be on 0 ever ener side bide of the room which runs the entire length of one wing ining ol of the war department are steel file cases the enlistment date vas secured in a little less than hours an answer to a similar inquiry in the na deportment anas as obtain el in a ili little t ae less th than an 20 minutes the system there is entirely different it fol follows loNs the index of the modern modem department store As an officer explained it sometimes developed de eloped that hurry hurr aas manda tor tory he pointed out the else of an enlisted man aho vho he had bad been arrested in a southern city alt tor for deserting his ship which had been ordered to Alex mexican ican waters the enlisted man upon arrest denied lie he vas mas an enlisted man no ire im mediate proof could be obtained that he anas as in the navy nany or that he was a deserter the only accusation against him vas brought b by a witness xit ness who thought he had recognized the man nav officials were NN ere communicated with but the only word received bv ane court officers was mas boll the prisoner prison cr tor for Ici identification it was vas three davs dais before the court was nas completely comple teli co convince minced il that the enlisted man was inas a member of the nav nai |